The Digital Catalyst

Games for Education

FredG — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:21:24 +0000

Teachers have asked where they can find customizable PowerPoint games that can easily be used for review using an Interactive White Board. (For example “Jeopardy” or “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”) Follow the links below – I’ll add as I find more!

http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara%20leonard/Mini%20T%27s/March%20Mini%20T-Games/Games.htm

Historical Photos

FredG — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:31:47 +0000

The following is a link for over 500 keyword searchable photos of American History. Very Good!

http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/

Genetics Resources

FredG — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:58:54 +0000

Here are a few Genetics Reources that were forwarded to me:

Interactive Mouse Genetics – http://ww2.unime.it/weblab/mirror/ExplrSci/dswmedia/mouse.htm
Play Game Boy sim with genetics – http://www.dnai.org/c/index.html
IMMEX (register for a free teacher account a
ton of interactive modules for teachers to have students work through
and solve problem sets) – http://www.immex.ucla.edu/
Explore Learning – awesome site – http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&Reso
urceID=35
Fabulous Interactives and explanations – DNA From the Beginning – http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
Genetics Web Lab Directory - http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/WebLabDirectory1.html
Learn Genetics at Utah – http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/transcribe/
Dolan DNA Learning Center – http://www.dnalc.org/home.html
Human Genetics Collaborative Project – http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/genproj/
http://del.icio.us/jamanley/genetics

Audio and Pictures

FredG — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:06:07 +0000

Q: What is a tool that students can use to embed audio and picture files?

A: Here are a few tools:

Trig/Pre-Calc Resources

FredG — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:01:13 +0000

These resources were sent through a listserv from a math teacher that wanted to share their complied trig and Pre-Calculus resources.

Applet for law of sines: http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/trig/seigen/seigen.html

Law of sines and other precal stuff : http://estumpf.home.mindspring.com/Main/CCCC/175precal/lawSines.html

Precalculus website: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/%7Emarx/precalculus.html

Six trig functions: http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/trig/sixtrigfn/sixtrigfn.html

SSA law of sines applet: http://orion.math.iastate.edu/trig/sp/xcurrent/applets/SSA.html

Graphing calculator help: http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/esm/app/calc_v2/index.html

Trig website: http://www.gradebook.org/Trigonometry%20Class.htm

Applets for Trig: http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/trig/index.html

Math Tools for Trig Applets: http://mathforum.org/mathtools/cell/tr,13.7,ALL,ALL/

More Precalc / AP Calc websites: http://home.austin.rr.com/theatons/PreCalculus%20Websites.htm

Problem-Based Learning

FredG — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:29:47 +0000

Sue Sheffer (Central York School District) compiled an excellent list of resources on Problem-Based learning. I have seen Sue speak on PBL at a conference and respect her immensely, both personally and professionally. For information and resources, this is a great place to start.

http://centralpbl.wikispaces.com/

The Crucible

FredG — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:06:45 +0000

This information was sent on a listserv recently regarding resources for the Arthur Miller book, The Crucible.

This is link is about the witch trials themselves.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM

So is this from Discovery

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/

This link provides background on McCarthy and the House on UnAmerican Activities committee which most intellectuals saw as threatening to American ideals and liberty.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm

Another link to McCarthyism from PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/mccarthyism.html

Arthur Miller discusses why he wrote The Crucible.

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/miller-mccarthyism.html

More about the play and McCarthyism:

http://college.hmco.com/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/miller.html

Interesting Video

FredG — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:04:36 +0000

This is an interesting video about what kids value and what we assume kids know.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7379357000737674731

WebQuests

FredG — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:51:17 +0000

This is an archive of WebQuests, how to create then and where to find ones that are already made.

http://webquest.org/index.php

Geometer Sketch Pad

FredG — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:43:25 +0000

Here is a link to resources for the Geometer’s Sketchpad.

http://www.dynamicgeometry.com/general_resources/classroom_activities/index.php