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kmlfactbook.org can use either Google Maps or the Google Earth browser plugin to preview the KML files that you create. To switch between the two modes press the 2D Map and 3D Map buttons to the right in the screen.
The Preview in Map button will show the selected data-set in the Google Maps or Earth plugin preview window.
The Download KML file button will download the same file to be saved locally on your disk or opened in the standalone Google Earth application.Wolfram|Alpha Blog : What We’ve Been Doing This Summer
What's new at Wolfram Alpha. Can it get even better?
Top 7 Places to Watch Great Minds in Action
below is a list of the top 7 places to watch great minds in action. What makes these conferences special is both the people they’re able to assemble together in one place and that they put videos of the experiences online for everyone to enjoy. What other conferences attract the top minds in the world?
Skype Other Classrooms! | The Edublogger
Looking for another class to skype with? Start looking here.
Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - Annotated
Nice article about the effectiveness of online education.
- Some of it was in K-12 settings, but most of the comparative studies were done in colleges and adult continuing-education programs of various kinds, from medical training to the military.
- “The study’s major significance lies in demonstrating that online learning today is not just better than nothing — it actually tends to be better than conventional instruction,”
- But the report does suggest that online education could be set to expand sharply over the next few years, as evidence mounts of its value.
- The real promise of online education, experts say, is providing learning experiences that are more tailored to individual students than is possible in classrooms. That enables more “learning by doing,” which many students find more engaging and useful.
- “People are correct when they say online education will take things out the classroom. But they are wrong, I think, when they assume it will make learning an independent, personal activity. Learning has to occur in a community.
We're very happy to announce that over 700,000 historical images from The New York Public Library's Digital Gallery are now freely and instantly available whenever you're creating a VoiceThread.
- We're very happy to announce that over 700,000 historical images from The New York Public Library's Digital Gallery are now freely and instantly available whenever you're creating a VoiceThread.
YouTube - Imagine Leadership | By XPLANE & Nitin Nohria
What does 'Leadership' mean to you?
How to Create a Walking Tour with Google City Tours
This has great possibilities for the classroom, don't you think?
Top Ten Images from The Hubble Space Telescope
This is too much for my feeble mind to handle
YouTube - Six Word Memoirs by Teens
Interesting. Will something like this work as writing prompts for your students?
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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