Five Friday Finds
Often, finding good web resources are the hardest part of the job for an educator. With all the demands on a teacher's time, who has time to spend searching? If this is you, here are some resources you may found useful. Please feel free to share with others
Dulcinea Media: http://www.dulcineamedia.com/
The goal of Dulcinea is to help students (and others) more effectively search the Internet for credible information. There are 8 different products-all free, including one for educators.
Free Children’s Audio Books: http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/Children
Many classic children’s books available in iTunes (podcast) or mp3 format. I saw many that I know are read in schools. (Make sure to skip past the audible.com ads down to the free downloads)
Plus Magazine…living mathematics: http://plus.maths.org/content/
“Plus is an internet magazine which aims to introduce readers to the beauty and the practical applications of mathematics.”
Neave Planetarium: http://www.neave.com/planetarium/
“Explore the stars and planets through your web browser.”
“A new way to look at the world;” the user picks a subject (such as population, migrants, literacy, mortality, religion…) and all world countries are resized to their % of the world total for that subject. A very visual graphic for students.