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Create Interactive Videos

Youtube has the ability to create interactive videos, where the viewer is presented with a number of options to choose from inside the video. Clicking on a selection will then load a video and more options can be presented to the viewer to choose from. The viewer can choose what path to take.

In a classroom situation interactive videos can be used to present a project, a video quiz, adventure story, explaining concepts indepth, demonstrating math equations/explanations, video dictionary, map quests etc…. there are endless uses in the classroom.

To find out how to create interactive videos on Youtube, click on the links below and read how to add annotations to your videos.

http://www.youtube.com/t/creators_corner

http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=3Den&answer=92710

Here are a couple of examples of interactive videos..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbEei0I3kMQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhByBf0zU9k

Tags: geography, interactive, Math, presentation, Science, video

23.Sep.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Khan Academy – 1800+ Math & Science Videos

Khan Academy has over 1800 videos covering all grades of Math and Science, as well as some on how to solve brainer teasers. Covers from beginners to more advanced (adult) level.

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Tags: brain teasers, chemistry, Math, Science

22.Sep.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Gapminder – World Data

Gapminder is a great site for world data. This site has interactive controls to view data over time for over 400 data sets, from :Age at 1st marriage (women), to Yearly CO2 emissions (tonnes). Subjects include economic data, geography & infrastructure, labour & employment, population, poverty and inequality, education, trade-aid & investment, disasters, births & deaths, cancer, communication, consumption, deaths, debt, earthquakes, drought, emissions, employment, gender, health …… and more.

All data can be downloaded in Excel format.

There’s a section “For Teachers” which includes guides, and other classroom material all downloadable.

The site also has videos and presentations for download.

http://www.gapminder.org/

Tags: global, Math, statistics, world data

21.Sep.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Go-Gas: Road Trip Fuel Cost Estimator

Go-Gas is a neat little google maps app, that calculates the cost of a road trip to any destination/s, you select. You can select the fuel economy of your vehicle, current cost of fuel and your preferred currency.

This could be useful for in geography projects, eg the living costs of a country. – in math projects – eg plan a trip with $100 including food and accommodation – how far can you go! or in environmental projects – plan alternative transport using less energy.

http://go-gas.com/

Tags: environment, geography, Math, travel

21.Sep.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Sumdog – Free online interactive Math Games

Sumdog is another website much like Arcademic Skill Builder which uses fun interactive games for learning Math. There are multiple games to choose from and you can signup for free to play your classmates, play against others around the world or simply compete against the computer.

http://www.sumdog.com/

Tags: Games, interactive, Math, numeracy

21.Jun.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Math Cats

Math Cats has a collection of useful tools for teaching math. From interactive games to activities for making geometric shape models.

Tags: Math, teaching resources

16.Jun.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Illuminations

Another site with interactive resources for teaching Math. The site has activities for all age groups and also provides tools like number lines, number grids, geometric shapes ( tetrahedrons, prisms, cubes etc), all customizable, and available to download and print.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

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Tags: interactive, IWB, Math

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