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This is a clearinghouse for digital resources developed or curated by federal agencies (such as the Smithsonian, NASA, etc.) that might be of use in the classroom. All materials are public domain and free to use. Subjects and educational level varies widely.
Aims to be a clearinghouse for digital materials in science and math. Differs from many other sites in that it catalogs materials a number of different ways: subject matter, educational level, anticipated use of material (i.e., review). As an example, they have concept maps that illustrate interaction between scientific concepts and list material in library related to each concept.
This website contains interactive applets that display graphs of statistical concepts (distribution, regression, etc.) that update automatically as users reset the values for different variables. One nice feature -- a ghost of the preceding graph is displayed every time a new graph is created allowing students to directly compare two states.
Contains several applets that can be used to illustrate science and math concepts: Moving Man applet (motion, slope of a line, derivatives, etc.); two water flow applets; and two current flow applets.
This resource provides both random data generators and a variety of automatically-generating models for presenting and examining the data it generates.
TEDEd has introduced features that allow you to create customized online “lessons” with embedded questions and discussion features. TEDEd has been developing a library of free, short (usually 5-20 minutes), pithy videos on a wide range of academic topics, many of which are very suitable for college classrooms. Once you have created a TED account, you can use the new features to build a lesson around a...
Writing spaces is designed as the equivalent of an open-license textbook for teaching college-level. It offers downloadable, peer-reviewed essays about writing written for students of writing, organized into edited "volumes." Texts are freely downloadable and sharable.
Spicynodes is particularly useful in the sciences as a concept-mapping tool. It allows presentations to incorporate interactivity, animation, and radial mapping. Accounts are free, and presentations can be shared and worked on collaboratively.
A web-based alternative to Powerpoint which allows users to keep presentations up in "the cloud" and/or download a standalone. Prezi supports flexible and dynamic presentations.
The Education Learning Initiative (ELI)'s web series on emerging learning technologies. It gives a really short, jargon-free explanation of trends and buzzwords; good for evaluating whether a technology or trend is relevant to you. Recent topics have included: WordPress, gamification, cloud-based computing, iPad apps, and Open Textbooks.
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Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
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