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Online Journalism
Use this site for analyzing the effectiveness and techniques of several aspects of web news. Pop up windows guide viewers to important questions about what they will view.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Iste Nets: Creating a Heroic Character (Lesson Plan)
This lesson plan sequence, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages students to develop a fully realized heroic character and then, through the use of multimedia software, communicate that...
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Powerhouse Museum: Australian Designers at Work
The Powerhouse Museum of Sydney, Australia, hosts an online exhibit about Australian designers. Visitors can explore careers in design by following links to each of six profiles on designers representing distinct design professions.
EL Education
El Education: Bacterium Weekly
Middle school students from the North Kirkwood Middle School in Kirkwood, Missouri, created this scientific magazine as part of a study of bacteria. After doing background research, a small group of students created this magazine to...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Gary Kildall
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides a biography on Gary Kidall details his founding of Digital Research Corporation, his creation of the CP/M Operating System, and his snubbing of IBM after their approach to use a version...
EL Education
El Education: It's All Greek to Me
This book was created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine as part of a learning expedition on ancient civilizations, focusing on ancient Greece.The book includes collage-like portraits and background information on famous figures...
McGill University
Mc Gill Library: The Western Encounter With China, 1600 1900
An fascinating online exhibit that discusses a series of topics related to how the Europeans interacted with the Chinese. Click on the graphic to start the program. Topics include "Early Accounts" "Trade and Gunboat Diplomacy," and more.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Nasa Online: Lightning and Static
The concepts of lightning and static charges are made easy to understand by watching this interactive graphic website. Basic terms are explained and illustrated as well.
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Computer Art Using Ms Paint
A site by Diana Hunter, an educator in Indiana. This site uses common software in PCs to introduce the use of computers in making art. There are lessons on design, Tessellations, Butterflies, Piet Mondrian, Landscapes with Spraypaint,...
Brown University
Brown University Library: Lincolniana at Brown
Digital archive of newspapers, objects, graphics, letters, and similar resources that document Lincoln's life and legacy. Browse the collection to find newspaper reports of Lincoln's assassination, badges of mourning worn at his funeral,...
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Wizhat: How to Design a Great Web Site
Information on Web designing. Includes learning HTML, write what you're good at, color and design are important, and using tables. Includes example pages of techniques.
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Adobe.com: Adobe Labs
Adobe Labs organizes its presentations on its various products in a series of labs featuring technologies, highlighting Adobe's newest releases, showcasing the most popular products, and product more basic information about Adobe.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Feline Facts
[Free Registration/Login Required] Classification web to sort and group ideas about cats. Students pull facts from behind cat photo and place into proper place on web. Use with any reading books related to cats.
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Constructing Critical Literacy Practices Through Technology Tools and Inquiry
This journal article examines how the use of technology has helped to promote critical thinking and creativity. The article includes examples specifically focused on Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451."
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Left Foot Right Foot: Video Rubric [Pdf]
This rubric is designed to score videos. The site contains categories on planning, shooting, editing, enhancement, content and creativity. Print this PDF file out and use it for your students.
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Classroom Tech: Technology Integration
This site offers a variety of ways to bring technology into your classroom. Content includes "50 Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom," filled with learning ideas and activities, as well as a guide for lesson planning and a lesson...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Can You Turn a Frown Into a Smile?
This math challenge activity focuses on the concept of morphing. Test your problem-solving aptitude as you try to morph a frown into a smile.
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Gimp the Gnu Image Manipulation Program
GIMP is an open source software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems and in many languages. This site provides the latest releases, information about the GIMP...
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Nielsen Norman Group: Guidelines for Multimedia on the Web
Guidelines on how to design presentations for web media. This is an old article and some of the information is outdated, but much is still relevant. SL.9-10.5 Audio Visuals, RI.11-12.7 Eval Different Media/format....