Episode 59 – 5.13.2011
- Episode Length: 7 minutes, 23 seconds
- Previous episode – Which eReader for Education?
Planet Quest Alien Safari
- Interactive site for kids that lets you go on an adventure by exploring different “life zones” around the world.
- Students get to learn about what the organisms reveal about finding life in space. So, they will learn which can survive without sunlight, which have a high radiation dose, the most acidic and the ones that live the furthest underground, for example.
- This website is a great classroom and research tool. You can use it to simply explore all the things around you, or use it as a starter for deeper learning and researching on a specific subject or topic.
More Schools Piloting Secure Mobile Devices?
- Kajeet for Education, a provider secure cell phones for children is now offering mobile devices for education to allow school districts to implement mobile devices in teaching.
- Mobile devices will offer to network control capabilities so that schools that turn off functions that may disturb classroom activities.
Poetry Sites for Kids
- Giggle Poetry
- Robert Pottle
- Alphabet Soup
- Shel Silverstein
Tag “Things” in Facebook Pics
- New feature to tag things in your Facebook pictures such as books, artists, movies, products, etc.
- You can conduct scavenger hunts online, or tag materials you recommend for your students or parents.
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