Fall Mountain Tech Integration

RSS-101 for Educators—What, Why & How

RSS technology simplifies and enhances your Web experience—and this article explains what it is, why you need it, and how to do it.

TechLEARNing.com 3/3/08 3:01 PM

A Lesson in Internet Anatomy: The World’s Densest Meet-Me Room

From Wired News 3/2/08

If the internet is alive, then this is its nerve stem: A room where the world’s networks come to meet. You spend your whole day looking at the internet, but now’s your chance to really see it.

This site has eight very good images of what one of the “backbones” of the Internet. Once you see these pictures, it is amazing, that the Internet works as well as it does.

AP - An Internet hoax that ended with the suicide of a 13-year-old has led to calls from her family for better protections against online harassment, though any solution may run afoul of the First Amendment. [From Web hoax victim’s family seeks reforms (AP)]

This site features a dynamic demonstration on linear equations including graphing, working with slope, and writing the equation of a line.

I tell students who want to become a video game designer that you have to be skilled with Linear Algebra. Students at Full Sail University have to take a Linear Algebra course as part of their Game Development program.

Algebasics

FREE stands for Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. The web sites listed below are excerpted with permission from the FREE web site. This month, we highlight web sites for science.

[FREE Resources: Science]

It’s Not Just a Game???        It’s Skills for Life:

“Should we use computer Role-Playing Games in the classroom? Yes, argues this educator, for the valuable life-long learning skills that they help students acquire.”

October 1, 2007

Dennis Southwood

How would you answer this question?

Q: Your students are most likely to be learning the real-world skills that employers demand when they are:

a) In the classroom, following the lessons in the textbook.
b) At home, completing assigned homework.
c) On line, playing World of Warcraft.
d) On a class field trip, visiting the offices of a local corporation.

More and more, educators, scientists, and business executives are coming to believe that the correct answer might be (c) “On line, playing World of Warcraft.” The Federation of American Scientists, in its recent Summit on Educational Games, concluded that many video games require players to master skills in demand by today’s employers. Their recommendation: “Schools of education, and teacher professional development providers should create new training materials and make developing skills to support game-based learning an integral part of new and incumbent teacher training.”

Read the rest of the article here..

(Via TechLEARNing.com.)

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Adding Pictures to Word

Word Quick Reference Sheet

Time Saving Tips in Microsoft Word