Scream Street Series – Tommy Donbavand

6 11 2009

Have you seen this new series published by Walker Books.

After Luke Watson transforms into a werewolf for the third time, he and his parents are moved by the Government Housing of Unusual Lifeforms (G.H.O.U.L.) to Scream Street – a community of vampires, zombies, witches and more! Luke soon makes friends with vampire Resus Negative and mummy Cleo Farr.

 
Check out Tommy Donbavand introduce his series of books…

Scream Street and Tommy Donbavand have a fantastic website with news, events, games and much more. Click here to check it out.

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Click here to purchase the first book in the series – Scream Street 1 : Fang of the Vampire.

Click here to purchase other titles by Tommy Donbavand. Remember to Login to Booksurf  first.




Viewzi – Search Tool with Bling!

5 11 2009

viewziViewzi is a website search tool that offers results from Google and Yahoo in a variety of formats incliding Webscreen Shots, Simple Text, Google Timeline, Power Grid, Video x3, Photo Cloud and much much more. It is definitely worth looking at.




Education in 2025

4 11 2009

This video talks about what education might look like in 2025.

Things to think about…

There are technologies that didn’t exist even just a year ago. Students are growing up with these technologies and use them as second nature. Do we need to look differently at the way we approach our lessons?




National Geographics for Kids

2 11 2009

National Geographic Kids is a fun and educational site featuring games, activities, animals, photos, videos, stories and much more This site is great for  both students and teachers.

The site is full of content that is both educational and fun. Highly recommended!

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100 YouTube Videos for History Buffs

28 10 2009

 

onlinecollegebuffThe Online College is dedicated to bringing you the best online educational tools and resources.
Here is a link to a great post on the Online College for 100 Great YouTube Videos for History . History teachers, students and buffs will enjoy using this link. 

YouTube always up to the challege of providing thorough, accurate information by delivering channels from leading names in historical studies, from The Smithsonian to the Discovery Channel.

This blog site and post has put the top 100 links together in one place.  Areas include General History, Art History, Music History, World History and much much more.




Bingle (Cooler than Lara)

26 10 2009

Bingle is a newish search engine that delivers your results from Bing and Google side by side.bingle 

 

 

 

Here is an example…

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Spezify – Visual Search Tool

21 10 2009

Spezify is a search tool that presents results in a variety of visual ways from many different websites. Spezify gives a good overview of the subject or topic. Spezify uses all types of media and websites such as blogs, videos, microblogs and images to build wholistic picture of the search.

Spezify collect websites and aim to use as many free, relevant and open API’s as possible to generate a diverse response.




Glogster in Education

16 10 2009

Glogster is an online poster that can be used in all areas of education.

Check out a poster introducing Glogster for the classroom.

Classroom Benefits

” Benefits Glogster EDU provides to teachers and students:

  1. A fun learning experience
  2. A new way to express creativity
  3. Private, secure, safe virtual classroom monitored by teachers
  4. Drives new interest levels around subjects that may have been seen as “boring” before
  5. Adds needed audiovisual aspects to traditionally text-oriented subjects
  6. Fosters teamwork and collaboration with classmates
  7. Increases drive to be independently creative
  8. Unlimited shelf life
  9. Improves student-teacher relationships by allowing both to explore Web 2.0 & learning concepts together

10.  Keeps teachers and students up to date with modern technology “

Taken from Glogster EDU site




Primary Games Arena

23 09 2009

Primary Games Arena – ”The largest collection of curriculum games in the universe.” Games are arranged by subjects, year and game types. This is a UK based site that cover many  topics that can be used in Australian Schools eg “Life Cycles of Plants and  Staying Safe  Online” just to name a few. There is also a teachers section. All games are curriculum-based and worth a look.

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Prezi – Mind Mapping Presentations

23 09 2009

Prezi is zooming sketches on a digital napkin.

It’s visualization and storytelling without slides. Your ideas live on stage and on the web.”

Prezi lets you present your thoughts as free as they come without the restrictions of a slideshow. It allows putting together your ideas with the use of creative thinking and technology expertise, Prezi is a living presentation tool.

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