by Avi Spector
Quick overview: Allows your students to explore and make comments on satellite maps. What does it do? Wikimapia (http://www.wikimapia.com) is a website that allows your students to explore maps in great detail (using Google Maps technology) but will also allow … Read More »
Quick overview: Transforms written text into speech files that can be played on portable music players. What does it do? In a nutshell, the VozMe (http://www.vozme.com) website is a “text-to-MP3” converter. The term “Text-to-MP3” means that one can copy and … Read More »
Quick overview: A website that provides “odometers” of real time world statistics. What does it do? The Worldometers (www.worldometers.info) website allows your students to see “real time” world statistics updated every second. This includes statistics such as births, deaths, food … Read More »
Quick overview: The Manipulative Math site (http://nlvm.usu.edu) contains many interactive “hands-on” math activities. How can it be used in the classroom? When I was out visiting the Western Quebec Career Centre to provide an ICT workshop in May 2008, I … Read More »