March 18
Helpful sites
Landmark Citation Machine: http://citationmachine.net/index.php?code=&g=6
Put in the information for your resource, choose the citation style you want
to use, and the citation is created for you!
Math Pad: http://www.infouse.com/mathpad_public/
Math Pad enables students to do math scratch work on the computer. It also helps
students who cannot
otherwise line up the math problems (because of perceptual issues) do it on
the computer. Students with mild physical issues use Math Pad as a way to help
conceptualize borrowing and carrying. The fact that it can be seen on the computer(with
the highlighting functions for where to regroup) helps.
Math Pad can also be used as a teacher tool. Type in the math problems and then
print them out as an accessible worksheet. For some students that has been helpful,
especially for visually impaired students. The workshee can be type out and
then enlarged on the photcopier.
Math Pad Plus is the fractions and decimals program.
With this version, Word problems can be typed and they will be read aloud. It
also enables higher level math to be done on the computer. It enables fraction
manipulatives to be used on the comptuer. This is helpful for kids who cannot
do that with real manipulatives.
Teilhard: http://www.teilhard.com/kids/index.html
cute versions of hangman, plus easy concentration and Snap Math
ZoomText 9.0: http://www.aisquared.com/index.cfm
This is a magnification /screen reading program. Currently you can download
the beta version of 9.0 for free in order to give it a try. It has a reading
part called the Application Reader Tool. The new ZoomText uses the Neospeech
voices. The Application Reader Tool will underline the words as they are read.
Underlining helps to perceptually bring out the word as well as the auditory
presentation of the word. This saves fatigue to the eyes. You can set the magnification
to zero and still use the Application Reader Tool. You can also take a tour
of ZoomText at this site.
Multimedia Presentations
Buy It With Little Farmer: http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/java/buyit/BuyIt.html
Center for Media Literacy-MediaLit Kit: http://www.medialit.org/bp_mlk.html
Educational Java Programs: http://www.arcytech.org/java/
MouthPower Online: http://www.mouthpower.org/
from the National Museum of Dentistry and the American Dental Association
Primary audience: 8-11 year old children (individually or in youth group)
The secret of a healthy smile is simple: taking good care of your teeth. And
what's the best way to find out how to do that? Let Mouthie take you into the
MouthPower laboratory. Experiment to find the healthiest choices about food,
tobacco, and cleaning habits. Explore the history of dentistry and the story
of your own teeth! Then create your own poster about healthy mouth habits.
Multimedia Educational Materials Using Flash: http://www.tygh.co.uk/index.html
The Newest Media and a Principled Approach for Integrating Technology
Into Instruction: http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=9535
When and how should new media be incorporated into instruction? Two leaders
in instructional technology and cognitive science from Carnegie Mellon University
offer concrete suggestions from their experience, illustrated by applications
of new media by the Open Learning Initiative at CMU.
The Reconstructors Solve Medical Mysteries: http://medmyst.rice.edu/
Built and designed with funding from the National Institutes of Health, "MedMyst"
is a new online game from researchers at Rice University that invites students
to solve mysteries about infectious diseases. While playing the roles of scientist,
historian, and detective, students learn how infectious diseases are spread
as they join a team of elite medical minds to determine the cause of a futuristic
plague that has left millions dead and is threatening the collapse of civilization.
In all, there are three missions for students to explore. For teachers, the
site contains a resource page that includes printable worksheets for use in
the classroom, as well as a number of useful links for building lesson plans
around infectious diseases and other health-related topics.
This site began in March 1998 by Janet Luch. This page was last
updated on
December 28, 2006
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Email comments and questions to studyplans@yahoo.com.