Archive for July, 2009

VTech-Learning Toys 4 Little Ones

31st July 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Subject Matter:Educational electronic toys for ages 3-7
Grades PreK to Kindergarten
Learning and Moving
VTech offers electronic toys that keep the young ones moving and learning at the same time. Hand held electronic toys provide active curriculum while playing. Youngsters are moving, not sitting, as they’re learning.

How Learning Works

28th July 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: How the brain functions
Grades: Teachers, administrative staff
Interesting Article
I ran across this article on www.theapple.com, and thought it provided some very interesting viewpoints.
Learning is:

Computational
Social
Brain circuity driven

Here’s the direct article: How Does the Brain Work?.

Obama Promises $5,000 4 College

26th July 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: College tuition
Grades: College
Money For College
President Obama is trying to help strapped families and students trying to pay for college.
Link onto this site for more information: Obama Will Pay $5,000 4 College Tuition.

FREE – Science360 Beta (Video,etc.)

25th July 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject: Free multi-media website portal offering podcasts, short videos, audio, articles, and pictures on multiple science topics
Grades:All ages
Quality Science Media
In April, 2009 National Science Foundation (NSF) launched their beta version of Science 360. Science 360’s focus is to be a portal for quality science videos, short articles, audio, daily podcasts, and pictures. No [...]

EasiScience Lab Tuff-Cam Microscope

20th July 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Digital Microscope
Grades: Middle School & Up
Pretty Cool Scope
At the NSTA convention in New Orleans, I observed how the Tuff-Cam can be transformed into a digital microscope using the new Tuff-Scope. The EasiScience Lab Tuff-Scope allows the microscope to take magnified digital pictures either attached, or away from the PC.

K12.com Virtual School

18th July 2009 by LisaHill 3 Comments

Subject Matter: Virtual School
Grades: K through 12 (Elementary through High School)
Learning Online
This program offers a full curriculum for K through 12th grade students, and also a summer school program. For K-8, they offer 75 online courses in seven subjects (Language Arts/English, History, Math, Science, Music, Art and World Languages). Parents and teachers will also [...]

Administrative & Teaching Careers

16th July 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Subject Matter: Teaching Careers, Scholarships, FAFSA deadlines, Administrative Advancement
Grades: All grades
Start Your Teaching Career
Apple.com has a great resource to consider a teaching career. I’ve posted prior material from this website, and it’s always been informative.

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