Podcasting in Education

Rating 3.00 out of 5 List member, Shaun Else,? put together this site on integrating Podcasting into Education for a Reading course this past winter. Podcasting is basically the web version of the radio.? Using this simple technology is just starting to blossom in classrooms around the world. The website gives an introduction to the [...]

Freesound recordings

Rating 3.00 out of 5 Yesterday’s site on sound reminded List Member, Layne, of a very cool site called ‘freesound’, which is “a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.” There are a ton of source sounds, from instrument samples to field recordings of anything imaginable, all uploaded by anyone who wants to contribute, and [...]

Sounds Amazing

Rating 3.00 out of 5 Kelowna teacher, Sharon Affeld, found this UK site designed to help you to understand sound and waves.? You can also access acoustic and audio related web demonstrations and experiments. – The URL:? http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/

National Geographic Society: Printable Posters

Rating 3.00 out of 5 Saddle Lake, Alberta, teacher, Krista Ketsa, wrote me about this NGS site of? full-color posters.? Just pick a poster and download it. Then print, assembleand watch your walls go wild! – The URL:? http://www.nationalgeographic.com/printaposter/

History by the Minute

Rating 3.00 out of 5 Do you remember those TV commercials from about 10 years ago that showed bits of Canadian history?? My pal, Andy, found a collection of them online and all the lesson plans are there too! – The URL: http://www.histori.ca/minutes/default.do?page=.index