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If you aren’t a listener of Stuart’s Vinyl Cafe, you may well be after realizing that you can now subcribe at no cost to his podcasts. The stories and misadventures of Dave, the owner of the “Vinyl Cafe”, the world’s smallest record store, where the motto is “We may not [...]
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My pal, Terry Korte, found this collection of no-charge resources provided by MIT. Show science demonstrations by MIT faculty in your classroom. The site is intended to provide alternate explanations to reinforce key concepts. Some examples might include: showing science demonstrations by MIT faculty in your classroom, providing [...]
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Kelowna teacher, Sharon Affeld, found this interesting collection from the American Dept of Education. Doing What Works is a new U.S. Department of Education site, aims to help educators adapt research-based educational techniques to their own schools. “This online library of resources will build a bridge from research to action,” [...]
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My friend, Maureen Weekes, suggested this site some time ago and I’m just getting it out there now. Annesdiary.com is a social networking site for girls between the ages of 6 and 14, which is secured by the use of a biometric fingerprint sensor. This means that once a child [...]
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List member, Lorne Cooper, told me about WikiVid which creates video-courses made up of links to free video tutorials from around the web. During their “alpha” stage, content is limited to software tutorials only, but the vision is to add video uploads and more. Add your own video links, edit existing [...]
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