I was excited when I first came across Mnemograph (I’m glad I am typing and not pronouncing that) and had a play with the demo. Mnemograph is a web based application that allows you to create visual and interactive timelines.
You add events and enter basic details like dates and locations [...]
The growth of online video fueled by video sharing websites like YouTube has created a great resource of millions of videos ready and waiting to be tapped into to support our teaching and our pupils learning. Obviously there is a lot of rubbish that needs to be waded through, but there are some gems as [...]
One of the best features of web browsers when they first became popular with start of the mass use of the Internet back in the 90s was the ability to save, or bookmark, favourite web sites. Making it easy to find them again. Bookmarks are still [...]
The age of digital TV has brought with it an explosion of specialist TV channels catering for all aspects of society. Teachers.tv the specialist channel for teachers is available on digital cable, satelite and digital terrestrial TV and importantly on the internet.
Dispite the name Teachers.tv is not just [...]
The URL (Universal Resource Locator) is the address of a webpage, for example the URL for this site’s homepage is classroomtech.org.uk.
Not all websites or web pages have such snappy and easy to remember addresses. Try telling students (or expecting them to type) addresses like http://www.members.aol.com/ukhostmths/mathson/maths/shape/curve/curve1.htm or even worse random addresses like [...]
Bubbl.us is a web application that allows the user to create colourful online interactive mind maps on it’s site. Mind maps can be created, exported as pictures and printed without registration. If you do choose to register then you can save your mind maps, email them or share them [...]
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