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| Audio/Podcast | Event | Flickr | Question | Skrbl |
| Blog | Exercise | Google presentation | Quiz | Survey |
| Book | Experiment | Image | Reference | Video |
| Course | Factoid | Presentation | Rubric | VoiceThread |
| Curriculum | Field trip | Project | Sketchcast | WebQuest |
Audio is widely available on the Internet, especially in the form of podcasts.
Addblog
A blog is an online journal that anyone can read and subscribe to. Some blogs focus on a single area such as education, science or politics, while others cover a wide variety of topics. Most blogs allow readers to leave comments, often resulting in a two-way conversation between the author and their audience.
Examples: 2 Cents Worth
book
Please help us build a well-organized database of good educational books!
Examples: A Mathematical Mystery Tour: Higher Thinking Math Tasks
course
A course is a self-paced guided tour through a topic. The topic can be broad like Biology or focused like Photosynthesis. Each lesson of a course is comprised of narrative (the words of the tour guide) plus resources. The resources can be embedded web pages, web links, quizzes, presentations, and activities.
Examples: Solar System 101
curriculum
A curriculum is a set of topics that a student should know by a certain age. In our system, a curriculum includes a link to its description on the web and a list of required topics. Our personalized study system uses this information to guide and quiz students according to their chosen curriculum.
Examples: State of California Science Curriculum, Grade 8
Educational events include conferences, science fairs, and exhibitions.
exercise
An exercise develops specific knowledge and skills by putting them into practice.
Examples: Story Reviews
experiment
An experiment is a set of actions and observations performed to test a hypothesis.
Examples: Radioactive Shielding
factoid
A factoid is a tasty bite-sized morsel of knowledge for the brain.
Examples: What's the deepest place in the ocean?
A field trip is a journey to research a particular topic.
flickr
Flickr is a free third-party service that allows you to upload photos and then display them individually or as a slideshow.
Examples: Sand Dunes, Beautiful collection of photos from around the world.
google presentation
Google presentations is a free third-party service that allows you to create presentations or upload existing powerpoints and then embed them into any web page.
Examples: Edu 2.0 presentation for Educared in Madrid
Images can really jazz up lessons and presentations.
presentation
A presentation presents knowledge and skills using a mix of text and multimedia. It's the modern equivalent of a traditional written explanation for a particular topic.
Examples: A bugs eye view of carniverous plants
A project is an activity with a set of goals and deliverables.
question
There are several types of question, including multiple choice, freeform, true/false and fill-in-the-blanks.
quiz
A quiz is a series of questions, such as multiple choice, freeform, true/false and fill-in-the-blanks. Quizzes can be assembled from a mix of new questions and existing questions.
Examples: Solar System Basics
A reference is a link to reference information on the web.
rubric
A rubric is a scoring tool that lists the criteria for rating a piece of work. If an assignment is associated with a rubric, it can be quickly and consistently scored online by checking the criteria that are met.
Examples: Storybook Rubric
sketchcast
Sketchcast is a free third-party service that allows you to record a sketch with optional voice and then embed the result into any web page.
Examples: Dr. Zauis
skrbl
Skrbl is a free third-party service that allows you to create shared whiteboards. Sketch, text, share files, and upload pictures all in one common shared space. Whiteboards can be public or password-protected.
Examples: The Night Sky
survey
A survey allows you to poll a group of people with some questions and see a summary of their answers.
video
Video is widely available on the Internet, especially via general sites like YouTube and specialty sites like TeacherTube.
Examples: A video tour of our Solar System following the path of space craft Voyager
voicethread
VoiceThread is a free third-party service that allows you to create online media albums that people can comment on using voice, text, or video.
Examples: Picture of the Moon
webquest
A webquest is an inquiry-oriented activity where most information is online.