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Amazing Maps - Unfolding the Earth

http://www.win.tue.nl/~vanwijk/myriahedral/

(2 ratings)

Here's an interesting animation by Jack van Wijk of the Eindhoven University of Technology that depicts various strategies for projecting the globe on a two dimensional surface. Some of these projections are well known while others are more experimental.

Posted by Earl Nicholas, last updated on July 6, 2011

The Museum Box

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

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This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes

Posted by Heidi, last updated on February 13, 2011

Cathedrals 3D Tour

http://www.google.com/gadgets/directory?synd=earth&cat=featured&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fgx%3Foe%3Dutf-8%26output%3Dghapi%26q%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fearth.google.com%252Fgallery%252Fkmz%252Fcathedrals-3d-tour.kmz

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3D tour of the world's great cathedrals in Google Earth.�This KML is a tour of 3D models featuring cathedrals around the world.

Posted by Heidi, last updated on February 21, 2011

TimeToast- Create Timelines

http://www.timetoast.com

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Great tool for having your students create timelines from history, biographies, and personal events while importing images and text!

Posted by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, last updated on August 24, 2017

Google Forms for the Classroom

http://edte.ch/blog/2008/08/23/10-google-forms-for-the-classroom/#.TrxgI1TphDw.twitter

(4 ratings)

Lots of Google Forms templates and ideas from Tom Barrett. These templates can be used for diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments or just to collect data for evaluative purposes.

Posted by mikefisher821, last updated on November 17, 2011

my400words

http://my400words.com

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A cross-curricular vocabulary program that teaches academic and domain-specific words through movies and instructional quizzes. Passages increase in complexity. Data is simple.

Posted by Annabelle, last updated on November 14, 2012

Using Mobile Learning to Build Community in the Classroom

http://www.slideshare.net/jgerst1111/using-mobile-devices-to-build-community

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This slide deck describes how students' own mobile devices are being used to build community, problem-solve, and develop communication skills face-to-face and virtually.

Posted by jackiegerstein, last updated on November 17, 2011