http://taspd.edublogs.org Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:40:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/09/24/portal-to-media-literacy/ Watch BBC -- The Romantics -- Episode 3 -- Eternity in Educational |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/05/17/the-romantics/ As the title says, Hamlet in stick figures. This is awesome! http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/05/12/stick-figure-hamlet/ The Ditigal Narrative has heaps of resources and links to other websites that explore digital storytelling and new media. http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/digital-narratives/ "MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?" http://www.ted.com http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/siftables-toy-blocks-that-think/ cf_des_bishop_rap_history_down_under Ireland-based, American comedian Des Bishop's Australian History rap, which includes key moments in the past 200 years of Australian history in three minutes. Performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2009. http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/australian-history-rap/ Merriam-Webster Word Central has a number of fun vocab games, including Robo-Bee ("Will your language skills blossom or wilt? It's up to you as you control the flight of the Robo-Bee through a garden of synonyms, antonyms, spelling, and usage puzzles!"), spelling game Alpha-Bot and others. http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/vocab-games/ Hunkin's Experiments has some cool science acitivites aimed at primary school age students. "Cool cartoons that will have you experimenting with food, light, sound, clothes, and a whole lot more!! Hundreds of cartoon experiments from cartoonist, broadcaster and engineer Tim ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/cool-science-sites/ Philosophy for Children is a site that aims to promote deep thinking, reasoning and verbal skills by asking philosophical questions based on children's books such as Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/philosophy-for-kids/ What is PicLits.com? PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/piclits/