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Technology Enables a World-Wide Virtual Choir
If you haven’t seen Eric Witacre’s amazing global video project, Virtual Choir – Lux Aurumque,” it’s a must. It is an amazing example of how technology can bring people together from around the world to collaborate and produce something beautiful.Collected in techhappy's videos Apr 21, 2011 -
Gmail Motion
Google rolled out an absolutely amazing new gmail interface today called “Gmail Motion.” Instead of having to use your mouse and keyboard to compose and send emails (which are outdated – invented long before the internet) users are now able to use simple gestures to send emails. The way it works is, “Gmail Motion uses [...]Collected in techhappy's videos Apr 1, 2011 -
Khan Academy
If you haven’t visited the Khan Academy or used the videos to help enhance your math lessons, watch this recent Ted Talks video. The idea that Salman Kahn discusses about flipping the classroom is fascinating and echoes ideas that Alan November mentioned when he came to our school last fall.Collected in techhappy's videos Mar 13, 2011 -
5th Graders Interview History Experts Via Skype
This past Wednesday one of my 5th grade classes took part in a fantastic learning experience. Two history experts who work at the Singapore Ministry of Education were kind enough to Skype in and answer a series of 12 questions that the students came up with.Collected in techhappy's videos Mar 12, 2011 -
Google Art Project
A month ago, Google released the ambitions Google Art Project which uses street-view technology to allow users to virtually move around some of the world’s greatest museums and browse famous works of art. I finally had some time to sit down and give it a tour, and it’s quite impressive.Collected in techhappy's videos Mar 1, 2011 -
Google Body Browser
Google’s latest 3d venture, body browser, allows you to tour the inner-workings of the human body. You can zoom in to see the muscular and skeletal systems, fly around the organs, and go inside the brain.Collected in techhappy's videos Dec 16, 2010 -
Paragons of the Week: Mapeas, Sight Words with Samson, Qwiki
Episode 35 >> Previous Paragons 1. Mapeas Mapeas is a Google Maps mash-up that shows news happenings from around the world.Collected in techhappy's videos Dec 2, 2010 -
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Historical Imagery and 3D Trees in Google Earth
Historical Imagery Google recently improved upon Google Earth and introduced a historical imagery slider so that you can compare locations with how they looked previously (as far back as imagery is available for any particular location). 3D Trees Another great new features is 3D trees.Collected in techhappy's videos Nov 29, 2010 -
Nuclear Detonation Timeline 1945-1998
Here’s an eye-opening video created by Isao Hashimoto which shows all of the 2,053 nuclear tests and explosions that took place between 1945-1998. EdTechIdeas: This would be an interesting video to show as a discussion starter for middle and high school students studying World War II, human rights, the arms race, and nuclear proliferation.Collected in techhappy's videos Nov 28, 2010 -
Alan November Comes to Town
Christmas came early to Singapore! We had the great honor of having Alan November at our school this week, and I sit here now, trying to hash out and piece together coherent thoughts, head still swirling with ideas and discussions from this afternoon’s workshop.Collected in techhappy's videos Nov 24, 2010 -
My Green School Dream
“Dyslexic, we’ve renamed prolexic.” John Hardy mentions about 10 minutes into his talk, and that kind of thinking is a big part about what makes the Green School so special. The architecture is beautiful, and the school is off the grid.Collected in techhappy's videos Nov 19, 2010 -
Stop Teaching Calculating. Start Teaching Math
“Math is very popular. Just not in education.” Conrad Wolfram gives a great talk about how to bridge the math gap between the real world and the classroom by using computers to make math relevant to learners.Collected in techhappy's videos Nov 15, 2010 -
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The Child-Driven Education in Practice
A couple of months ago, I posted a TED Talk video called, The Child-Driven Education, by Sugata Mitra. The premise of Mitra’s study is that given access to “hole in the wall learning stations“, students will use their natural problem solving abilities and use the tools to learn independently.Collected in techhappy's videos Oct 26, 2010 -
Adding Numbers - Sketchcast.com
If you need help with this kind of math, I'm guessing you wouldn't have been able to find this video in the first place. Ergo, this video was created more to show an example of how Sketchcast could be used for teachers.Collected in techhappy's videos Oct 21, 2010 -
PocketMod
Great how-to video explaining the website: www.pocketmod.comCollected in techhappy's videos Oct 11, 2010 -
Paragons of the Week – Scale of the Universe, Nobel Prize Edu-games,
Episode 29 >>Previous Paragons 1. Scale of the Universe Scale of the Universe is an amazing journey in scale.Collected in techhappy's videos Oct 7, 2010
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