Math live

Animated stories that teach Maths (numbers, patterns, relations, shape and space, statistics and probability). The Math Live! was developed by the staff/contractors from Alberta Education and consultants/teachers from Edmonton Schools.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html

Witness

The BBC's Witness podcast series offers short audio recordings of newscasts and interviews with people who experienced historical events first-hand. It brings you a personal perspective on world events. Downloadable podcasts, programme information and related links (Witness homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t1hd).

Podcasts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/witness

The role of the teacher in today’s online education

We don’t need no educator: The role of the teacher in today’s online education

View more presentations from Stephen Downes

Science. Multimedia Resources

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. AAAS publishes the journal Science, as well as many scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide.

Some resources from Science magazine that can be useful for the classroom (e.g. CLIL and others):

• Video portal: http://video.sciencemag.org/SciOriginals (the videos are connected to an article that the students can read)
• Podcast: http://www.sciencemag.org/site/multimedia/podcast/index.xhtml (with transcript)
• Images and slideshows: http://www.sciencemag.org/site/multimedia/slideshows/index.xhtml
• Interactive versions of posters and illustrations from Science http://www.sciencemag.org/site/multimedia/interactives/index.xhtml

Cool Infographics

Cool Infographics The Cool Infographics blog highlights some of the best examples of data visualizations and infographics found in magazines, newspapers and on the Internet.It has quickly grown to be one of the top sites in the information design industry.

http://www.coolinfographics.com/

Woodlands Junior School Web

Woodland Junior School Web is one of the most visited school websites in the UK.

The website is run by Mandy Barrow, a former teacher at the school. The main sections which are updated regularly are the Homework Help, Interactive Zones and the British Culture sections. It also includes Literacy, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Art and Religion sections.

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/

Mosaic

The Mosaic project is a compilation of interactive activities (listening, reading, use of English and speaking) designed for the EOI second level students (A2 or Pre-Intermediate) to practice, expand and consolidate the contents seen in the classroom.

This project has been developed by Merche de Lucas thanks to a five-month grant given to the author by the Departament d'Educació de la Generalitat de Catalunya in August 2010

http://www.mdelu.com/

Reading Bear

Reading Bear, a project of WatchKnowLearn.org, is the first free program online to teach beginning readers (4-7 years old) vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English, all using innovative rich media. The project’s Editor-in-Chief is Larry Sanger, who conceived the project, designed the software, and did most of the work assembling the content so far. Sanger is an American philosopher best known as co-founder of Wikipedia.

How does it work? In each presentation—playable either as a video or as an interactive slide show—one or a few related “phonics rules.” are introduced. Presentations are available in seven different versions. In the fullest version, we sound out a word slowly and quickly, then blend it slowly, and finally (after an optional prompt) blend it quickly. As sounds are pronounced, the corresponding letters are highlighted. Then we display a picture illustrating the word, show a sentence (with the individual sounds again highlighted, karaoke style), and finally show a video illustrating the sentence.

Reading Bear is a non-profit project. It is free and ad-free.

(Source: http://www.readingbear.org/About.aspx)

Secuencias didácticas AICLE

El pasado 26 de octubre fueron presentadas oficialmente las 130 secuencias didácticas AICLE (en inglés, francés y alemán) para centros bilingües de Educación Primaria y Educación Secundaria dependientes de la Junta de Andalucía.

Cada secuencia contiene una ficha de identificación del material AICLE, una tabla de programación, el contenido de la secuencia, material complementario y solucionarios. Se puede acceder al material por idioma, materia o etapa educativa.

Es una iniciativa que puede servirnos de referente. Con un esfuerzo de producción y recogida sistemática de trabajo, abre muchísimas posibilidades y aporta una enorme riqueza.

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/portal-de-plurilinguismo/recursos-materiales/material-aicle/secuencias-aicle