Read this piece of great news off eSN for history teachers, though not strictly pertaining to the Singapore history, teachers will be able to find this resource useful and adapt when needed 🙂
Through an agreement with the National Archives, Google Inc. has added historic video footage of such events as the Apollo moon landing and Japan’s surrender in World War II to its internet search engine. Students, teachers, researchers, and others now can access these digital video clips free of charge through the Google Video search portal.
Read the full article, and visit the NARA on Google Video site too 🙂
Feed and RSS Tools in 5 Steps
Podcast RSS Feed Generator
If you are currently hosting podcasts/audioblogs on your own personal webspace, and the RSS feeds are not automatically generated (or the fact is that you are writing/editing your own feeds), you can make use of this feed generator to generate the necessary feed automatically.
[source: podcastingnews]
Podcasting finds a place in education
… and so reports The Daily Vanguard from Portland State University.
�Podcasting isn�t a replacement for in-classroom teaching: it is, however, an
excellent supplemental study aid,� said Chris Dawson, CTO of Web Cast in a
Box. �The option to review a lecture on an iPod, while in the car, on the train or
on vacation, is something many students are interested in. Many already have
iPods [or another MP3 player] and can listen to podcasts with very little effort.�
Schools and universities are beginning to use podcasting to archive and make
available lectures and seminars. Bart Massey, professor of computer science at
Portland State, is investigating podcasts for use in his own classes.
and the full report goes here.
Reflection on teaching writing
Anne Davis‘s latest post contains her personal reflection on her teaching to write experience. You’ll surely gain some learning points if you need to teach pupils to write too 🙂 Check it out.