Little Big City is an experiment in web 3D graphics using the openstreet map database
You can navigate to different locations using the map in the lower right. Unfortunately, there is no search, so you’re stuck either panning across the world or inputing the coordinates.
Pretty nifty visualization if you are teaching maps or map reading.
Five million children and youth are cared for by our nation’s social service agencies because they’re experiencing homelessness, foster care placement, incarceration, or other challenges. And all of these young people will also show up in our schools while juggling other competing priorities. Can you put yourself in the shoes of one of these…
Source: Digital Design Platform for Education | InVision InVision provides prototyping services for applications, students can use the website to collaborate on mobile apps and get an idea how the app would work. This would be geared toward the higher grade levels, especially students who may be interested in a user interface or programming career….
Illuminations has lesson plans and interactives for the Pre-K – 12th grade math teacher, all free! Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Illuminations has over 700 lesson plans and over 100 interactives available. There are also 13 Calculation Nation® games, which are games where the student can compete against other students. If you are an iPad…
Source: Carbon | Create and share beautiful images of your source code Carbon is a website for programmers to create screenshots of codes, but the flexibility and options of the site offers something to students and teachers. Instead of just creating a text box in a presentation, use Carbon and create a visually appealing text…
Source: Liteboard Liteboard is a shareable interactive whiteboard with videoconferencing capabilities. It is free and doesn’t require an account for you or your students. Once you create a lecture, you are given a link that you share with your students. They can then see the board in realtime. If you share your microphone and/or webcam,…
Here’s a neat little project from Google. The site will ask for a word, and then take your picture. The AI will convert your picture in to art and create a poem based on the word.