LibriVox is a collection of audio books of public domain works created by volunteers. The language used in public domain works can be pretty difficult for students to understand, having the audiobook available may make the materials more accessible. Plus, you could have your students create audio books and donate them to LibriVox.
Each spring, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation dedicate a week to celebrating the protected spaces in our communities. Today, we’re bringing the national parks to you in a Google Earth guided tour through 31 different parks around the country. Source: Explore U.S. National Parks in Google Earth What a cool set…
The app usually discussed with notetaking is Evernote, but Google has a contender with Google Keep. Each note takes on the form of a post-it looking note. Formatting is pretty limited, with a few font formatting options and the ability to include pictures. Instead of being only for text, a note can also be a…
Source: Netstory – Welcome to the World of Modern Interactive Fiction and Text Adventures Netstory is a free option to play or create interactive stories. The stories play out on the right side like a conversation, and the player makes decisions on the direction to go. It’s a lot like Twine.
This interactive incorporates engaging 3D-models of viruses that students can click on to rotate and view from different angles. In the process they will learn about the criteria that scientists use to classify viruses, the characteristics of different viruses, and the global prevalence of viral infections. A link to an illustration of the relative sizes…
Source: Draw! Sometimes you just need a quick and easy easy way to jot down notes and drawings during a meeting. Draw! is a no-frills online whiteboard. It uses the open source library called Literally Canvas. For what it does, it works well. Whiteboards can be saved or exported, no logins are required.
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,…