OTR Backup 01/03/2012

• Sky’s the limit: the world’s cheapest touch-screen tablet

  This has to be the best e-learning technology story of 2011. Datawind, a relatively small Canadian company based in Montreal, has won an Indian government contract to produce a 7 inch touchscreen tablet named Aakash that costs $52 to manufacture and will sell, with Indian government subsidy, for $35 for universities, colleges and high schools in India. The tablet runs on Google’s Android software.

  tags: Tablet India

• http://www.kidport.com/Grade5/Math/MeasureGeo/MeasuringAngles.swf

  Measure angles - suitable for SMART Board

  tags: math geometry angles measure protractor maths iwb measurement SMARTBoard

• MasteryConnect - Home

  MasteryConnect makes it simple to share and discover common formative assessments and track mastery of state and Common Core standards. Built-in grading tools save teachers time.

  tags: commoncore assessment Standards education apps common core standards ipad collaboration

• http://static.learn4good.com/cms/upload/games/mathforkids/swf/the_eyeballing_game.swf

  Test your ability to eyeball geometric constructions.  Great for SMARTBoard

  tags: geometry mathematics smartboard iwb

• Amazing Handwriting Worksheet Maker

  The Amazing - Incredible Handwriting Worksheet Maker!
  Make full-page custom handwriting worksheets in seconds!

  tags: handwriting writing worksheet cursive tools education literacy english

• Toronto News: Year-long exposure of Toronto skyline produces 'dreamy' image - thestar.com

  A year ago, Michael Chrisman placed a pinhole camera in Toronto’s Port Lands and aimed it — as best one can aim such a camera — at the city skyline.
  
  For 365 straight days and nights, light has crept through the pinhole, slowly building an exposure on a piece of photosensitive paper.

  tags: toronto news exposure skyline image

• Learn to code | Codecademy

  Codecademy is the easiest way to learn how to code. It's interactive, fun, and you can do it with your friends.
  
  

  tags: code

• Code Year

  Make your New Year's resolution learning to code.
  Sign up on Code Year to get a new interactive programming lesson sent to you each week and you'll be building apps
  and web sites before you know it.

  tags: codeyear programming code coding learning twitter

• DigitalStorytelling4Kids [licensed for non-commercial use only] / Welcome

  Attend our free hands-on online workshop on how to use web storytelling tools and mobile apps to motivate young learners. You can register for free Jan. 2-8th, 2012 by joining our Yahoo group. Sessions begin Jan. 9, and run until Feb. 12th (5 weeks).

  tags: digitalstorytelling kids

• Still Looking For A New Year’s Resolution? How About Learning To Code … | TechCrunch

  After eating something greasy to get rid of last night’s Jello shot-induced hangover, many of you are probably in the middle of writing your New Year’s resolutions. Well, here’s a good one (especially considering that the tech sector seems to be the only bright spot in a sort of lackluster economy) … Learn to code.

  tags: code programming

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