MathSite: An Interactive Source for Seeing, Hearing, Doing Mathematics Interactive Mathematics for people of all ages. Exhibits include Polygon Dissection and Stick Sorting. The website is clear and easy to navigate, but requires Flash and Java, and preferably broadband Internet connectivity, to run. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 4:30 a.m..
Medieval Mystery This site created by the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille, and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute turns one of the primary tasks of museum curators and archivists--establishing the provenance of the works in their collections--into a game. Using a group of late 15th century Dutch paintings with an uncertain history that depict the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, the game attempts to answer four questions: What are the origins of the paintings? How do the paintings relate to each other? What did the paintings mean in the 15th century? Who was the Master of the Embroidered Foliage? The rese From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 4:30 a.m..
Patterns of Antisocial Behaviour from Early to Late Adolescence As not all antisocial behaviour is recorded by police, it is valuable to measure adolescents' own reports of their involvement in such behaviour. Self-reported measures allow questions to be answered about the types, rates and across-time patterns of adolescent antisocial behaviour and the degree to which such behaviour results in criminal justice contact. This report analyses data from a large longitudinal study of Victorian children. It focuses on the types and extent of antisocial behaviour at ages 13-14, 15-16 and 17-18 years and explores differing across-time patterns of such behavio From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 4:30 a.m..
Thinking Machine4 Thinking Machine 4 explores the invisible, elusive nature of thought. Play chess against a transparent intelligence, its evolving thought process visible on the board before you. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 4:30 a.m..
Video Classroom Video Classroom is an American collection of video and radio programs documenting K-12 teachers, student teachers, faculty and administrators in real life classroom experiences. Search by Content to look for segments by the content area, grade level, or instructional setting featured in the classroom clip. Alternatively Search by Professional Needs or Search by Keyword. Additional resources offer extended interview segments, extended classroom segments, suggested websites, and discussion questions. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Maths- subtangent.com This site contains a number of interactive mathematical learning objects. Explore some interactive investigations: Number Stairs, Diagonal Differences; Games: Maths hangman, Maths Word Search, Mathionaire, Count Down, Rush Hour; Test Yourself: Function machines, Number properties, Pythagoras, Quadratics; Revise: Measuring with Ruler and Protractor, Making and using pie charts, Rotational Symmetry, Frequency Diagrams. The Resources section contain printables including stationery, starter puzzles, and worksheets for Geometry, Statistics and Number. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Nine Classroom Creativity Killers This short article written by an art teacher discusses habits teachers develop that may kill creativity in their classrooms. A second page explains how to plan art lessons that are not Creativity Killers while still teaching production, criticism, aesthetics and art history. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Location register of 20th-century English literary manuscripts and letters The location register of twentieth-century English literary manuscripts and letters is a print and online resource for researchers requiring information about where manuscripts are held and how they may be accessed. The online version is freely available and allows keyword and browse search options. The register covers holdings of all sizes from British and Irish institutions ranging from the British Library to local museums. The register's remit is broad, with minor writers of genre fiction included alongside the major figures of literary history. The online database includes all updates From New Humbul Resources on January 28, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Sacred dramas by Hannah More Hannah More was a prominent member of the late eighteenth-century Bluestocking circle, and a notable poet and dramatist. Her 'Sacred dramas' were first published in 1782, and were 'chiefly intended for young persons'. The digitized text provided here is from the 23rd edition, published in 1825. They text consists of five individual dramatic episodes: 'Moses in the Bulrushes'; 'David and Goliath'; 'Belshazzar'; 'Daniel'; and the 'Reflections of King Hezekiah in His Sickness'. Preliminary materials include an advertisement and From New Humbul Resources on January 28, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Holocaust Memorial Day - Education Index Page Holocaust Memorial Day is held on 27 January marking the anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in 1945. This site contains a range of educational material about the Holocaust. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 1:30 a.m..
Leadership for Highly Successful Middle Level Schools: Executive Summary This report aims to provide principals, teachers, policymakers, researchers, other educators, and members of the public with insight about the programs and practices of highly successful middle level schools and the leaders who helped establish and maintain those programs. A highly successful school is defined as one in which the principal and the teachers consciously work together to effectively meet the needs of the young adolescents they serve. The schools selected for this study were identified as highly successful because they were effectively meeting unique student needs through a variet From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 1:30 a.m..
Assessing Student Needs in Web-Based Distance Education Needs assessment is the first step in the design of instruction. It provides key information to select appropriate technology and instructional strategies for online learning. This paper in the January 2005 edition of the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning provides direction for evaluating student needs in web-based distance education courses. This paper outlines and describes the student needs assessment process in five essential areas: computer skills, learning styles, available resources, learning outcomes, and prior learning experiences. The instructor From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 1:30 a.m..
Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age In this article in the January 2005 edition of the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, George Siemens argues that the three broad learning theories most often utilised in the creation of instructional environments, behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism, were developed in a time when learning was not impacted through technology. Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn. Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 1:30 a.m..
Indestructibles A convenient carrier or a marine killer? Heather Catchpole takes a look at why plastic bags should no longer be tossed out with the garbage. Plastic bags are handed out free each week in Australia by the millions. They are cheap to make, lightweight, waterproof and convenient. But the flipside of this convenience is that plastic bags are practically indestructible. And the number that ends up in the environment each year is growing. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
Report on Government Services 2005 - Fact Sheet: Children's Services This fact sheet summarises the Children's Services Chapter (Chapter 14) of the Report on Australian Government Services 2005. The focus of this chapter is on government funded and/or provided child care and pre-school services. It includes an overview of statistics on attendance, accreditation, and expenditure. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
Global Education Issues: Education Education issues page from the Global Education Website, initiated and funded by AusAID to support its Global Education Program. Includes: Facts; Background; Australia's responses; the global agenda, teaching activities, links to other resources and case studies: Education for mainstreaming disabled children in Cambodia, and Improving schools in Papua New Guinea. From EdNA Online on January 28, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
Global Education Network (Canada) The Canadian Global Education Network consists of teachers, students, and members of the Community who believe that teaching and learning must integrate the interdependency of the social, economic, environmental, and political aspects of our world. This online directory of resources is designed to be used across curriculum areas and schooling levels. Topics include: Alternative Media, Development, Environment, Human Rights and Peace. From Recent Items on January 28, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
World Tales (SBS) SBS World Tales features twenty animated films based on traditional stories from around the world. Each film is the animator's creative interpretation of a traditional tale and these films have a soundtrack in English and in the story's native language. These stories act as a guidebook to the moral and social codes of the people who tell them. They teach essential lessons about the dangers, responsibilities and expectations of life in that society. The site includes story background, storyteller features, 100 text stories, Ecards, a quiz and mini-games and education resources for tea From Recent Items on January 28, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
Report on Government Services 2005: Children's Services The Report on Australian Government Services 2005 was released on 28 January 2005. Children's services aim to meet the care, education and development needs of children, although the emphasis on these broad objectives may differ across the services. Child care services reported in this chapter (Chapter 14) include those provided to children aged less than 13 years, usually by someone other than the child's parents or guardian. Preschool services are provided to children mainly in the year or two before they commence full time schooling. This report contains statistics on attendance, From EdNA Online on January 27, 2005 at 11:30 p.m..
Review of Government Service Provision: School Education This chapter of the 2005 report focuses on performance information - equity, effectiveness and efficiency - for government funded school education in Australia. Reporting relates to government funding only, not to the full cost to the community of providing school education. Descriptive information and performance indicators are generally reported for: government primary and secondary schools; non-government primary and secondary schools; school education as a whole (government and non-government primary and secondary schools). It contains information about staff-student ratios, year 12 comple From EdNA Online on January 27, 2005 at 11:30 p.m..
Report on Government Services 2005 - Fact Sheet: School Education This fact sheet summarises the School Education Chapter (Chapter 3) of the Report on Australian Government Services 2005. The principal focus of this chapter is on government funded primary and secondary school education to 2003. Some performance indicators are reported for government schools, non-government schools and school education as a whole. From EdNA Online on January 27, 2005 at 11:30 p.m..
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