Have iPads? Getting iPads? Confused a bit about how to actually use iPads?
You're not alone. Tons of schools are jumping on the mobile tablet bandwagon. But they often jump on without giving teachers a whole lot of training. The infographic below - created by Tony Vincent and posted on his awesome Learning in Hand site - can be a jumpstart to learning more about how the iPad can impact teaching and learning.
Tufts, publisher of the Perseus Project, announces the launch of the Perseus Catalogue:
The Perseus Digital Library is pleased to announce the 1.0 Release of the Perseus Catalog.
The Perseus Catalog is an attempt to provide systematic catalog access to at least one online edition of every major Greek and Latin author (both surviving and fragmentary) from antiquity to 600 CE. Still a work in progress, the catalog currently includes 3,679 individual works (2,522 Greek and 1,247 Latin), with over 11,000 links to online versions of these works (6,419 in Google Books, 5,098 to the Internet Archive, 593 to the Hathi Trust). The Perseus interface now includes links to the Perseus Catalog from the main navigation bar, and also from within the majority of texts in the Greco-Roman collection.
The release allows broader access to Greek and Latin texts in the original language as well as in translation. This is an excellent resource and tool for educators and students in ancient history, Classics, Latin, and Greek.
I often dream of going paperless in my classroom. If it is an objective of yours, Evernote is a great tool to help you get there.
If you want some great tips on how to go paperless in your own life and in the classroom, check out Jamie Todd’s (Evernote Ambassador for paperless living) Evernote Blog Feed: Going Paperless. It has some great tips, how to’s, and more! It’s a great location to get some ideas for use in your paperless classroom!
The Smithsonian is 3D scanning its collection to preserve it for future generations. Curators have prioritized more than 14 million objects for digitized preservation. See the full article at Engadget. Check out the video of the process of scanning and preserving the Gunboat Philadelphia.
Johannes Vermeer, c/o of the Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum, the National Dutch Museum, has revamped its website and now provides an amazing new way to explore the museum’s collection.You can look by theme, author, date, special exhibits, and more. Images that are out of copyright are free to download in high resolution! This is a great tool to use for a virtual field trip or examining Dutch Art in high detail.
Be sure to visit the museum’s website and sign up for an account, which allows for greater access to research and downloadable imagery.
The History 2.0 Classroom has a great list of four ways to use Explain Everything (a powerful screencasting iPad app) for everything but screencasting! If you’re unfamiliar with Explain Everything, here is a brief and information video:
Explain Everything 2.0 from MorrisCooke on Vimeo.
You can use this powerful application (that costs a mere $2.99 and is available for educational pricing) to:
For step by step instructions, check out the full blog post by Greg Kulowiec here!
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