Monday, April 23, 2012

New NASA video taken from the International Space Station

This video features a series of time lapse sequences photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station. Set to the song "Walking in the Air," by Howard Blake, the video takes viewers around the world, through auroras, and over dazzling lightning displays. The sequences are as follows:



:01 -- Stars over southern United States                   1:33 -- United Kingdom to Baltic Sea
:08 -- US west coast to Canada                                      1:46 -- Moonset
:21 -- Central Europe to the Middle East                   1:55 -- Northern United States to Eastern Canada
:36 -- Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean       2:12 -- Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean
:54 -- Storms over Africa                                                 2:32 -- Comet Lovejoy
1:08 -- Central United States                                          2:53 -- Aurora Borealis over Hudson Bay
1:20 -- Midwest United States                                        3:06 -- United Kingdom to Central Europe

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Online Google Conference

Google

We are pleased to announce Education On Air, a free online edtech conference. This conference is convened by Google and features over 50 educators hosting 46 Hangouts of professional development.
The Hangouts will be live streamed on Google+ on the page of each presenter. As you watch, you can submit questions & comments live to the educators.
Visit the website today to review the sessions and add them to your calendar. Sign up for Google+ at no charge by visiting www.google.com/+
We hope you can participate!

Regards,
Tia Lendo, Google in Education team
Date and Time.
Wednesday, May 2nd
Start: 9AM PT / 11AM CT / 12PM ET
End: 7PM PT / 9PM CT / 10PM ET
Find a Hangout.
Education On Air website
Session Themes.
Hot Topics in EdTech
Instructional & Assessment Tools
Google Apps
Communicate, Connect, and Share
Harnessing the Web
Chromebooks for Education

Monday, April 9, 2012

Free Webinar - Make Clickers Work for You: Pedagogy for Student Engagement

Make Clickers Work for You: Pedagogy for Student Engagement; details 
Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Time: 4:00 -5:00 pm ET 

The webinar will be run by Patricia Loeblein who is one of the people who develops the interactive simulations at the Phet site at CU-Boulder.

It's free but you have to register.  

Google Earth environmental files

One link will allow you to download numerous files dealing with issues that have an environmental impact on our planet.  Some of the topics include:  damage done from damming rivers, CO2 emissions, saving our Redwoods, defending the rivers of the Amazon, looking at the worst oil spills in history, disappearing forests, all the water in the world, bio-diversity and animals on the edge of existence.