Praxis The Science & Technology Hotline

Thirty-five percent of the world’s birds, 52 percent of amphibians and 71 percent of warm-water reef-building corals are likely to be particularly susceptible to climate change, the first results of an IUCN study have revealed. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013142545.htm

Why the philosophy of science matters - you need to register to have access but it is worth the read:
http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/55025/

Article referred to in previous site - What makes science “science”? A bit depressing for science teachers?
http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/55033/

How science works (the peer review process) – specially designed for secondary students:
http://www.senseaboutscience.net/

Interesting ecological study showing the complexity of an ecosystem (useful for secondary biology): http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/07-1818.1

High school biology teachers take note - those old genetics problems may need a little modification (hair loss not just sex-linked): http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081012164439.htm

Hunting “dark matter”. Is this discussed in high school physics?
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/16/dark-matter.html

Exploring Genes & Genetic Disorders: "Gene Gateway, originally designed as a Web companion to the popular Human Genome Landmarks poster, is a collection of guides and tutorials designed to help students and other novice users get started with some of the resources that make these data available to the public." http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/

The University of Oxford offers free podcasts of lectures by Oxford professors - many different subjects. http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/

Google does a brain good (Another reason to continue being a geek even after retirement): http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/14/google.brain/index.html

Science Fair Project Resources: From Pete Mackay - The Teacher List - he got this one from Kelowna teacher Sharon Affeld. Science Buddies is a free resource that provides science fair project ideas and related tools and resources to students, parents, and teachers. http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

"Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science provides twelve 90-second reports subscribing local TV newscasts all over the United States. Accurate, scientifically reviewed and reliable, DBIS brings the latest science, engineering, math and technology news to a general audience that is underserved with quality science reporting." The videos may also be very useful for classroom "current science" presentations. http://www.aip.org/dbis/

B. EdTechWeekly – October 19, 2008

EdTechWeekly is part of the EdTechTalk network: http://edtechtalk.com/
The following are a sample of some of the links discussed on Sunday, October 19, 2008. If you are interested in participating go to http://edtechtalk.com/chat on Sundays at 5:00 p.m..

Map showing popularity of social networks (not sure what the difference between Canada and the US indicates): http://www.oxyweb.co.uk/blog/socialnetworkmapoftheworld.php

The Encyclopaedia of Life– information about life on earth (developing project – probably will get better as time goes on): http://eol.org/index

13 Free Backup Programmes (different formats):
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/12/13-great-free-backup-programs-for-windows-mac-and-linux/

Tech Terms to Avoid (agree or disagree):
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/12/13-great-free-backup-programs-for-windows-mac-and-linux/

Text to Movie (if you can type you can make movies): http://www.xtranormal.com/ and http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20081019060641112

What would you do 11 years from now (invent the future)? http://www.superstructgame.net/Home1

Internet use is good for the brain (especially “older” people – I now have an excuse): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7667610.stm

Google spreadsheets to create an on-line form: http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=87809&hl=en

Free on-line screen recorder (multiple platforms):
* Record your screen activity. * Publish the video on the Internet!* Stream the recorded video in Flash. http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=87809&hl=en

Not that anyone cares (Next version of Vista: Windows 7 – exciting name!): http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/13/introducing-windows-7.aspx

Voices (record audio about a place on a map – maybe a class project?): http://woices.com/

FotoViewer (3D photo galleries using your Flickr photos): http://www.fotoviewr.com/

4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. http://www.4teachers.org/about/

New plug-in for your G-mail account that prevents drunk e-mailing:
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/10/googles-mail-go.html

Insert web pages into a PowerPoint presentation: http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm

For those using Twitter (and I can’t understand why you wouldn’t) and want to “connect” with other teachers (Twitter for Teachers): http://twitter4teachers.pbwiki.com/

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