July 27, 2005
2 new free downloads allow you to see the planet in 3D
Google Earth Explore, Search and Discover. Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in — Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.
NASA World Wind, World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara.
July 21, 2005
Today John Hargreaves, the Shropshire County Council Press Officer, gave a presentation to the Advisory Service on communicating through the media. The boot was on the other foot as Advisers were captivated by the fast-paced advice given by John at the Monkmoor Teacher Development Centre.
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July 19, 2005
In Shropshire could we organise a similar scheme, or even have a central collection for sending them to Computer Aid. What do people think? Dale said an ex teacher from Mary Webb is now working out in Africa, maybe we could set up a direct link. How would we fund the shipping of them? Any thoughts???
So what do you think, who should run the internet?
July 3, 2005
There are a number of sites that offer royalty-free images. Sometimes the interface is a bit quirky (like this one) but often their heart’s in the right place. Of course, before directing pupils to a RFI site you need to make sure that images therein are appropriate…
Free software that allows you to communicate for free has to be worth a look, surely? Imagine talking to experts in your subject from anywhere in the world, and recording the conversation for later use as a learning resource.
With Skype (and a few other bells and whistles) it’s possible…
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July 1, 2005
Following up from my slot at the ICT Co-ords….
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After today’s Shropshire ICT Co-ords meeting where Steve showed the vagaries of Google as a search engine (see this article on Google Bombing), I tried some others. Here’s one I like, not necessarily for the search engine capability (it’s yahoo powered) but for the interface, which I’ve used as a file manager in the past. And for the name - Grokker. Those who are ancient enough to have read Heinlein’s Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land (as appearing in the Billy Joel song “We didn’t start the fire“) will fully understand what grok means.
Teoma is “Ask Jeeves for grown-ups”
Mirago is a family-friendly UK based engine (thanks for that one Laurie).
northernlights.com
altavista
There are plenty of others - add a comment to suggest a few.
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