Technology+Issues


 * Assignment #1**

[|Flash Earth]

This is a great site to have saved as a favourite as it allows anyone to access the great Google Earth features without downloading the large software files from Google. Furthermore, this site allows you to quickly switch from the familiar Google Earth views to other globe-mapping systems available online; Yahoo Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, Ask.com and NASA Terra. The cool factor of this website is that you can quickly switch between the available mapping systems to see the best resolution for a particular location. For example, my house is barely visible through Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth, but Yahoo Maps has a crystal clear image available. As a History teacher, this site will allow me to quickly show my classes where a particular historical location is, and use any of the available systems to get the best possible image quality with the greatest detail.

[|SMART-Board Ideas]

This site is full of ready to use SMART-Board presentations that could simply be pulled off the website and used to supplement a lesson. However, I value this website for its innovative ideas to integrate a Smart-Board into the modern classroom. One of the neatest presentations I found was a Jeopardy! style presentation that was written for American students learning about their Constitution. However, after some quick editing, it could easily be turned into a class challenge on Canadian politics, or World Geography.

[|Civilization.ca]

This site is run by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, which is affiliated with the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum, both based in Ottawa. This site is full of Canadian History information for both students and teachers. It has subject areas such as First Peoples, Culture, History, Archaeology, Treasures, and Military History, and includes section built for kids and educators. As a History teacher, I could readily suggest this site as a resource for a World War One project or as a starting point for a paper on Canadian Archaeology.

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