Catch of the Day - Jefferson Lab's Science Education - 9/14/2010

The Jefferson Lab's Science Education website provides high-quality resources for science teachers and their students.

The focus of Jefferson Lab's Science Education site is on increasing the number of teachers with significant knowledge and skills in math and science and boosting the motivation and preparation of all science students.

The Teacher Resources area offers a wealth of material such as teacher programs, workshops, reference materials, hands-on activities, online games and puzzles, printables, and more. Here you'll also find Frostbite Theater, a large collection of science videos produced by Jefferson Lab.

The Student Zone contains homework helpers, online games and puzzles, and information on internships.

Another goal of Jefferson Lab's Science Education effort is to address the under representation of minorities and females in science, math, engineering, and technology careers.

The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is a user facility for scientists worldwide, its primary mission is to conduct basic research of the atom's nucleus at the quark level.

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Catch of the Day - Enhance Learning with Technology - 9/13/2010

Enhance Learning with Technology is a Canadian website loaded with links to classroom technology resources.

The links on this site are intended to help teachers …

• discover that technology can be a useful tool in the classroom
• develop the methodology for integrating computers into the learning environment
• locate professional development resources

There are a dozen main resource categories on the Enhance Learning with Technology site, including Changing Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Integrating Technology, Sample Lesson Plans, Thinking Skills, and Tutorials. Most of these groups are further divided into more specific sub-topics.

Use the navigation bar on the left to navigate Enhance Learning with Technology, or use the "Site Map" buttons located at the top left and bottom right corner of any page.

P. Theroux, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, maintains the Enhance Learning with Technology site.

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LearnBoost Adds New Features

In mid-August I posted about LearnBoost, a site that enables teachers to manage their classroom with a free gradebook and software to create and manage lesson plans, track attendance, maintain schedules, integrate calendars, and much more.

Earlier this month, LearnBoost implemented some useful enhancements ...

• When creating a class, you can now choose to create your own subject or use one of the system defaults.
• Custom periods and times give teachers the ability to maintain their class schedule any way they want.
• Improved Internet Explorer 8 compatibility with better images and layouts.

Read more about the new LearnBoost features

Go to my earlier post about LearnBoost

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Prezi Meeting - Live Collaboration

Prezi Meeting launches today, bringing real-time collaboration to the Prezi platform.

Invited collaborators can work together on a presentation. Each team member can update different parts of the storyboard — pictures, text, images, videos, etc. — while watching other collaborators add their own content to the presentation.

Watch a video introduction to Prezi Meeting

Prezi Meeting is available for free to all registered Prezi users.

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Catch of the Day - Frontline TEACHER CENTER - 9/10/2010

The Frontline TEACHER CENTER is a companion website to the WGBH/PBS public affairs television series FRONTLINE.

The Frontline TEACHER CENTER gives educators access to classroom activities with streaming video, downloadable lesson plans, and other web resources to accompany FRONTLINE programs.

The Frontline TEACHER CENTER guides are grouped by the following subjects …

• Biographies
• Business/Economy
• Diversity
• Foreign Affairs/Defense
• Global Studies
• Government/Public Policy
• Health/Science/Technology
• Media Literacy
• Religion

FRONTLINE teacher’s guides are written primarily for use at the high school level (ages 14-17).

You can also locate resources by using the site search or browse FRONTLINE programs by title or date .

The FRONTLINE Planner is a monthly newsletter for educators with information including previews of upcoming programs, web highlights, and occasional behind-the-scenes reports from FRONTLINE producers and correspondents.

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