Videos from Ted and the BBC

Today, as a teacher with a serious coffee addiction, I'd like to share one of the new videos from TedEd - the science of caffeine.  While it may not have a particularly relevant application for your students, it may be relevant for your life as your write report cards and grade exams this week :)

You might also want to take a peek at some of the other new offerings on TedEd.  I suspect many will be interesting for our Upper School students, though the lessons seem to be designed with High School students in mind.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons

I could have spent hours watching these videos... 

I also recently discovered a neat series of videos from the BBC (hat tip to the Free Technology for Teachers blog) - The Dara O Briain's Science Club series on the BBC. The series currently has six episodes investigating the science of things like music and space. The full episodes cannot be watched in the U.S. but some short clips can be found on the BBC's YouTube channel. I loved the explanation of the science and story of exploration through time.

My music teacher friends might also enjoy the history of music:

And the Dodo's Guide to extinction is pretty cool as well:

Enough fun... time to go back to writing report cards...

mb

Integrating Technology ... with Prezi

Hi all, I've spent the day experimenting with a super cool web-based presentation tool called Prezi...  I created a presentation for the Integrating Technology workshops Polly and I have been hosting - some which have already taken place, and others scheduled for a few weeks from now.

If you have a few minutes to explore this Prezi, be sure to select the "full screen" option above the "more" tab.

You'll find a huge number of resources here to spark your imagination.  We hope that you'll be able to take a bit of time to explore a range of techie options for your classroom next year.  I was able to imbed videos for TedEd, the Google World Wonders Project, Google Earth and more... so please take some time to explore those possibilities.

Let me know if you have any questions at all - or have other resources to add... and hope you are enjoying your summer,

mb