Archives for October 17, 2012
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We’re Under A Lot Of Pressure At Discovery Education
Air pressure that is! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be safely vacuum-sealed? Or maybe how much does air weigh that is pushing on our bodies? Recently Patti Duncan, with Discovery Education, demonstrated these air pressure principles and more during a Live Stream event in Orange County, NC with a group [...]
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Tackk – creatively share content online – similar to Glogster
Tackk is a free web service that allows you to instantly and easily create and share content online. No login, no fees. Just go to the Tackk page and start typing. When you are finished, you can share it via the web or social networks. You can have a title, subtitles, photos, change fonts and [...]
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MyPhysicsLab – Free Physics Simulations
MyPhysicsLab is a free site that contains, you guessed it, physics lab simulations. They are simple and created in Java, but illustrate the physics concept quite well. They are organized into topics: springs, pendulums, combinations, collisions, roller coasters, molecules. There is also a section that explains how they work and the math/physics/programming behind creating [...]
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Any.do popular to-do app adds 12 new languages – still free
Any.do is a very popular, free, to-do list app for Android, iOS and Chrome. It has now added 12 new languages and is available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified & traditional) & Russian. This makes this highly popular task app even better. What’s nice about Any.do is that [...]
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Clouds Over Cuba – intense interactive history lesson about Cuban Missile Crisis
Clouds Over Cuba is a new interactive history lesson about the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is a multimedia documentary on the Cuban Missile crisis and was just released, 50 years to the day that JFK learned that the Soviets were building missile sites in Cuba. The project was developed by the Martin Agency [...]
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The Thirteenth Podcast
Unlucky 13th? I don’t think so. Even with Halloween around the corner. It’s been a while since Steve and I podcasted but we made time even though Steve was driving. Forgive the few times where his audio gets wonky but enjoy our chat about the upcoming Virtcon. Listen, share it, retweet it and more importantly [...]
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Musuem Makers LC Event in Florida on 10/19
If you are in the Kissimmee, Florida area, you might want to check out this LC Event, organized by Debbie Bohanan. Have you ever visited a museum and wished there was more information on the topic? If so, Museum Makers is the workshop for you. We are going to start our day with a tour [...]
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