Some fascinating ideas in this article:
Do digital diaries mess up your brain?
This blew me away:
In fact, it’s not inconceivable that a microchip could be implanted in the brain that would be used to make external copies of memory, said Dr. Gary Small, director of the UCLA Center on Aging and co-author of the book “iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind.”
On the plus side, this would help patients with Alzheimer’s disease who have begun to forget key elements of their existence, he said. Presenting them their own memories could add “another 10 years of cognitive life,” he said.
If you have aspiring student documentarists (is there such a word?) – here are some resources. A documentary film might be a welcome break from the ubiquitous PowerPoint.
We have acquired some new resources recently that can be used for struggling readers. I hope you will stop in so I can give you a quick tour.
If you would like to poke around yourself – here they are:
Available from the Library Page
(Library page > Click on ” Search Databases”)
World Book
Gale Power Search
All the other Gale Databases
* I have put the user names and passwords in your mailbox
In World Book you click the “hear text read aloud” link and then click at the beginning of the text you want to listen to. ATTENTION FOREIGN LANGUAGE & ESOL teachers – World Book will also translate text into mutliple languages but will not read it aloud in anything other than English.
For the Gale databases you simply click the play button on the read audio bar. Some articles can also be downloaded to ipods etc.
Available from MS Word
This is NOT new – but perhaps you have not seen it before. Students can copy and paste text from anywhere into a Word document. Then if they click the windows key and the S key at the same time, the computer will read the text to the student.
Again – if you want a quick tour – come on down!!
Highlights for High School features MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers.
There are very useful materials for AP Biology, AP Calculus & AP Physics. But there are materials for many other areas – Shakespeare, visual arts, introduction to western music and much more.
MIT courses cover a variety of subjects and include videos and other resources for you and your students. General Subject areas covered are:
* Biology
* Chemistry
* Computers and Electronics
* Engineering
* Foreign Languages
* Math
* Media, Music and The Arts
* Physical Education
* Physics
* Social Sciences
* Writing and Literature
