101 Teaching resources

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

2010-10-09T07:14:00.002+01:00

Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering, video MIT lectures

2010-01-17T13:05:00.002Z

Course Description

This participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. This course is designed for graduate students interested in an academic career, and anyone else interested in teaching. Readings and discussions include: teaching equations for understanding, designing exam and homework questions, incorporating histories of science, creating absorbing lectures, teaching for transfer, the evils of PowerPoint, and planning a course. The subject is appropriate for both novices and those with teaching experience.

Topics covered:	General principles of teaching
Instructor:	Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan

Web page

Twitterlearn

2009-05-01T18:19:00.003+01:00

Twitterlearn is a new service from the Radio Lingua Network to receive regular quizzes via twitter, allowing you to test your knowledge of Spanish, Italian and German, with French coming soon.

Each of the series are linked to their podcasts and the content being tested in the regular quizzes is based on the content of their podcasts.

More here: http://www.twitterlearn.com/

http://twitter.com/learnspanish
http://twitter.com/learngerman
http://twitter.com/learnitalian

Images

2009-04-16T16:10:00.000+01:00

Commons A database of 1,598,332 freely reusable media files to which anyone can contribute
Image Bank and Sounds CNICE
Pict.com Unlimited space.
Flickr The best online photo management and sharing application in the world
Flickr Toys Toys and amusements for your digital photografs
Morgue File Contains photographs freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects by visitors to the site
Freefoto The largest collection of free photographs on the Internet

Optical Illusions

Customize images
Google images
The Face Game Build a face in a few easy steps. Powered by National Geographic Channel
Official Gimp User Manual

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

2008-11-17T16:16:00.001Z

This list was compiled from the Top 10 Tools list shared by over 220 learning professionals worldwide at the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

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Teaching videos

2008-11-12T22:10:00.000Z

MITTechTV
Digital Videolibrary (Xtec)
Commons
The Archive
The Periodic Table of Videos
Ubuntu videos
Youtube search "Education"
Convert all videos direct to your PC
Animoto for education (referral code: amsqeiw)

Software

2008-10-16T16:31:00.000+01:00

Edubuntu An excellent education tool, officially supported derivative of Ubuntu customised for Education use. Screencasts

Official Ubuntu documentation

Free alternatives Relations between proprietary applications and its free replacements

Linkat The educative distribution of GNU/Linux that offers the Department of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia, with the aim to provide an operating system completely frees.
Linux Frequently Asked Questions
PalmCAT Handeld software
ClicZone A set of free software for the development of multimedia educational activities.
Computer Science Learning Software
Softcatalà
Support tools
Comparison of reference management software
Convert any media file format (Documents, Images, Audio, Video & Archives) without buying or installing anything on your PC. Free!

Hacks and gadgets, DIY

2008-05-16T00:36:00.003+01:00

Instructables
Make: Technology on your time
Zedomax Latest trends in gadgets, technology, internet marketing, Web2.0 and beyond.
Curious inventor Make your own technology
Gear hack Hack your gears
Hacked Gadgets DIY Tech Blog
Gadget Brando Cool shop

Easy Java Simulations

2008-04-27T08:46:00.002+01:00

Easy Java Simulations software tool for the creation of computer simulations

Improved searchplugin for >100k articles Catalan Wikipedia

2008-01-20T18:29:00.000Z

Last Friday 18th January, Catalan Wikipedia (la Viquipèdia), has reached its 100.000 articles and so becomes the 17th language in worldwide Wikipedia top, just before Turkish and after Romanian.
Catalan is a Romance language with 9-10 milion speakers around the world, approximately 88th in worldwide ranking, and only fully official in the tiny sovereign country of Andorra.

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How to mount the Burr Puzzle

2008-01-16T22:26:00.001Z

This video has been done with GNU software

Electronics

2007-12-25T23:18:00.000Z

TiddlyWiki ShowCase

2007-07-21T23:49:00.001+01:00

This video shows some of the TiddlyWiki version 2.2.X features.

How this video has been made:
Software:
TiddlyWiki: http://tw.pacoriviere.cat
FlickSlidr: http://flickrslidr.com
Ubuntu, Firefox, RecordMyDesktop and Kino

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No sound version released. Pls feel free to edit it, prepare dub sound versions and/or add titles in every language you like!

Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons licensed.

Photo Hosting Websites

2007-07-19T17:35:00.000+01:00

Perils and tips to host your pictures and photos:

Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web

2007-07-14T01:42:00.000+01:00

The inventor of the World Wide Web explains how the Semantic Web works and how it will transform how we use and understand data.

From: http://www.technologyreview.com/

Web page creation

2007-07-02T16:30:00.000+01:00

TiddlyWiki A popular free MicroContent WikiWikiWeb created by JeremyRuston and a busy Community of independent developers.
mobiSiteGalore Build your own Mobile Website in minutes FREE!
Xiclets A service for the creation of small web pages (xiclets) in a simple and fast manner.
Web tutorials at Lehigh University
With Word Build a web page with Microsoft Word
XTEC guidelines
University Carlos III guidelines
Button generator and library

How to Install Ubuntu

2007-07-01T19:36:00.001+01:00

Ilustrating video tutorial showing an easy graphic interface

More video tutorials about Ubuntu: http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/

Encyclopedias

2007-06-26T17:00:00.000+01:00

Wikipedia The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Virtual encyclopedia Educational encyclopedia created by the Grup de Didáctica i Multimèdia from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Virtual community of professors Community of Teachers promoted by the Grup de Didáctica i Multimèdia from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Catalan encyclopedia
Britannica
Larrousse encyclopedia

Organizing your classes

2007-06-26T16:33:00.000+01:00

Pocket Evalúa A platform that works in a server, the goal of which is to facilitate the continuous evaluation process of the pupils in a daily and instantaneous way, as well as, to attempt that this information arrives in a fast and effective way to the members of the educational community.

Moodle course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.
Moodle tutorial
Moodle for learners
Intraweb Education centers Drupal version
Drupal A free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website.

Research workshop

2007-06-26T16:14:00.000+01:00

Research works
Research works about free software
Subjects proposed by the University Politècnica de Catalunya
Making web pages
About teaching resources
GNU/Linux server setup
About thermal solar energy
Referencencite - academic referencing resource

Blogging

2007-06-25T22:34:00.003+01:00

MyBlogLog Enables you to track that last little bit of information about your website
http://bitacoles.cat A tool to promote the community of Catalan blogs, and so promote Catalan in the net.
http://blogspot.com The pioneer (without limit)
WordPress The Rolls Royce of the blogs, and open source.
TiddlyBlog RSS-enabled blog tool, included in a single html file. No server required. TiddlyWiki powered.
Eduspaces A social network set up for those interested in all aspects of Education. (Actually closed)
10 minimalist blogs worth checking out (Actually offline)

Updated Nov.2010

Dictionaries

2007-06-18T16:59:00.000+01:00

Wiktionari The free dictionary that anyone can edit.
DACCO Open Source English Catalan Dictionary
Institute of Catalan Studies Official Dictionay
Termcat Catalan Institute of Terminology
Great Dictionary of the Catalan Language
Diccionarios.com Site of the Publishing company Larousse, which publishes dictionaries, encyclopedias and other works of reference with the brands Larousse, Harrap's and Vox.

Online translation

2007-06-18T16:57:00.001+01:00

Translator - Gencat The Automatic Translation Service of the Generalitat allows to translate online short texts and web pages.
Opentrad Spanish -> Catalan / Valencian and Catalan / Valencian Spanish, Spanish -> Galician and Galician -> Spanish, Spanish -> -> Basque
Softcatalà
Internostrum
Cervantes institute Interactive translation service
Google Translator
AltaVista - Babelfish
El País Spanish daily newspaper
El Mundo Spanish daily newspaper
Wordlingo The free translator has a limit of 150 words
Babylon - Free online translation

Web hosting

2007-06-18T16:35:00.005+01:00

1 GB: http://box.net Powerfully simple online file storage
Boomp3 Free unlimited audio hosting
500MB: http://www.4shared.com/
100MB ¹: http://googlepages.com
With PHP at XTEC (Phobos)
Free hosts comparative: http://www.free-webhosts.com
Photos (100MB to the month): http://flickr.com

Fotolog: http://fotolog.com (1 daily photo)

Video (100MB or 10 min. video): http://youtube.com

Blip.TV 1GB for video and sound

Mail (2GB): http://gmail.google.com
Others: http://archive.org
http://mediafire.com (without limit nor registration)
Lynksee Create your blog, personal page, community forums, photo albums, your Wiki, etc., fast, easy and free!(Obsolete, for months that ended)
eyeOS A new concept of Open Source web Operating System, where you can customize your system to fit exactly your needs.

1) Google currently also offers web hosting, blog and mail with your own domain, in addition to other extras, as customized start page, shared calendar, shared agenda and mail, mail lists,…(Note: The pages no longer allows to upload HTML files!)

Wikis

2007-06-18T16:31:00.001+01:00

Wikis, in Plain English What are wikis plain video
TiddlyWiki A popular free MicroContent WikiWikiWeb created by JeremyRuston and a busy Community of independent developers.
TiddlySpot PHP powered TiddlyWiki and hosting
PBWiki free
Wikispaces Create simple web pages
that groups, friends, and families
can edit together
JotSpot (Paying wiki)
Wikimatrix Wiki software comparison charts
MediaWiki Wikipedia software

Teaching resources

2007-06-18T16:19:00.000+01:00

iEARN International Education and Resources Network

OpenLearn LabSpace Educational Resources

BBC/Open University TV and Radio programmes on the web

Spanish UNED Open Course Ware

Spanish Education Office

University of Murcia online teaching resources

NASA page about technology

Webquests Selection of activities oriented towards the reasearch in which part or all the information with which students interact come from resources of Internet.

Resource Teaching Centers

UOC Free materials (Catalonia Open University)
DiM (Didactics and Multimedia) research group
Xtec
Open school
Virtual Notebooks Library
Online course papers
Genmagic Multimedia learning applications creation.
Learning Based on Problemas (PBL)
MIT OpenCourseWare

Screencast

2007-06-18T16:05:00.000+01:00

(prepare your own teaching videos)

AVI Screen Classic An application for capturing screen activity in the form of AVI video or bitmap images. Beside the usual options defining the capture area, AviScreen has a unique feature called “follow the cursor”. Win only.
CamStudio Record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs). Win only.
Camtasia Studio Easily record your screen to create compelling training, demo, and presentation videos … without ever leaving your desk. SCORM 1.2 compliance. Win only
Gadwin Print Screen Want to create a screenshot suitable for saving or printing? Then just hit a key on your keyboard. Win only.
Hyper Cam Video capture software that records AVI movies (screencam) directly from your monitor, for software presentations, software training, demos, tutorials, and fun. Win only.
Macromedia Captivate
MWsnap
Powerbullet Presenter Easy drag and drop interface helps you create Flash multimedia presentations. Win only
Screenography Easy program to capture your screen to various image, movie and Flash formats. Useful for creating tutorials, training videos/CDs and demonstrations. Mac only
Snapz Pro and Snapz Pro X Captures pull-down menus, dialog boxes, still screens, animations, video, or game sequences. Win/Mac
Tapefailure Records sites we are navigating to be reproduced later. OS independent.
Wink
ZapGrab

Source

Reading books

2007-06-18T16:02:00.000+01:00

Wikibooks The open-content textbooks collection
Youthful Literature Catalogue
The digital Bookcase
Gutenberg Project The first producer of free electronic books (ebooks)
Open Library
Google Books
Manybooks Handheld books
Plucker Books
Virtual Cervantes
Libros.cat
Amazon

Others

2007-06-18T15:50:00.000+01:00

PalmCAT Catalan handheld software and content
Adult Learning Resource Center
Classroom Violence
Electricity and Electronics
Technology Workshop
Lesson proposals for the technology classroom (Xtec SAV)
Legal responsibility, education and TIC

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