World History
This is a fascinating video arguing that the invention of the clock lead to a completely changed way of life for all of us, changing our sleep patterns, hurrying our lives, but also making us think more in terms of accounting for all part of our life and even leading to such inventions as the Industrial Revolution. It gets me thinking that after the VA Standards of Learning exam, this would be a nice basis for a project - namely to find one invention that changed our history and led to multiple other changes. The kids could make a video such as the one above and show their writing skills, arguing ability and synthesis.
I found the video on OpenCulture.
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So it is about time that I put up some review assignments. I wish I knew who to credit for the two I am posting now, but the minute I became dept chair I created a digital folder for all of our subjects and it has been added to and used by all of...
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View Industrial Revolution and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.Qwiki came out two years ago and has become a way to quickly edit your personal videos. But for me it was a way to create a sound video, show pictures and have written text for...
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World History
The Most Important Invention in Modern History - the Clock?!
This is a fascinating video arguing that the invention of the clock lead to a completely changed way of life for all of us, changing our sleep patterns, hurrying our lives, but also making us think more in terms of accounting for all part of our life and even leading to such inventions as the Industrial Revolution. It gets me thinking that after the VA Standards of Learning exam, this would be a nice basis for a project - namely to find one invention that changed our history and led to multiple other changes. The kids could make a video such as the one above and show their writing skills, arguing ability and synthesis.
I found the video on OpenCulture.
- How Paper Was Invented
Since Ken just posted a clip about the invention of writing, I thought it appropriate to add a short clip about the invention of paper....
- World History I Review
So it is about time that I put up some review assignments. I wish I knew who to credit for the two I am posting now, but the minute I became dept chair I created a digital folder for all of our subjects and it has been added to and used by all of...
- Qwikis For Multi Level Summaries
View Industrial Revolution and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.Qwiki came out two years ago and has become a way to quickly edit your personal videos. But for me it was a way to create a sound video, show pictures and have written text for...
- More On Chromebooks
Here's a video clip about the advantages of Chrome books for education. I use laptops a lot in the classroom and waste a lot of time while they boot up or run out of battery power. Chrome Books with almost instant on and eight hours of battery life...
- Stop Watch & Splitting Your Computer And Lcd Screens
I learned a trick from a 7th grade teacher in my building that if you want students to work more quickly - esp. using technology, give them a clock and break the assignment up into parts. My favorite clock is this one. It both counts up and...