workshop in Norway, swedish team, may 2012

1. Glossery
From Sweden

2. Bambuser
• Name:
• Bambuser
• Url
• http://bambuser.com/
• Description:
• Bambuser lets you broadcast live and interactive video from your mobile phone,
webcam or DV camera — and it's free!
• Proposed by Eva
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3. Acreelman
• Namn:
Acreelman
• Url:
http://acreelman.blogspot.se/
• Description:
The Commonwealth of Knowledge has released a free book,
Quality Assurance Toolkit for Open and Distance Non-formal
Education, that outlines guidelines on how to assess quality in
this area.
• Proposed by 3
Kerstin in Kungälv

4. BBC
• Name:
BBC
• Url:
www.bbc.co.uk
• Description:
News. Used in our English classes.
• Proposed by:
Marianne and Eva
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5. Biographies of Women Mathematicians
• Name:
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
• Url:
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/alpha.htm
• Description:
Alphabetical Index of Women Mathematicians
• Proposed by: Maria in Kungälv.
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6. Cassio Peia
• Name:
Cassio Peia
• Url:
http://www.cassiopeiaproject.com/
• Description:
To make high definition science education videos available to
anyone who wants them..
• Proposed by: Maria in Kungälv
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7. Challenge based learning
• Name:
Challenge based learning
• Url:
http://www.challengebasedlearning.org/pages/about-cbl
• Description:
Challenge Based Learning is an engaging multidisciplinary
approach to teaching and learning that encourages students
to leverage the technology they use in their daily lives to solve
real-world problems through efforts in their homes, schools
and communities. 7
• Proposed by: Kerstin from Kungälv

8. Creaza
• Name:
Creaza
• Url:
http://www.creazaeducation.com
• Description:
Create, public and share digital stories
• Not free.
• Proposed by Eva 8

9. English-zone.Com
URL
http://english-zone.com/index.php
Description
Test your knowledge- learn and improve your English spelling
Proposed by:
Anna

10. Flo-Joe
URL
www.flo-joe.co.uk
Description
A place on the web for cambridge exam preparation
Proposal of use
teach and test the students on the skills, vocabulary and
grammar
Proposed by
Anna

11. Freephoto
• Name:
• Freephoto
• Url:
• http://www.freephoto.com/
• Description:
• Lots of photos from albums and webpages are found here.
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• Proposed by: Eva

12. Global grant
• Global grant
• URL
• http://www.globalgrant.com
• Compatibility
• Description
• Global Grant has information on foundations, scholarships, grants and other grantors
• Proposal of use
• Free of charge if you local library offer this service. Very good for students.
• Proposed by Eva
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13. Graph
• Graph - a program to visualize functions
• URL
• http://www.padowan.dk
• Compatibility
• Any Windows computer (not MAC).
• Description
• Graph is an open source application used to draw mathematical graphs in a coordinate system.
The program makes it very easy to visualize a function and paste it into another program. It is also
possible to do some mathematical calculations on the functions.
• Proposal of use
• This tool can be used both by the teacher and the students. Either to prepare lessons or too show 13
functions live with the students.
• Proposed by Minna Strid

14. How Stuff Works
• Name:
How Stuff Works
• Url:
• http://science.howstuffworks.com/
• Description:
Used teaching science in the Adult Education
• Proposed by
Maria in Kungälv
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15. Ictmagic
• Name:
ICTMagic
• Url:
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/
• Description:
First place for the 2011 Best Educational Wiki went to Martin
Burrett for his ICTmagic wiki. It’s a truly inspiring collection of
IT resources for students and teachers, and it’s sure to give
you more ideas than you could possibly have time to try.
• Proposed by: 15
Kerstin from Kungälv

16. Issuu
• Name:
• Issuu
• Url:
• http://issuu.com/
• Description:
• Explore a world of publications by people and publishers alike. Collect,
share and publish in a format designed to make your documents look
their very best.
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• Proposed by: Eva

17. Kali
• Name: Kali
• Url:http://www.geometrygames.org/Kali/index.html
• Compatibility: Windows, Mac OS X, and others
• Proposal of use:
• DescriptionFor older kids: Diving deeper, high school and college
geometry students may systematically explore the wallpaper, frieze
and rosette groups. Kali’s Show Singularities command along with its
Conway and IUC notation provide support for a theoretical analysis
• Proposed by Eva 17

18. Linné
• Name:
Linné
• Url:
http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/index-en.html
• Description:
On this website Uppsala University presents results of
research relating to the work of one of the most famous
professors throughout its history, namely Carl Linnaeus (Carl
von Linné) (1707–1778)
• Proposed by: Maria in Kungälv. 18

19. Lyrics
• Name:
Lyrics
• Url:
www.lyrics.com
• Description:
• Find the lyrics to the songs. Used in lessons learning English.
• Proposed by:
• Marianne and Eva
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20. Lyricstraining
• Name:
• Lyricstraining
• Url
• http://www.lyricstraining.com/
• Description:
• LyricsTraining is an easy and fun method to learn and improve your
foreign languages skills through the music videos and lyrics of your
favorite songs.
• Proposed by Eva 20

21. Oxford dictionaries
URL
http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/spellingcommonmisp/c
ommon-misspellings
Description
List of common spelling. An electronic collection of over 2
billion words of real English that helps us to see how people
are using the language and also shows us the mistakes that
are most often made.

22. Personalized learning
• Name:
Personalized learning
• Url:
http://www.personalizedlearningbc.ca/#/1
• Description:
Interactive Discussion guide about personal learning from
British Columbia
• Proposed by:
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• Kerstin from Kungälv

23. Phet
• Name.
Phet
• Url:
http://phet.colorado.edu/
• Description:
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical
phenomena from the PhET™ project at the University of
Colorado.
• Proposed by: Maria in Kungälv 23

24. Pics 4
• Name:
• Pics4
• Url:
• http://www.pics4learning.com/
• Description:
• Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers
and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for
classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or
any other project in an educational setting.
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• Proposed by: Eva

25. Picture Dictionary
• Name:
• Picture Dictionary
• Url:
• http://www.pdictionary.com/
• Description:
• You can use language, English, French German, Italien, Spanish.
A different way to learn a language.
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• Proposed by: Eva

26. Pointofix
• Name:
• Pointofix
• Url
• http://www.pointofix.de/
• Description:
• With each Pointofix can display must be made available as a digital canvas, so that you can
highlight important and can highlight. Thus Pointofix ideal for you as a teacher and IT trainer to
support your presentations, training sessions and presentations.
• Information:
• How to use the language pack: First install the german Pointofix version 1.5.2008.08.07 (or
higher). Then copy the desired translation file from the language pack into the Pointofix directory
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and name the file to pointofix_translation.ini. Then restart Pointofix. You'll find further
information in the readme file within the language pack.

27. Resources for historyteachers
• Name:
Resourses for history teachers
• url:
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/
• Description:
A rich, multimedia, cross-referenced sourcebook for anyone
interested in teaching or learning about history.
• Proposed by:
Kerstin from Kungälv 27

28. Spotify
• Name:
• Spotity
• url:
• http://www.spotify.com
• Description:
• Millions of tracks, any time you like. Just search for it in
Spotify, then play it. Just help yourself to whatever you want,
whenever you want it.
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• Proposed by Jennie

29. Screenrecorder
• Cost: Free of charge
• Url:http://www.screenr.com/
• Compatibilty: Both for Mac and Pc
• Description: Could be very useful with E-learning
• Proposed by: Eva
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30. Teachers in training videos
• Name:
• Teachers in training videos
• Url
• http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
• Description
• Lots of videos for teachers and students. Free of charge.
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• Proposal by Eva

31. Teacher on demand
• Name
Teacher on Demand
• Url
http://www.teacherondemand.se/
• Description
Used teaching science. Both in swedish and English. The video
is a good attractor to get people interested in the the website.
If you have your own webpage you can upload your videos
here and then embed your videos there.
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• Proposed by Maria in Kungälv

32. Ted
• Name:
Ted in Talks
• Url:
http://www.ted.com/
• Description:
Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. Facts,
insights and humor.
• Proposed by: Maria in Kungälv
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33. The MacTutor History of
Mathematics archive
• Name:
The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
• Url:
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html
• Description:
Created by the school of Mathematics and Statistics.
University St Andrew’s of Scotland.
• Proposed by: Maria in Kungälv
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34. Top Documentary films
• Name:
Top Documentary films
• Url:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
• Description
Documentary Film is a broad category of visual expression that
is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to
document reality. Jan uses this in his classes of History and
Religion. Lots of subjects to chose from.
• Proposed by: 34
Jan and Eva

35. Tree of Life Webbproject
• Name:
Tree of Life Webbproject
• Url:
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
• Description:
• Explore the tree of life. Very usuful in education.
• Proposed by: Maria in Kungälv
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36. Understand Evolution
• Name.
Understand Evolution
• Url:
http://www.evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php
• Description:
Source for information on evolution
• Proposed by:
Maria in Kungälv
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37. Webbmatte
• Webbmatte
• Url:
• http://www.webbmatte.se/eng_sprak.htm
• Compatibility:
• Windows 98 (or later).
• - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (or later).
• - Windows Media Player or other media player which can read WMV-files.
• - Text Size Medium in Internet Explorer (Choose Show - Text Size in the menu).
• Description:
• Webbmatte.se consists of material which can be used in many different ways and in many
different situations. 37
• The focus lies on the mathematical concepts and the material can be compared to a mathematical
reference book with explanations.

38. WolframAlpha
• URL
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
• Compatibility
Any computer with a web-browser
• Description
• You can type any equation or function and the program will calculate and draw a graph. It
automatically finds the derivative and extreme points. It also illustrates integrals.
• Proposal of use
• This tool can be used both by the teacher and the students. Either to prepare lessons or too show
functions live with the students. 38
• Proposed by Minna Strid

39. X-mind
• Name:
X-mind
• Url:
http://www.xmind.net/
• Description:
Brainstorming and mind mapping software
• Proposed by:
Kerstin from Kungälv
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