Monkeymagic » geography http://www.monkeymagic.net thoughts on thinking Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://show.mappingworlds.com/ http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/11/18/httpshow-mappingworlds-com/ http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/11/18/httpshow-mappingworlds-com/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:01:16 +0000 Piers Young http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/11/18/httpshow-mappingworlds-com/

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]]> http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/11/18/httpshow-mappingworlds-com/feed/ 0 The Global Gateway – where schools find partners all over the world and work together; DCSF (Government) funded http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/11/18/the-global-gateway-where-schools-find-partners-all-over-the-world-and-work-together-dcsf-government-funded/ http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/11/18/the-global-gateway-where-schools-find-partners-all-over-the-world-and-work-together-dcsf-government-funded/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:01:15 +0000 Piers Young http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/11/18/the-global-gateway-where-schools-find-partners-all-over-the-world-and-work-together-dcsf-government-funded/

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]]> http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/10/29/strange-maps/feed/ 0 kmlfactbook.org http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/09/09/kmlfactbook-org/ http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/09/09/kmlfactbook-org/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:02:46 +0000 Piers Young http://www.monkeymagic.net/2009/09/09/kmlfactbook-org/

kmlfactbook.org allows you to create Google Earth KML visualizations from your own global data-sets based on CIA World Factbook

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  • Becta Schools – Extending opportunities – Online reporting – Introduction to online reporting
    From September 2008 all maintained schools will be expected to start the move towards online reporting
    Tags: schools policy reporting parents engagement
  • MapMSG.com – Statetris-UK
    Mix of Tetris and geography. Instead of positioning blocks, you position states/countries at their proper location.
    Tags: games kids geography maps
  • London Profiler
    Mesmerising mashup of london areas, google maps, and crime/census data etc. It’s kind of odd seeing where you live through collective goggles.
    Tags: data google maps mashup visualization demographics london statistics
  • Open Data Definition
    “ODD allows you to copy your data from one social network to another, keep track of your friends network and synchronise your data across services … this is your fastest route to true data portability” – Terrible acronym …
    Tags: social_networks openness data
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  • The seductive allure of neuroscience explanation
    [via idiolect]
    Tags: neuroscience psychology belief persuasion gullibility
  • The Mirror Neuron Revolution: Explaining What Makes Humans Social
    Mirror neurons are activated both when we perform a certain action—such as smiling or reaching for a cup—and when we observe someone else performing that same action. In other words, they collapse the distinction between seeing and doing.
    Tags: brains neurons social science perception action
  • 3quarksdaily
    “we … understate the university’s role in converting the primate Homo sapiens into a creature whose interests, aspirations, and achievements extend beyond .. sexual reproduction .. the liberal arts provided the skills necessary for this transformation”
    Tags: arts humanities university academia
  • John Connell » Blog Archive » Teaching at a Crossroads
    “while teachers meander into the future with their faces to the past, the very nature of what it means to be literate, to be educated, is shifting around them.”
    Tags: teaching education2.0
  • Microsoft Education Product Center: Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
    Educators and students alike capture information, create and deliver notes,projects, and presentations, and share it all with seamless collaboration using OneNote 2007
    Tags: tools schools Microsoft
  • Debategraph home
    Our goal is to make the best arguments on all sides of any debate freely available to all and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all.
    Tags: visualization debate mapping tools argument
  • Remote Access: Ending the Year with Wordle
    Nice idea for getting a quick visual impression of childrens’ view of the last year.
    Tags: class review wordle
  • 20 Abandoned Cities and Towns from Around the World
    Rubber-necking on a larger scale…
    Tags: history abandoned cities geography
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