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NY Times – Inside the Olympic Action

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NY Times – Inside the Olympic Action:

The New York Times has good collection of videos and audio slideshows designed to take you ‘inside the action‘ of Winter Olympic events. The videos will take you down a luge run at 90mph, through a snowboard half pipe, and down the men’s downhill ski course. Along the way athletes and coaches explain intricacies of each event and how the athletes maneuver through their events.

Applications for Education

Inside the Action could be a good resource for learning about Olympic events from an ‘insider’s perspective.’ You might want to use these videos in conjunction with a Google Maps Street View tour of the Winter Olympics.”

(Via FreeTech4Teachers.com.)

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Free Technology for Teachers: A Brief Timeline of FDR’s WWII Decisions

A Brief Timeline of FDR’s WWII Decisions:

“Yesterday, while exploring Time’s website I came across this timeline featuring the key decisions made by President Roosevelt during World War II. The World at War is an interactive timeline in which you can click on any of the key decisions listed to learn more about those decisions. The decisions interspersed amongst other key events of WWII. None of the events are terribly detailed, but the timeline does provide a nice general overview.

Applications for Education

The World at War could be a good introductory resource or review resource for US History teachers and their students. Teachers could have each student in a class select an item from the timeline to research and teach to their classmates. ”

(Via FreeTech4Teachers.)

TIME Magazine Interactive World at War Timeline

TIME Magazine Interactive World at War Timeline

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Ansel Adams at 100

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Tetons by Ansel Adams

I’ve always been a fan Ansel Adams and his stunning landscape photography. He turned 100 in 2002 and to commemorate that event the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art launched an exhibit “Ansel Adams at 100.” Unfortunately, living in Chicago very few if any of us (or our students) would have been able to attend.

Now however, the Museum has decided to recreate the exhibit online with interactive content including photos, audio interviews, and video with the artist. Its incredibly well done and really a must see in my mind.

This site is a great resource for middle school photography units, or art appreciation at the elementary schools. Outside of Art this would be a great place to see stunning photos of the American wilderness in Social Studies, or to gather information for a bibliography project.

Hats off to Free Tech for Teachers for finding this great resource.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Ansel Adams at 100

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