Tag Archives: interactive

Free e-book: Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out| Tame The Web

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Free e-book: Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out | Tame The Web

Full title: Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning New Media.

From the series forward: This book series is founded upon the working hypothesis that those immersed in new digital tools and networks are engaged in an unprecedented exploration of language, games, social interaction, problem solving, and self-directed activity that leads to diverse forms of learning. These diverse forms of learning are reflected in expressions of identity, how individuals express independence and creativity, and in their ability to learn, exercise judgment, and think systematically.

Direct link to the pdf here.

Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out

10 Arduino Projects That Blow Our Mind | Stephen’s Lighthouse

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 ”Arduino this, Arduino that. What is Arduino anyway? If you want the official definition from the Arduino website, it is “an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for  artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.” In layman’s terms, it’s a little board that you can use to create interactive stuff and connect it to sensors, lights, motors and other outputs.

via 10 Arduino Projects That Blow Our Mind | Stephen’s Lighthouse.

See also: Arduino.cc

New 10 Arduino Projects That Blow Our Mind – Stephen's Lighthouse

Photo Credit: Arduino Team

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4 Dazzling Stargazing Maps | Mashable

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4 Dazzling Stargazing Maps | Mashable.

The 4 stargazing maps discussed:

  1. Planetarium
  2. Interactive Skychart
  3. 100,000 Stars
  4. Starmap

Placing Literature maps book scenes in the real world | Crave – CNET

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Go behind the scenes of a new site based in Google Maps that combines geography, technology, and literature into a crowdsourced map of real locations from novels.

Eventually, users should be able to harness the site to put together trips, like a visit to the China sites mentioned in “The Joy Luck Club,” or a regional tour of Laura Ingalls Wilder locations. The potential for use in education and academic research is also tremendous. 

via Placing Literature maps book scenes in the real world | Crave – CNET.

Placing Literature

Google Launches Interactive Tour de France Gaming Site | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

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For the full article see: Google Launches Interactive Tour de France Gaming Site | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.

An interesting new interactive concept from Google that furthers the idea of gamification. Cycling and Tour de France enthusiasts will find this website fun and educational. Users are able to navigate stages of the 2013 Tour de France and explore the whole event. I would recommend viewing on the tablet or mobile device as the interactive experience is unwieldy on the laptop using a trackpad and some pages take time to load completely.

YourTour.WithGoogle

YourTour

Resources for Interactive Maps

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Please note this is not an exhaustive list. Thanks for the spark Jeanne K!

Quotable: “Digital maps provide amazing opportunities for integrating and displaying large sets of data and research in innovative and interactive ways and the world’s taking notice!” via Interactive Maps: Why They’re Awesome for Connecting the Dots | Information Space

Digital Libraries

Visualize Interactive Maps

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PCMag.com | News & Opinion — Harvard, MIT to Offer Free Online Classes

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Harvard, MIT to Offer Free Online Classes | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.

Quotable: “EdX courses will be available to anyone with an Internet connection…The first set of courses will be announced this summer, and begin in the fall of 2012.”