Category Archives: Software
SchulGis
2 weeks ago we tried out our first “real” GIS. We chose SchulGIS, a software that’s free to download. The only thing you need is an office package to work with data. The main thing SchulGIS offers is a tutorial … Continue reading
Geographical Information Systems
Geographical Information Systems are used to visualize any kind of geographical data. They can be very complex, but their main advantage (in my eyes) is that the information can be arranged (and rearranged) in a very personal way by each … Continue reading
WebQuests with Weebly.com
Happy New Year to all of you! After 3 weeks of holidays I’m now going to publish more again. I got to know a good page to design WebQuests: www.weebly.com. It is fast and easy AND free, although you have … Continue reading
Creating WebQuests
Today I tried to start a WebQuest via PowerPoint. It is really not too hard. I can’t give you the complete example by now, I hope to be able to do so some time. So I’ll just add an example … Continue reading
WebQuests
The first time I heard of WebQuests is about one year ago. WebQuests are guided online research tasks covering a special topic. The teacher designs (or finds an already designed) webpage with an introduction, the tasks and processes, the goals … Continue reading
Digital schoolbag – also for students!
Just shortly after I published my last post, I found some articles concerning the topic. They are even not very new, one from 2007 and one from 2008 – shame on me! Next time I’ll check the internet carefully before … Continue reading
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Digital schoolbag – also for students?
Some weeks ago we got to know the “Digitale Schultasche”. The different states offer software in portable versions for free to schools. Teachers only have to download the software onto a 2GB USB-stick and then are enabled to use the … Continue reading
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