Technology Education Trends- July 2014

2014 Jul 01

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Technology Education Trends- July 2014

Did You Know?

Online Fun and games

NASA Has a Radio Station

THIRD ROCK is an online radio station that broadcasts live 24/7. The Mission: New Rock Discovery and what's happening at NASA

Programming includes New Rock, Indie and Alternative music as well as interviews with NASA insiders.

NobelPrize.Org has a series of educational games on its website

The Pavlov's Dog game and related reading are based on some of the scientific achievements of Ivan Pavlov, who was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Even though the first image that comes to mind with Ivan Pavlov is his drooling dogs, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his pioneering studies of how the digestive system works.

The Lord of the Flies educational game is about the book Lord of the Flies written by William Golding. Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today".

The Split Brain Experiments game and related reading are based on the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which was awarded for discoveries concerning differences in the right and left brain hemispheres.

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has online educational resources

Five Tips for Teaching with Works of Art | MoMA Education

MoMA Learning Whether you're are a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, MoMA Learning is your destination for tools and strategies for engaging with modern and contemporary art. Download and customize slide shows, worksheets, and other resources for use in the classroom or for independent study.

Destination Modern Art is an online intergalactic journey: Travel to MoMA and MoMA PS1 with an alien creature! For kids ages five to eight.

NASA APP

The NASA App showcases a huge collection of the latest NASA content, including images, videos on-demand, NASA Television, mission information, news & feature stories, latest tweets, ISS sighting opportunities, satellite tracking, Third Rock Radio and much more. The NASA App is available free of charge on the iOSApp Store from Apple or on GooglePlay for Android.

MoMA App for iOS

Get creative and use the MoMA Art Lab iPad app to make a sound composition, a shape poem, a group drawing, and more; then save and share your artwork (parental setting available).

Explore how artists use line, shape, and color, discover artists' processes and inspirations, and create your own artwork inspired by MoMA's collection. Artists featured in the MoMA Art Lab app include Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Elizabeth Murray, and others.

The MoMA Art Lab iPad app is intended for ages seven and up.

Features:

-Create and save your own artwork

-Play with shapes, lines, and colors

-Activities inspired by works of art

-Creative prompts for extra inspiration

-Audio for pre-readers

-Learn about works of art at MoMA. Artists include Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Elizabeth Murray, Sol LeWitt, Jim Lambie, Brice Marden, and others.

-Share your artwork with others