ICT Tip: Calorie Calculator

This ICT tip could be applied to the following subjects:

Quick overview: The HealthAtoZ website (http://tinyurl.com/2pqtdk) contains a calorie calculator where students can specify the activity, the person’s weight, and hours spent, to determine the amount of calories burned.

How can this be used in a classroom? You may want to try using this in a math, science, or biology learning situation to help students realize the amount of calories burned in different types of physical activities.

ICT Tip: Sparknotes study guides (aka Coles Notes)

This ICT tip could be best applied to the following subjects:

Quick overview: On-line study guides for students. Similar in concept to Cole’s Notes but free and on-line.

How can it be used in the classroom? The Sparknotes website (www.sparknotes.com) contains comprehensive study guides for English Literature, History, Film, Math, Biology, Shakespeare, etc. Even if on-line study guides aren’t useful for your particular class, you may still want to be aware of this site. Why? Like any other on-line resource, some students may often choose to go here as an easy way to plagiarize information.

ICT Tip: 3D Visible Human Body

This ICT tip could be best applied to the following subjects:

Quick overview: A website that allows your students to explore the human body in full 3D.  As of May 2009, this site has started charging a fee to access the models.  However, a 7-day free trial is available and the “head region” demo is still free to view.

What does it do and how can I use it in my class? The Visible Body site (http://www.visiblebody.com) allows you and your class to explore human anatomy from the inside out with full 3D rotations! This site requires a PC and Internet Explorer to function. This site will not work with a Macintosh computer or Firefox web browser. (Source: Vince Jansen (LEARN) Cool Tools Duel workshop)