10 Environmental Games That Teach Kids About Earth, Ecology & Conservation With the right eco-education, we can hope they will hit the ground running. A lot of schools and educational institutions are doing their bit by including the environment as part of the curriculum. Words like “˜carbon footprint’ and global warming’ comes to them as easily as the name of any present-day rock star. That’s cool. But who said that ecological or environmental education needs to be bookish or donnish? Children can immediately learn that each action has a contributing effect. Here are ten games and game websites that teach kids about the environment and the world around them. Planet Science The Planet Science games cupboard is a collection of online interactive games and other fun activities like quizzes. Or you could learn a bit about energy and its conservation from the lighter games like Energize. BBC Climate Change Here’s your chance to see if you can do better in the hot seat. Clim’way Web Earth Online Earth Day Games Recycle City World Wildlife Fund Ecokids
Fuel the Brain | Educational Games and Resources Creating a Web App from Scratch – Part 1 of 8: Basic Idea and De Today we begin Part 1 of an 8-Part series on building a web application from absolute scratch to a complete product. I am going to kick things off by introducing the idea, and then I will be handling the design, UI, and general front-end stuff. We are going to be going back and forth from here over to my friend Jason Lengstorf's site Copter Labs. It's Easy, Right? What we're going to create is a "list app". First of all, it needs to work and it needs to work well. Through this whole 8-part series, we are going to create an app that hopefully does all these things pretty well. The Big Idea This "list app" is going to be called Colored Lists. Sketch It Out No need to get fancy right away. Looks like a list to me. Early UI Planning We don't necessarily want to be talking about specific technologies at this point, but we should be thinking about how the UI will operate, so we can make choices about technology that can accommodate our UI desires. The Screens "Features" People love "features".
Online Testing Free Quiz Maker Create the Best web-based quizzes ClassMarker The Game Crafter - Custom board games and card games! The world leader in print-on-demand games. MIX Online Testmoz - The Test Generator Hiyah.net - Free Educational Software for Children Will Google Buzz Change the Social Media Game? Update 2: Buzz has gotten off to a great start in terms of attracting users. Google said in a blog post yesterday that over 9 million posts and comments had been created, and they were seeing over 200 posts per minute. Both numbers have likely grown since then. In the post, Google addresses some of the privacy concerns people have been having, and improvements they’re making based on user feedback. Update: Google has uploaded the entire Google Buzz launch event. Article starts: Google held a press event to announce the most "buzzed" topic of the week - Google Buzz. Do you think Google could make an impact on social media with this release? Editor’s Note: The bulk of this article was written before the announcement was made and has been adjusted to reflect the announcement itself, after liveblogging the press event. Google says Buzz has five key elements: 1. Buzz will show a thumbnail of a YouTube video and make it easy to play in line. 1. Search Implications Competition Related Articles:
Educational Software - Maps, Learn to Read and More 21 Ways Volunteers Can Help with Your Website | Talance Friendly [Photo credit: AVP Volunteer 2 by yuan2003, on Flickr] As any charitable organization knows, volunteers are superstars. They give love and expertise and don’t ask for a dime in return. [BTW, did you read Engaging Volunteers in Your Marketing Efforts or Volunteers and Website Management?] Anything we missed? Tags: maintenance, nonprofit, project management, volunteer