Fold3 - Historical military records Photos from the exact same spots in Paris 100 years apart [10 pictures] French news site Rue89 has an interactive photo set that shows various buildings and intersections in Paris from the vantage point of today compared to a hundred years ago. Here is a sampling… Porte Saint-Denis Passage du Caire Rue d’Aboukir Rue Basfroi Rue Puget – Rue Lepic (via Kottke) OpenStreetMap, les routards du web #1 : A la carte ! «Comment peut-on passer de 100 000 à un million de contributeurs ?» C'est l'une des questions ambitieuses qui ont été débattues, ce week-end à Amsterdam, dans le cadre du State of the Map 2009. Pour la troisième édition de son grand meeting annuel, le projet OpenStreetMap veut sortir de l'ombre. OpenStreetMap , sorte de Wikipédia de la cartographie, est un projet un peu fou qui tente depuis 5 ans de redessiner le monde sous Creative Commons, rue après rue. Sa communauté œuvre d'abord par idéologie. Convaincue que les données géographiques de la planète devraient appartenir au bien commun et non aux agences qui les ont relevées pour les exploiter commercialement (Ordnance Survey au Royaume-Uni, IGN dans les pays francophones...), elle encourage les internautes à effectuer leurs propres tracés et à les publier sous licence CC by-sa . Et comme toute réutilisation des contenus propriétaires de Google Maps, Yahoo! Les pistes de La Plagne sur OpenPisteMap Lire la suite. Camille GÉVAUDAN
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Map of the internet Many large datasets contain data that describes the relationship, or connection, between two or more entities contained within the data set, and many tools are now available for plotting graphs and network diagrams when presented with data that has been structures in a suitable manner. (A graph is a mathematical structure that can be used to describe these connections in a formal, and easily represented way. In a graph, 'nodes' are connected to each other by 'edges' in either a directed way (a link that goes from one node to another, but not vice versa, such as "A is the parent of B') or an undirected way (the relationship is 'symmetrical' - the M1 motorway connects Leeds to London, and equally connects London to Leeds).) For example, the IBM Many Eyes visualisation toolkit has a network diagram visualisation that will plot when presented with a set of paired data elements. Here is a map of the internet, circa 2003 that shows the connections between different internet routers.
The Great War Archive Dec 25. The Christmas Truce Sergeant Bernard Brookes was a signaller who spent ten months in Flanders in the beginning of the War before he suffered shellshock and was invalided out of active service. 24 December 1914: "An officer went out (after we had stood at our posts with rifles loaded in case of treachery) and arrangements were made that between 10.00am and noon, and from 2.00pm to 4.00pm tomorrow, intercourse between the Germs [sic] and ourselves should take place. You can read more of Sergeant Bernard Brookes’s story on the Europeana 1914-1918 site. Welcome - The Flow of History
Early adopters vs the Mainstream: Google Insights points out web Intro to Google InsightsI have recently been playing around with the insanely useful Google Insights for Search product. You should definitely try it out if you haven't. It's basically Google Trends on steroids, and shows you a ton of data on any search you try. An SEO wizard's dream, basically. It's described as: With Google Insights for Search, you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames. Basically you put in keywords and it give you pretty charts. Navigation searches and geo-locationOne useful query to try is to search for your favorite website - like "gaiaonline.com" and specifically target it towards the US. Although unscientific, it tells you a bit about the location of the people who use the website, since logically the folks in states where the product is popular would tend to search for it quite a bit. This is exactly what I've done below... The graphs for Digg, Facebook, MySpace, Netvibes, Skype, Techcrunch, Twitter, and YouTube
54 Teaching and Lesson Plan Ideas for History Teachers #sschat Since I've recently given a set of my curated plans for math teachers, English teachers and general common core standards (see end of this post), I thought I'd share some lessons for history teachers. If you're a history teacher and not following #sschat on Twitter, you should. This is a set of 12 lessons about what it was like for children to live in the second world war. September 11 is coming up. The first handout on this page is a good overview of the timeline of 9/11. June 28 is the anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1. The woodmen of the world had a "if I were president" competition sometime back, but I think since this is an election year, it is time to bring back some sort of competition like this to our students. If you want to teach about the Olympics, the TES forum out of the UK is where the great content is being uploaded daily. Topical studies are great. I have to bookmark this site just for me. A website that lets you find and create timelines. Dr.
42 Interactive History Lessons From Google If you’re looking for a free and useful tool to help bring history to life, Google has you covered. The search giant has been making big strides into education lately and classrooms around the world are benefiting. The Google Cultural Institute is an elegantly designed but elaborate resource that offers a glimpse into key happenings from years past. The website uses a horizontal-scrolling timeline view to help create a sense of time passing. Each exhibition features a narrative which links the archive material together to unlock the different perspectives, nuances and tales behind these events. As with the other archives that we’ve helped bring onto the Internet, including the Dead Sea Scrolls , you can zoom in to see photos in great detail and search through millions of items for a specific country, person, event or date. Land Act Timeline courtesy of Google Cultural Institute