This is a continuation of the thread on technology tools for Geo Education initiated in the previous post where I discussed Google Maps in the classroom. read more

Imagine a History assignment where a student must submit a write-up on Mughal Architecture (or the form it takes as an oft-asked question in exams - "the contributions of Shah Jahan to Indian Archtecture"). Or a "project" on the temples of India. Think of the way this is usually done - a hand-written write-up with pictures cut and pasted into the notebook. Or in schools where students have access to computers this would take the form of a Word document with text and images or perhaps a powerpoint presentation with text and images. read more

"The Habitable Planet is a multimedia course for high school teachers and adult learners interested in studying environmental science. The Web site provides access to course content and activities developed by leading scientists and researchers in the field."

Fantastic resource with videos, interactive labs, and images & animations.The audience is teachers and adult learner, but could be used by high school students as well.

Anjum recently posted this fantastic resource here called Cyberschoolbus on the UN website.

I was exploring the Cyberschoolbus site and thought I'd highlight some amazing ready-to-use curriculum units that have been shared on that website. Some are aimed at middle and high school (ages 12-18) while others are for ages 10-18. read more

A nice portal on all things "eco" - from cars to policy to global warming to green finance to even an irreverent piece on having "greener" sex.  They have a pretty regular set of bloggers. A recommended daily read

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I was doing a search on teaching resources for 'Water' and found this informative portal called "India Water Portal". There is a lot of information on this site about things like Rain Water Harvesting, Watersheds, urban water anf ground water issues, and also "Data and Resources" like meteorological data, statistics, policies etc.

It was nice to see a kids section (I have provided the link), but none of the links on this page worked - maybe it is still under construction? read more

An Inconvenient Truth is all over the news again thanks to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Al Gore (and the IPCC) recently. We have discussed this film here on educatorslog.in after I posted an elog about 8 months ago, about this great teaching resource for Environmental Education and Science. read more

TERI has been in the news recently thanks to the Nobel Peace prize connection through Dr. Pachauri (the head of TERI who also chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the Nobel with Al Gore).

I found this book in the TERI bookstore (link attached) which seems like a good resource for education. read more

I have had the good fortune of attending several exciting presentations on the use of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom at the November Learning conference that I am currently at. I hope to share all the wonderful ideas when I have more time on my hands, but until then, I will try and post some of the resources that have not yet been discussed on this forum. 

Dean Shareski's wiki on Google Earth is linked here. read more

Be on the lookout for this new magazine for the younger readers.Published by the National Geographic Society, which already publishes so many more quality magazines, this one will be called 'National Geographic Young Explorer'. The contents will be aiming at improving childrens' knowledge of science, social studies and geography. I am sure the seven issues in a year will be a rich resource for teachers and children. read more