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ChalkStar – downloadable worksheets for primary school teachers

ChalkStar – downloadable worksheets for primary school teachers

ChalkStar is a brand new online initiative to help primary school teachers save time and improve lesson quality. GetWings, an online education incubator, is proud to announce the launch of ChalkStar.com, an innovative new online platform for teachers teaching grades R – 12. ChalkStar is a supportive online community that develops new bundles of professional, [...]

GIS in Education

I saw this post in the ESRI GIS Community Blog. Written by Joseph Kerski, it is an interesting read. The author gives many reasons why spatial analysis is important in education including social, ethical, creative, logical, practical and essential ones. The article concludes by saying that “using GIS in education is essential in order to [...]

Free web-based Science, Biology & Geography simulations

Free web-based Science, Biology & Geography simulations

The end is (almost) in sight for the chalkboard with hand-drawn diagrams of the way the world around us works. Thanks to Flash, a fairly simple to use Adobe product, quality interactive simulations are becoming more readily available on the internet that are well suited to classroom teaching. Pearson Education and ForgeFX have teamed up [...]

Educational value of GIS

In this article I ask “What can Geographical Information Systems do for our learners from an educational perspective?“. What can GIS do for our learners? What is the educational value of GIS? It can encourage exploration Encourages discovery learning and looking for new possibilities Assists in recognising that there is rarely a ‘right’ answer to [...]

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