http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 18:00:51 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 18:00:51 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=755931 Webquest que trabaja el tema de como poder comunicarse gracias al uso de las TIC, destinado para 1° medio en el sector de historia, geografía y ciencias sociales del currículum chileno http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=748663 TypeDrawing for the iPad is an art-type app designed for creating typography art and/or a unique watermark over your photos. It is currently priced at $2.99 (3/31/13) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=747092 Minecraft — Pocket Edition is a Universal App! Play on any iPhone and iPad. It’s constantly evolving thanks to our free updates.Minecraft is about placing blocks to build things and going on adventures!Pocket Edition includes randomly generated worlds, multiplayer over a local Wi-Fi network, and Survival and Creative modes. You can craft and create with your friends anywhere in the world so long as you have hands spare and battery to burn. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=738952 '״Pass The Past" is an educational game to help students prepare for Virginia's Standard's of Learning (SOL) exams with a focus on World, United States and Virginia history, civics, and geography.'Although focused on Virginia history, others can benefit from the world and US history parts.This is a free app. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=738933 'Orbit Architect allows you to interactively design and explore satellite orbital geometry through the multi-touch interface of the iPad. You can manipulate a satellite orbit using pinch and rotate multi-touch gestures, see the effects on the orbit and its ground track in real-time, and animate the results. As you change the orbit, dynamic diagrams will illuminate the meaning of each orbital parameter. Finally, the results can then be emailed to yourself or to a friend.'This is a free app. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=738951 'History Line is a collaborative learning game for the iPad focusing on US History. The game can be played by 1-6 players. As a single player game, a series of historical events are presented on the screen and the goal of the game is to place the events onto a timeline at the bottom of the screen in the correct sequence. When the event placed on the line is correct the date appears below. In multi-player mode, up to 6 people can play by connecting their iPads via Bluetooth. One player should start a group and up to 5 additional players may join the group. When the game begins the timeline then stretches across all iPads with each player having responsibility for one portion of the timeline. The events are initially distributed randomly throughout all players’ iPads. Players must decide if events belong on their portion of the timeline or need to be sent to another player. Events pushed off the edge of one player’s screen will appear on the screen of the player immediately to the left or right, making one continuous timeline out of 2-6 iPad screens. All players must work collaboratively to place all events in the correct order throughout the multi-iPad timeline.'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=734209 First of all, if the teacher is absent the student learning is in jeopardy. Most substitutes are not highly qualified to teach the subject matter they are substituting for. Quite frankly, many of the substitutes are not even educators. This has been a rising concern for me as an administrator for many years. How can we bring our absent teachers to the classroom without actually being present? Creating distance learning for our student http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=733644 'Futaba Classroom Games is the only multi-player game of its kind in the app store! Up to 4 students can cooperatively learn using just one iPad. Each child takes a seat around the iPad and taps in to start. The game begins as images and questions zoom into the playing area. The first player to match the word to the image scores a point. Win 3 rounds and you'll be awarded a Futaba (a small ‘seedling’). ****INCREASE YOUR CHILDREN’S SCORES****Containing a number of teacher recommended learning sets, Futaba is designed to give your children an engaging review by supporting curriculum standards. These include lower-case and upper-case Alphabet Matching, Dolch Sight Words for 1st through 3rd grades, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Telling the Time, Currency, Countries and Flags, Shapes, Animals, Foods and more. As an immensely beneficial classroom learning tool for children 4-10 Futaba is ideal for supporting class room activities of all types. Create reviews, introduce learning topics for the first time in a fun way or even have students create their own learning sets to solidify a review. **** DESIGN YOUR OWN GAMES AND USE YOUR OWN IMAGES & TEXT **** Futaba is a versatile application and one of a kind in the app store. Parents, teachers and even students themselves can add their own content to Futaba by using either the built in camera, the camera roll by copying images to iTunes. Dropbox account holders can also upload new images via the drop (a great way to share content across a number of devices).'this app costs $5.99 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=733676 'Geo is on a mission and he needs your help! Join the curious robot as he explores Earth’s habitats, earning awesome animal abilities along the way. You’ll be able to leap like a poison frog, dig like an armadillo, climb like a baboon—even run like a cheetah! Every time you get a new ability, Geo gets a new look. As you explore, you’ll collect animal cards with pictures, cool facts, funny jokes, and really weird trivia.EXPLORE EACH LEVELGuide Geo through each level of the habitats—the African Savannah and Amazon Rain Forest to start—and encounter ability tokens, animal cards, bonus fruit, and the key to the next level!GET ANIMAL ABILITIESSee a spinning animal token? Grab it and you’ll unlock a new skill, like jumping, digging, charging, and climbing.MASTER THE GAMEGrab hidden fruit in each level to get more stars!BUILD YOUR CARD COLLECTIONWhen you and Geo discover a new animal, you get a new animal card! Each one has a picture, fast facts, goofy jokes, and weird trivia. Want to know what animal can carry 50 times its own weight? You’ll have to play to find out!'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=733616 'Ansel & Clair: Paul Revere’s Ride (video demo at www.anselandclair.com)★ Spectacular interactions & animations, stunning visuals, puzzles & games bring History to life★ Integrated "touch and drag" locator to see maps of key locations like Paul Revere’s House, Boston Tea Party site, Town of Concord and much more★ Mini-games explain concepts such as Boston Tea Party and No Taxation without Representation; 13 colonies jigsaw and “Help Samuel Prescott Escape” maze provide additional context★ Art, poetry, music and puzzles incorporated in a thematic and contextual manner◆ Licensed historical artwork of Paul Revere and others from museums◆ Rendition of “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” by H.W. Longfellow◆ Rebus puzzles popular at the time of the American Revolution◆ World-class music with period appropriate American tunes★ Exciting features ◆ Who’s Who Photo booth reinforces learning with short & fun biographies◆ Pop-up quiz tests knowledge ◆ Type your own notes in the Travel Log pages◆ Touch and drag camera to take 15 spectacular photos of key events, places and people such as the Boston Tea Party, Old North Church, John Hancock◆ Collect and arrange photos in the Travel Log'This app costs $4.99