http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 10:41:13 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 10:41:13 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=76504 This will aid students or researchers in navigating through the many complexities of writing. The users can find answers to most problems encountered in the process of writing, as well as self-test skills. Sample papers are available for reference and connections to other writing resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=687231 Drawing box is a creative and versatile drawing and painting app. The design and layout of this art education app is appealing to both children and adults. Tools include colored pencils, brushes, smudge tools, erasers, and more. You can import photos or take photos (iPad2 and higher). Video replay of your created drawings and paintings is a built-in feature. And you can publish your artwork directly to YouTube in mp4 format or share with others.This app costs $1.99 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=475026 iCivics is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=431584 Farmersi is not just another mindless multiplayer browser based game. It is a business simulation game in which players manage their virtual farms in the Wild West - they grow crops, raise cattle and make investments.Create your own farm and manage it better than other players to win! Make continuous progress with your character while you challenge opponents in normal, league, scenario, and team play!Individual games are 1-9 players at a time and last for 6-17 turns, with turns calculated every 4 or 8 minutes, 12h or 24h. While you are having fun you just might also learn helpful business skills and develop insight into how economies and markets function.You may play for free at http://farmersi.net http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=365521 A discussion of what is meant by "understanding" using a simulation of the "Monty Hall" or "Three Doors" problem to illustrate points and motivate further questions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79427 "The site has been designed with the specific goal and narrow focus of providing easy-to-use listening activities that can be used on almost any Internet connection"(Randall) This website has three levels of listening difficulties...easy, middle and difficult. Using RealPlayer or Divac a student is encouraged to listen to the activity and then answer questions online and continue the excercise by recording something themselves. Every excercise includes a Pre-Listening skill, an actual Listening skill, and then a follow-up activity. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90116 The key to one-stop, any-time access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet. Grade levels and subject matter can be requested, with resulting lesson plans as the result. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=641891 The interactive WISE Confidence Interval Creation Applet allows instructors to demonstrate how sample size, alpha level, population shape, and variance affect confidence intervals. The user can generate a population distribution of interest or select a distribution from a menu, select a sample size and an alpha level.A press of the 'Sample' button displays a simulated sample and confidence interval for the population mean. The sample mean, standard deviation, and confidence interval are displayed, along with the option to display calculations for the confidence interval limits. Subsequent presses of the 'Sample' button produce new random samples with their associated confidence intervals. Up to 20 confidence intervals are displayed at one time, showing how confidence intervals differ by chance.This applet provides graphic evidence for why it is wrong to say that the population mean falls within a given confidence interval 95% of the time. Rather, 95% of confidence intervals are expected to contain the population mean IF assumptions are met. Manipulations of the population shape and the sample size easily produce situations where the assumption of normality is violated to an extent where standard procedures for constructing confidence intervals are clearly wrong. Students and instructors can have fun playing with the applet and interpreting findings.The applet is linked to a demonstration guide. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86451 Citation Machine is an interactive webtool that converts reference information into APA or MLA style citations. Students are asked to submit specific information regarding their source and this website will create a citation in either APA or MLA style. The purpose of the website is to model the correct way of listing citations to assist students in learning this skill. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77016 How do you assign different roles for students to play in an online discussion?