http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 19:26:25 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 19:26:25 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=405492 The Java Wiki Integrated Development Environment, or JavaWIDE for short, is the place where you can make and share Java applications and applets, all without installing any software. All you need is a web browser and an Internet connection. Every program is immediately posted to the web and includes the source code hyperlinked to relevant tutorials and including tooltip popups to describe what the different parts of the program do. Other innovative features include the history explorer where it is possible to review all previous revisions of a program using a slider that shows the date and authorship of each edit, an integrated Java API documentation viewer for showing source code and documentation side-by-side, and integrated social networking tools for sharing completed programs with friends and family. JavaWIDE also has all of the normal IDE features you would expect such as code completion, auto-import, syntax highlighting, ability to export jar files, and even some refactoring support. The easiest way to learn about JavaWIDE is to watch one of the YouTube tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/JavaWIDE and then visit http://sandbox.javawide.org/ to create your own program. This should take about 15 minutes to both watch the video and get your first program written and running. JavaWIDE can also be integrated with popular programming libraries such as GridWorld. See http://gridworld.javawide.org/ for an example. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=531204 LucidChart is a web-based, collaborative flowcharting and diagramming application. It can be used at all levels of education to create flowcharts, network diagrams, UML diagrams, mind maps, graphic organizers and much more. In addition, it is ideal for group projects since multiple students can access the document and make changes simultaneously, with changes merged and synced immediately.Free educational accounts can be requested. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=502018 This website is a lesson plan to help teachers make computer science and engineering fun for students. By stating the problem and need for making CSE fun, letting teachers know how it relates to real-world situations, and giving 4 objectives (performing skills, recalling facts, identifing concepts, & applying principles)This lesson plan will also have content of basic ideas to make CSE more interesting for students. It will have evaluations of test and/or observations for skills learned and technology applied. Lastly, this website will give teachers/educators a method using motivation, socialization, audience this lesson is geared towards, and the technology needs to successfully complete this lesson.