Web+2.0+tools

= WEB 2.0 TOOLS =

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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Using Virtual Labs in Science -** sometimes you just can't create a hands-on lab for students in your classroom, for example, it is a little hard to build a neutrino detector, or purchase an electron scanning microscope, but you can often find simulations and/or virtual labs on the internet. Check out the wiki I created with my collection of favorite labs: http://virtuallabs.wikispaces.com/ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please email if you know or find other to add to the collection:  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">jhoeffne@wcboe.org <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">

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C <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|reate a Google Account] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|How to personalize your iGoogle account] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|How to Make iGoogle Your Homepage] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|iGoogle Instructions and Tips] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|To add an RSS feed to your iGoogle page]

= <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Podcasting in Science  = [|Science podcasts] [|Scientific American] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> - Got a minute? 60 second podcasts <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">[|New York Times] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> - Science podcasts <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|Science@NASA] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> - Headline News - podcasts <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">[|New Scientist] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">[|Science Podcasts] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> - by 8th grade students <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">[|Podcasting in Science - Why Not?]

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