Archivi categoria: News & Info from the Web

DIIGO

What is that? It is the most recent Information Management Tool. Before we had Delicious, now there’s Diigo. Click on the image to watch a Prezi.  

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , , , | Commenti disabilitati su DIIGO

London views

A series of aerial views of London. Let’s start with Shakespeare’s GLOBE theatre, which was reconstructed in 1997 . It is located approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre. And now let’s take a look at … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , | Commenti disabilitati su London views

TESINE

For 5th form students it is “tesina” time. Here are some tips on how to write your essay and, very important, how to avoid plagiarism. Here is a quick guide (in ITALIAN) to the use of Prezi, for those of … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , , | Commenti disabilitati su TESINE

The river Thames

  After 272 km (or 323 or even 346), the Thames flows into the North Sea east of London. Click on the photo below to read more about it, its past and present importance for the British capital city. You … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , | Commenti disabilitati su The river Thames

How far is it to Mars? A motion-infographic

  Take a look at this animated, interactive infographic website that shows the viewer the scale of the distance to the Moon and to Mars as measured in pixels. Click on the image and then on the arrow.

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , | Commenti disabilitati su How far is it to Mars? A motion-infographic

LIVEBINDERS

What is a LiveBinder? It is a virtual tool to help you organize whatever you would put in a 3-ring binder, like web-pages, PDFs, images, videos, text. What’s more, you can share it online. For example, I have collected information … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web, Senza categorie | Contrassegnato , , | Commenti disabilitati su LIVEBINDERS

INFOWHELM

Have you ever heard the word InfoWhelm, where Whelm means “sommergere, sopraffare” (as in “to overwhelm”)? It is what happens today with the Internet: We are bombarded with torrents of  of information in everywhere we turn  and the thing is most of … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , , , | Commenti disabilitati su INFOWHELM

How APPLE are you?

A (funny) Infographics test to see if you are a true Apple fan.

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web, Senza categorie | Contrassegnato , , | Commenti disabilitati su How APPLE are you?

Animated Gifs

A series of animated Gifs to explain how things work. But first, one of the most famous Gifs: More here

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web, Senza categorie | Contrassegnato , | Commenti disabilitati su Animated Gifs

English Language Infographics

I have added a page to the Infographics section here.

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , | Commenti disabilitati su English Language Infographics