Mmmmm, Pi!
Ever wanted to know what Pi looked like up to its one millionth decimal place?! Well, now you can see it for yourself!posted by Pool of Knowledge Lifeguard at
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Friday, April 29, 2005
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Who said that the Pool of Knowledge had to limited to educational news and resources? It's the Pool of Knowledge, right?! That is why you can visit the follwing site to learn the names of over 2000 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.posted by Pool of Knowledge Lifeguard at
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NEWS: Student debt
It's in the news yet again! A recent study has shown that upward of 48% of student teachers will leave New Zealand and go to Australia because they can not earn enough here to pay off their student loan. The government claims that funding might be made available for student teachers. I hope so - I was planning on becomming a teacher!Students may get help with debt | Debt 'drives teachers overseas'
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Thursday, April 28, 2005
Timeframes
The Alexander Turnbull Library, a division of the National Library of New Zealand, holds the nation’s pre-eminent collection of books, manuscripts, music, maps, sound recordings, ephemera, photographs, cartoons, paintings, drawings and prints. The picture collections cover the social and natural history of New Zealand, the Pacific and Antarctica from the earliest European contact to the present.A selection of over 20,000 images is available through the Timeframes website. Users have the ability to use these images for free in research and homework assignments and the ability to purchase high quality copies. Just like the Digital Gallery this is a really good resource. I used this to do a social studies assignment in Year 10 and my Achivement Standard 1.1 in Year 11. The Timeframes website provides a link to the picture catalogue at the Australian National Library.
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NEWS: Parents want teachers not afraid of special-needs kids
Colleen Brown at the New Zealand Herald highlights the issues parents of special needs children face in terms of education funding and resources.posted by Pool of Knowledge Lifeguard at
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Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Studyit.org.nz
I am glad I decided to start this blog because if I hadn't I would never have found this useful site. Studyit.org.nz offers help and resources for NCEA students studying mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics and science. You are able to access information about achievement criteria, subject content, key tips and assessments, aswell as practise papers and links relevant to the specific acheivement standard you are studying.For NCEA students Studyit.org.nz offers study and exam advices, encouragement and NCEA requirements. The best part - the ability to email expert maths and science teachers, and the soon to be available text option. Registering allows you to communicate with other students about exams, problems you are facing and other topics.
This site is one of the best I have come across regarding NCEA. It offers expert advice, personal correspondance with experts and is 'in-tune' with New Zealand youth, see proposed txt option.
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Te Kete Ipurangi – The Online Learning Centre
Whenever I search Google New Zealand for some research or homework help it is hard not to find at least one page from TKI. The Online Learning Centre offers student exemplars, online support for NCEA maths and science students and a vast amount of learning resources. But why listen to me, just read the welcome at the TKI website.TKI is a bilingual portal-plus web community which provides quality assured educational material for teachers, school managers, and the wider education community. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Education.TKI also offers the option of registering to have your own free online kete to store your boomarks, favourites and resources. For those still at primary school, TKI has WickED.
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Any questions?
AnyQuestions.org.nz is a nifty little site that provides real time real help with your homework. According to the website three librarians will be online every week day (February through to December), including school holidays, to link you to the right resources to help you answer your questions.The librarians are online Monday to Friday; 1pm to 6pm in English and 1pm to 2pm in Maori.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
This is useful, particularly if you can locate images that are relevant to your topic. The images are free for educational and research purposes, but you can also order a copy of any image for personal use. Visit site!
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(insert prefix here)oogle
Google (Go to Preferences to customise it to your country)
Google University Search
Google Answers
Language Tools
For fun, check out Google Labs to find the latest Google inventions; such as Google Suggest and Google Maps.
And don't forget the equally good Google tools and services such as; the Google Toolbar, Blogger, Keyhole and Gmail.
These tools are extremely useful for doing research or homework, especially when you tweak with the search settings.
And, if you want to take a break from work, check out these fun 'Google tools'; Toogle, YaGoohoogle! and Google War.
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The Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that you can sign up to and add content of your own to help increase the number and variety of entries. Know everything there is about your home town? Then make an article at Wikipedia and share your knowledge with the world.Wikipedia was started in 2001, it now numbers 539921 articles and counting! As a comparison; Britannica has 80,000 and Encarta has 4,500.
This is a handy tool for those doing research because it is completely free unlike other online encyclopedias where a fee occurs if you want to access premium content or full articles. However, this resource should be used in conjunction with others. Because of its nature, there is no editor to check all the facts that are posted on the site. So if you think something's off, it pays to check it out somewhere else.
A wiki is a web aplication that allows users to add and edit content. Go and check it out,and don't forget to sign up!
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Monday, April 25, 2005
RateMyProfessors.com
Head on over to RateMyProfessors.com to find out all what proffesors are like before you sign onto their courses. Not much use to people outside the US, but I thought I would include it anyway.Alternatively you can go to RateMyTeachers.com if you're not old enough to go to Colege. This site is somewhat more user friendly as it is available to people in the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK.
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Te Ara
Here is a good site for New Zealand history. It has information about New Zealand's history, and also present social and government information.In Māori, Te Ara means ‘the pathway’. Through interlinking text and image trails, the Encyclopedia takes you on a journey of discovery. Beginning with the theme of Peoples, it will eventually present a comprehensive guide to New Zealand – its natural environment, history, culture, economics and government.Media such as pictures, audio and video are also available. This website is made available through the New Zealand government and is a great source of information for assigments or studies relating to New Zealand. Heck, it even has something about Australians there!
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Little Gems
One of my teachers said 'that there is nothing more boring than a young person with no general knowledge'. So we here at the Pool of Knowledge want to help you to be interesting. The following links take you to sites that range from interesting words of the day, and what happened on this day in history to really weird pieces of information that are true but you wouldn't think it!Take a look for yourself:
Gullible Info*
This Day in History (The History Channel)
On This Day*
Worthless Word of The Day
Word of The Day
*Most of these have mailing lists you can sign up to. I have signed onto these ones myself and find them very interesting. My friends tire of me quoting facts to them all day long - but at least I'm not boring anymore!
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Monday, April 04, 2005
Search This Blog With Technorati
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Saturday, April 02, 2005
NCEA
You either hate it or you... well, come to think of it, that's all you could do - hate it. However, we have to work with what we are given.The NCEA website can be found here. It is a great source of information about NCEA. You can find the examination timetable here, and can also download documents such as examiners reports, exams, and marking schedules. These can be of particular help when it come to studying for the end of year exam.
Speaking of exams, you can take a look at the 2005 examination timetable over here. Joy!
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About
This blog will be about education and schooling resources and news. Since I live in New Zealand, it will mainly have a Kiwi theme and some of the posts will be irrelevant to overseas visitors. However, I will also post about topics and resources specific to other countries when and if I hear about them.News and sites will be posted with a description of what it is about, what I think of it and possibly an accompanying image. To view any of the news items or sites click 'Visit Site' at the end of each post.
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