3D Visualization game

http://www.uff.br/cdme/tomografia/tomografia-html/tomografia-en.html

This is a little game that might be a good intro to a lesson on 3D visualization for kids.

Published in:  on November 21, 2009 at 8:49 pm Leave a Comment

Common Craft videos explain aspects of computer tech

http://www.commoncraft.com/videos#technology

Here are a collection of videos that in simple language explain aspects of computer technology including blogs, twitter, wikis and more.

Published in:  on November 20, 2009 at 9:54 pm Leave a Comment

WatchKnow – Videos for kids to learn from

http://www.watchknow.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=98

This site has organized over a thousand videos that kids can learn from. In particular they have a category for computers.

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Mandelbulb – Some great 3D fractals

http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html

This page has some awesome 3D fractals. Some videos too.

An explanation of how they are created is given on http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/2mandelbulb.html

Published in:  on November 17, 2009 at 9:54 pm Leave a Comment

History of the Internet in a Nutshell

http://sixrevisions.com/resources/the-history-of-the-internet-in-a-nutshell/

If you want to give some perspective on the history of the Internet, this is a very good page for some info on that.

Published in:  on November 16, 2009 at 9:32 pm Leave a Comment

Overview of how the Internet works

Here is a nice basic intro to how the Internet works. The presenter, Marti Hearst, is a professor at Cal Berkeley. The material should be suitable for high schoolers. The slides are also available http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/is141/f05/lectures/se-course-intro.pdf

http://webcast.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/bibs/f2005/group3/sims141/20050829.rm?start=&end=

Published in:  on November 10, 2009 at 9:36 pm Leave a Comment