Thursday, December 23, 2010

Holiday websites

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/holidays.html
http://www.onlineschools.org/resources/online-education-world-holidays/
http://edsitement.neh.gov/gift-holiday-traditions-kwanzaa-hanukkah-and-christmas-0
http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-around-the-world/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country
http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday.htm
http://www.holidays.net/
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/
http://www.education.com/seasonal/holidays/
http://www.oanda.com/currency/directory/world-holidays/ (do context analysis about number and types of holidays)
http://www.journeymart.com/tools/holidays.htm
http://holidayyear.com/
http://www.qppstudio.net/worldholidays.htm
http://www.kidsclick.org – search holidays
http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/Holidays
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3211
http://www.calendarlabs.com/holidays/international/world-holiday.php

compiled by Lesley Farmer

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

THE DIGITAL STORY OF NATIVITY - ( or Christmas 2.0 )

What a great way to show the power of today's web!

"How social media, web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity. Christmas story told through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, Google Maps, GMail, Foursquare, Amazon... Times change, the feeling remains the same."

Count the number of different tools used to tell the story of Christmas.

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