Friday, March 15, 2013

Welcome to Interactive Tools for Teaching and Learning

This tool has been created to aggregate interactive and video-based learning tools for use by students and instructors at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts.

If you are interested in a particular subject matter, click on the keywords on the right side of the screen.

Spot Crime

This site combines crime statistics with Google Maps to provide a visual map of crime in a given area. It can be accessed by clicking here.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Learn Chemistry

The RSC is the largest non-government supporter of chemistry education in the UK.  Our activities encompass formal and informal education from the cradle to the grave and are grouped into three key areas:
  • Schools and colleges
  • Higher Education (HE)
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Click the link here.

Biodigital Human

"The BioDigital Human PlatformTM is a virtual 3D body that brings to life thousands of medically accurate anatomy objects and health conditions in an interactive Web-based platform." It can be accessed here

This site requires the user create an account. It also requires an updated graphics card that not every student may have.

3-D Brain Anatomy




This site allows the user to view the different parts of the brain. It requires Adobe Shockwave, a free plug-in program for web browsers that is widely used in web-interactive tools.

View it here.