Geosciences Bridge - A NOAA Internship for High School Students

Geosciences Bridge is an internship opportunity for high school seniors who are interested in pursuing careers in geosciences. The six week program is hosted at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. Students receive college credits and stipends in addition to having all expenses paid.

The Geosciences Bridge internship gives students the opportunity to learn about ocean sciences, atmospheric sciences, and geographic information systems. The internship will run from July 5th through August 11th. Applications are due by March 31st. The program is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Science Foundation.

Additional NOAA-sponsored internships and fellowships can be found on their Opportunities for Students page.

A Blog About iPad Apps and One About Android Apps

About a month ago I had a huge database problem on my blogs iPad Apps 4 School and Android 4 Schools. After a month of struggle I finally admitted that I was out of my league and called in professional help this morning. Of course, the pro was able to fix it all about an hour. The lesson here for me is, don't be so cheap and try to fix it all yourself. Anyway, both sites are now back to running as designed.

There are new posts up on Android 4 Schools and iPad Apps 4 School. The Android post is a tutorial on using the Explore function in Google Docs for Android. The iPad post is about a neat app that helps students learn how to add fractions.

An Easy Way to Create Mindmaps in Your Browser

A lot of mind mapping tools lock you into using straight lines between elements, but Connected Mind is not one of them. Connected Mind allows you to create mind maps in any configuration that you like. It is a Chrome Web Store app which means that you save your work online using your Google Account credentials. As I demonstrate in my video embedded below, Connected Mind lets you use images and or text bubbles in your mind maps. The labeling options in Connected Mind are almost limitless too. Watch my video below to learn more about Connected Mind.


Applications for Education
Connected Mind could be a good app for students to use to develop mind maps from scratch or from an existing image or file they upload. In general, I find mind mapping to be a great exercise for students to do while planning a video project. I also use mind mapping when planning a lesson unit for my courses.