Apr 302009
BBC Backstage now hosts a prototype of a geo-located news browser. The idea came from a BBC teacher consultants meeting. Breaking stories are pinned to a rotating globe that reads the RSS feed from BBC News.
BBC News Globe
At the moment an interesting classroom use would be to get students to see how quickly they can identify the many inaccuracies. This could be a nice competitive challenge. A full screen version is here.
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Thanks for sharing! This is a very interesting way to keep up with news – I’m mesmorized by the spinning globe.