Archives for July, 2007
The Fischbowl: Did You Know? 2.0 (tags: education technology work school change flat)
Jing is a tool that allows you to capture still and video images of your desktop. One way of looking at this tool is as a screencasting tool, but it also incorporates a feature that allows you to share your capture instantly via a link. This can be useful say in a chat session with [...]
Google SketchUp For Dummies, by Aidan Chopra, is out and available for purchase. Chapter one is available as a free download, and in addition the author has posted on YouTube, video tutorials that accompany the book. Also interesting is that he has posted a listing of corrections. Basically things that are incorrect in the printed [...]
30 Boxed | Calendar Mashup Machine 30 Boxes allows you to build calendars out of information like photos and blogs. You don’t need to be a member of 30 Boxes to build a calendar or use this service. (tags: 30boxes calendars rss mashup) Example Link….
Recently we received the last of our equipment from a digital storytelling grant. The grant provided us with 15 MacBooks, and assorted video and still cameras. The last items we received are the Canon HV20 High Definition camcorder and a Canon Powershot TX1. The HV-20 is charging as I write this and I plan play [...]
5 More Ways to Save the World Using Your Desktop Tips for lowering your computing footprint… (tags: carbon footprint tools)
Official Google SketchUp Blog Google SketchUp blog from Google… (tags: architecture blog sketchUp google design create) Google SketchUp for Dummies… Book Web Site Companion web site for the recently published book. Chapter one is available for download (tags: book sketchup dummies) Enabling Quicksilver proxies and application menus | Celsius1414 Quicksilver-Fu, enabling you to access the [...]
Who Says You Can’t Use Google Docs on the iPhone? – Apple Phone Show (tags: iphone googledocs)
SketchUp Buildings – This weblog highlights the newest buildings that have been uploaded to the Google 3D warehouse.
LeaderTalk: Looking at Data… With Google Earth: Latest post on Leadertalk.
Terrascope :Geodata :King’s College London Terrascope is a Google Earth implementation of the LANDSAT MSS, TM and ETM+ ortho mosaics for the 1970s, circa 1990 and circa 2000. It is designed to allow rapid comparison of LANDSAT imagery between these periods for any view in Google Earth. (tags: googleearth terrascope kingscollege)
The Geodata portal at King’s College in London is a fantastic collection of geospatial applications that can be visualized and downloaded through a Google Earth or Google Maps interface. Region-based network links are used which allow you to zoom into areas of interest to visualise the data. Links are also provided for downloading the raw [...]
JotForm JotForm is a web based WYSIWYG AJAXy form builder. Its drag and drop user interface makes form building easy. Using JotForm, you can create forms, integrate them to your site and collect submissions from your visitors. Examples include… Contact Form Blog Contact/Survey Event Calendar Document Uploader Satisfaction Survey Time Sheet Job Application Form RSVP [...]
Google Earth: Your Campus in 3D winners announced Google has announced the winners of their contest… These are some amazing projects. (tags: googleearth google 3-D)
The word count feature in Google Docs displays not only word, character, paragraph, and sentence counts, but now also readability estimates.
17 powerful bookmarklets for your iPhone… That’s your iPhone… I don’t have one… (tags: iphone bookmarks bookmarklets)
Business Week has an article about Google Apps and reports that Google is preparing a Google Apps version of YouTube to create videos for training and employee communications. I hope this comes to the Apps version for education. We could post our student video projects and such without fear of being blocked by the district [...]
The Google Earth Blog reports that the NASA layer in Google Earth has been updated and now includes an Earth at Night image overlay for the entire Earth. I’ve seen maps like this before but to see it overlayed in Google Earth brings a whole new perspective to the experience. Look for it in the [...]
Chris O’Sullivan has created a Rails application (Display KML on a Map) that let’s you quickly test KML code directly in Google Maps. While Google Maps will display KML files, the KML file first has to be saved someplace. This method allows you to copy and paste the KML code into a text field and [...]
BookTour is a service that connects authors and potential audiences. Authors can create a page and folks looking for an author to speak to a group or gathering can contact the author and facilitate the connection. You can also search for scheduled book tour events and see when your favorite author will be visiting your [...]
3 Graphics + 1 XML Edit: Skin Your Twittercamp » CogDogBlog Alan explains how to add a custom skin to Twittercamp… (tags: twitter twittercamp levine) Message in a Bottle – Bottled Water – Luxury Water – Mineral Water “Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion. [...]
The New Plessy Versus Ferguson and White Privilege: 3quarksdaily Michael Blim summarizes the recent Supreme Court ruling against voluntary integration plans… (tags: supremecourt blim seattle schools integration) The Myth of the A.D.D. Child – Thomas Armstrong – Penguin Group (USA) The Myth of the A.D.D. Child 50 Ways Improve your Child’s Behavior attn Span w/o [...]
“Minimap is a Firefox add-on that gives you a suite of in-built maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Create and save a sidebar map using the addresses or address links you find on web pages (highlight then drag and drop), or by manually adding locations… “ This is a nice add-on for Firefox. [...]
Intel Joins One Laptop Per Child “Intel and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) today announced they have agreed to work together to bring the benefits of technology to the developing world through synergy of their respective programs. Under the agreement, Intel and OLPC will explore collaborations involving technology and educational content. Intel will also join [...]
Johnny Hartman, ‘The Romantic Balladeer’ – NPR NPR story and radio report about singer Johnny Hartman… “The only singer to record with John Coltrane — on the iconic album John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman — his fame was limited mainly to true jazz lovers during his lifetime.” (tags: hartman singer jazz npr) Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus [...]
