Archives for July, 2009

Shared Items From Google Reader – July 31, 2009

Hear Names: Learn How to Pronounce Names Correctly – Home July 30, 2009


In a recent post, Alan Levine discussed the use of a web tool called Your Flowing Data. Your Flowing Data(YFD), is a Twitter application that lets you collect data about yourself. It allows you to use direct messages from your Twitter account to track different types of data. Basically, once you have set up your [...]


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 30, 2009

The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day… July 30, 2009


Lewis Garden

Took a quick walk through the Lewis garden area and snapped a few images. Our volunteers have done a great job taking care of the garden over the summer…


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 25, 2009

Technologies that your kids may never know about July 25, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 23, 2009

What’s On Earth Tonight? July 23, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 22, 2009

Think Big July 22, 2009


Paletero Man

I have to say the sound of the bells on his cart is much nicer on the ears than that mechanical Scott Joplin played by the guys in the ice cream trucks back home… also the strawberry cream bar such beats an ice cream sandwich any day…


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 21, 2009

Trojan Horse Yourself: XO not Kindle July 21, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 19, 2009

MobiStories | digital picture books for children – Home July 19, 2009 – Digital children’s picture books for computers, e-books, ebooks, children’s ebooks, iPhone, iPods, zune and DVD.


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 18, 2009

Rob Galbraith DPI: DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone comes to life in v1.1 July 17, 2009 TwitterPacks / Public Media July 17, 2009 – A wiki page with links to Public Media people and projects on Twitter… The giant Apollo 11 post July 17, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 17, 2009

SweetFM Brings LastFM to Your Desktop, Saves Songs to iTunes [Downloads] July 16, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 16, 2009

Open Atrium July 15, 2009 Map of the Day July 15, 2009 Barack Obama Stands at Door of No Return Through Which Slave Girl Ama Passed July 15, 2009 How to copy music from your iPod to iTunes July 15, 2009 Free Webinar about Cellphones and Schools July 15, 2009 Business card caliper July 15, [...]


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 15, 2009

Bonnie's Blog: 3D design for K-12 and beyond: Cool Plug-In: Component Spray July 14, 2009 – Google Sketchup Spray Plugin… Google Tasks goes official, Calendar Labs rolled out July 14, 2009 Education – Change.org: Technology: The Wrong Questions and the Right Questions July 14, 2009 Umair Haque at BRITE '09 conference on Vimeo July 14, [...]


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 14, 2009

A Kindle Success Story: How to Promote a Kindle Ebook | Self … July 13, 2009 Use Evernote with TweetDeck for Better Twitter Memory [Twitter] July 13, 2009 COMMUNITY: 10 Questions I Didn’t Hear (But Wish I Had) July 13, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 13, 2009

The PEN Story July 12, 2009 No Puzzle in the Paper? I’m Blank! July 10, 2009 PicoCool – Taliesin Prefab Mod Sustainable Home July 12, 2009 We Choose the Moon: Pre-launch July 12, 2009 – “Wechoosethemoon.org is an interactive experience recreating the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in real time. Once where only [...]


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 12, 2009

The Obamas Visit Cape Coast Slave Castle July 11, 2009 – This is quite a moving collection of photos..


The New York Times’ Lens photo blog put out a call for submissions of pictures taken with mobile phones. I went ahead and submitted the one you see above and am happy to say they accepted it and it is part of their gallery. The display interface is some kind of Flash application and it [...]


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 11, 2009

Shakespeare Searched. July 10, 2009 – A search engine to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets…. via @russeltarr YouTube – GoogleWebmasterHelp's Channel July 10, 2009 Biographies of Mathematicians July 10, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 10, 2009

Readers’ Photos: Call Forwarding – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com July 10, 2009 – Readers sent more than 1,500 cellphone photos to us in early July. We chose about one in five for what turns out to be an impressive, imaginative gallery… Overlapr July 9, 2009 Greenhouse made of glass negatives July 9, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 9, 2009

The Myth of TMI July 9, 2009 – We need to get over this soon. TMI is only getting worse/better.Remember the words of Shirky, “It’s not information overload, it’s filter failure”. Homework Help Pencasts for Honors Physics July 8, 2009 – More examples of using the LiveScribe Pen to create Pencasts… Mathcast Central July 8, [...]


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 8, 2009

Indiana high school students required to rent netbooks July 7, 2009 Feynman on trains July 7, 2009 Refusing Free, Depriving Students July 7, 2009 Teaching and Learning with iPods@NECC09 July 6, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 7, 2009

Noticed Anything Different in Flickr Searches? July 7, 2009


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 6, 2009

Google For Educators – Web Search July 5, 2009 – Web search basics for educators…


Shared Items From Google Reader – July 5, 2009

Diversity in the Classroom – The New York Times July 5, 2009 – View demographic changes in more than 17,000 school districts, counties and states across the nation. From the New York Times.