http://timlauer.org Tim Lauer Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:32:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Teachable Moment - Education in a Post-Katrina New Orleans - NYTimes.com The city’s disastrously low-performing school system was almost entirely washed away in the flood — many of the buildings were destroyed, the school board was taken over and all the teachers were fired. What is being built in ... http://timlauer.org/2008/08/16/shared-items-for-august-9th-through-august-16th/ Simplify Media is an application that allows you to share your music over the net. In addition you can listen to up to 30 other streams from your friends music collections. In addition they have a nice application for the iPhone/iPod Touch that allows you to access music from your ... http://timlauer.org/2008/08/16/simplify-media-music-streaming-from-your-computer/ These are my links for August 7th through August 8th: Twellow :: Twitter Search Directory, Twitter Search Engine - A directory for Twitter that analyses the biographical information of Twitter users and categorizes them based on profession and interest. 'Lost Boy' To Carry U.S. Flag In Olympic Ceremony - Timeline tracks history ... http://timlauer.org/2008/08/09/bookmarks-for-august-7th-through-august-8th/ Today CNET reports that Google has added translations to its offerings for the iPhone. http://timlauer.org/2008/08/08/google-translate-for-iphone/ timlauer posted a photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlauer/2743277290/ Lexcycle.com has an application called Stanza, an ebook reader for the Mac. I recently wrote about Stanza and use it quite a bit to convert content for use on my Kindle. The version I used before also had the ability to export a book into a Safari bookmarklet format. By ... http://timlauer.org/2008/07/27/stanza-ebook-reader-for-the-iphoneipod-touch/ Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTimes.com via kwout This is a great article capturing some of the excitement and concern that online reading and access to information via the Internet has raised. Again it is ... http://timlauer.org/2008/07/27/literacy-debate-nytimes-article-about-online-reading/ Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTimes.com "The Simses of Old Greenwich, Conn., gather to read after dinner. Their means of text delivery is divided by generation..." The picture with the article is priceless... (tags: literacy leu reading) http://timlauer.org/2008/07/27/links-for-2008-07-27/ Bomb blasts in Bangalore: A summary and thoughts on communication infrastructure (tags: bangalore communication) A Blueprint For a Site For Young Readers | FunnyMonkey - Tools for Teachers (tags: coppa drupal fitzgerald) http://timlauer.org/2008/07/26/links-for-2008-07-26/ Doug Johnson Website - dougwri - Wikipedia Ban It or Boost It (tags: wikipedia) Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past This article was originally published in The Journal of American History (tags: wikipedia history article) Mac 101: Pairing/Unpairing Apple remotes - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (tags: ... http://timlauer.org/2008/07/25/links-for-2008-07-25/