The Martin Luther King, Jr.... 100 random quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...
Read MoreMartin Luther King, Jr. Quote Generator - Dashboard - Reference
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Google Maps with MapBuilder
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Our technology/music teacher, Tony Jamesbarry, is also having them use Google Maps to create a map that will highlight the routes and voyages of their particular explorer.... Once your map is finished you have a number of options on how it can be displayed, including grabbing the HTML source and using that source code on your site.
Read MoreClockr - It's Flickr Time
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Clockr - It's Flickr Time: A clock using numeral images from Flickr...
Read MoreTickr for Flickr
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tickr for flickr Tickr is a Mac OS X application that provides a moving ticker of images from Flickr. These can include a ticker of images from a specific user, from a tag, or from search string.
Read MoreWikipedia Vs School Board Web Site
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Wikipedia Vs School Board Web Site: So because one or a few people have control of the board website, and everyone has control of Wikipedia, it seems as though Wikipedia becomes more accurate than the actual board website. Quentin D has a very interesting post about the relative accuracy of his school district's web site compared to the Wikipedia entry for his school district.
Read MoreHappy King Day
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The image on the left is a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.... The Dr. King Timeline page is still up and running.
Read MoreGoogle Earth Community: Aurora Activity Layer...
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Google Earth Community: Viewing forum: Dynamic Data Layers: In the Google Earth Community there is a forum call Dynamic Data Layers.
Read MoreCarol Anne McGuire's MacWorld Session on Accessibility
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A Great Session on Mac’s and Accessibility: Dave Warlick attended Carol Anne McGuire's MacWorld session on the use of technology by students from Imperial Elementary School in the Orange Unified District.... Carol is a Disney award winning teacher at Imperial Elementary who uses tools such as Garage Band and iMovie with her students.
Read MorePodcast Notes...
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http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73329429&s=143441
Read MorePhotobloggr: View Photostream by Tag and Date...
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timlauer's photoblog: Photobloggr is a tool to view your Flickr photostream by tag, by date taken or by date uploaded...
Read Moreretrievr - search by sketch
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retrievr is an experimental service which lets you search and explore in a selection of Flickr images by drawing a rough sketch. More information can be found on their about page...
Read MoreTeacher Man - Practical Theory
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Teacher Man - Practical Theory: "Quick show of hands... did every teacher out there get a copy of Teacher Man for Kwanzmaskah?"
Read MoreDiigo: Social Bookmarking and More...
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Where it is quite different from del.icio.us, is that you can also more fully annotate your bookmarked pages, and bookmarks can also be saved locally.... For example if I tag and add a sticky note to a page, I can also see other sticky notes left by others or I can send a notification to a colleague so that she can read my annotation and respond.
Read MoreTamales
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There are some things that can't be overcome by a fast Internet connection.... and another, being there to share them on Christmas.
Read MoreNew York Transit Strike - Guide to Commuting
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The New York Times is using Google Maps to create a Guide to Commuting providing transportation alternatives for those dealing with the transit workers strike.
Read MoreCinnamon Bear
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Cinnamon Bear
Originally uploaded by timlauer.
One of the perks of my job is that I get to welcome visiting dignitaries to school. Today Cinnamon Bear visited Lewis Elementary... Cinnamon Bear has a long history in Portland. You can read more about Cinnamon Bear on Wikipedia. Unfortunately Britannica does not yet have an entry...
Jon Udell Explains How to Make MP3 Streams into Podcasts...
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In his post, A breath of fresh air, Jon Udell explains in a screencast how he time shifts streaming content such as NPR's Fresh Air and saves it as in MP3 format. Kind of a do it yourself TIVO for audio files...
Read MoreHow to: Flickr Intro at BenBishop.me.uk
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Ben Bishop has posted a very nice introduction to Flickr, the social networking photo sharing site. He very simply explains the different fee structures, and introduces concepts such as sets, tagging, groups and other aspects of the tool.
Read MoreGoogle Maps News Associated Press Mashup....
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Google Maps News Mashups: Washington Post, AP, bird flu: Over at the GoogleMaps Mania, they point to an interesting tool from 81nassau.com that combines information from Google Maps, Yahoo and the Associated Press to create an interactive news maps that plots the ten latest stories from the AP RSS feed. Associated Press (AP) News Mashup takes the current stories from the AP' national RSS feed and plots them on Google Maps.
Read MoreGoogle Earth for Mac OS X
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Yesterday the AppleInsider posted about a beta of Google Earth for Mac OS X that has been showing up in Europe. This morning I see that John Johnson of Sandaig Primary School points to a beta that can be downloaded from a link here: Is a Mac Version of Google Earth Coming Soon?
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