Richard Stephenson has created a very nice little tool, Google Map Maker, for generating Google Maps. The interface is very simple to use and you can easily add placemarks to a map, add popup content, and generate the code, all from a single page.
Read MoreMy favorite public radio program, Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, is now available as a podcast. A listing of all the American Public Media podcasts can be found here.
Read MoreUSGS Earthquake Hazards Program » A Virtual Tour of the 1906 Earthquake in Google Earth: The USGS has created a great educational resource that uses Google Earth as a tool to tell the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The site includes sections and Google Earth layers that detail the following: Global Geologic Setting of the 1906 Earthquake The San Andreas and Other Bay Area Faults The Northern California Earthquake, April 18, 1906 Historic Photographs of the 1906 Earthquake Earthquake Hazards of The Bay Area Today The site has links that open up in Google Earth that further explain and provide context to the details contained on the web site.
Read MoreLazybase is a web based data tool that allows anyone to design, create and share a database. Similar in functionality to ZohoCreator and Dabble DB.
Read MoreThe visitors' center has a nice film the explains the expedition from the point of view of the Clatsop people who happened to be here when Lewis and Clark paddled down the Columbia.... For each corresponding day during 2004-2006, the weblog shorthands the expedition’s activities and then describes something else happening in American history on that day.
Read MoreOver the weekend I read about the announcement that the folks who create the Opera web browser are working on a version for the Nintendo DS.... I tried the browser that Sony provides for the PSP, and was not impressed, but Opera is a great browser.
Read MoreSo far I just have a few accounts set up, but after spring break I plan to offer it to any staff that would like to take advantage of it.... Like I said before, it would be nice if instead of adds, there were links to education related resources based on the content of a mail message...
Read MoreGoogle Earth maps of avian flu spread: Declan Butler, a writer for the journal Nature, has created a Google Earth file that charts the outbreak of avian flu. The map is updated weekly and can be linked to in Google Earth as a network link, which will automatically update itself with new versions when you reload it on your computer.
Read MoreIf you would like to follow along at home, the local Portland paper, The Oregonian, has a page up with all their most recent articles about the PPS budget situation. I'm finding that the Yahoo News and Google News RSS search feeds to also be a good source for not only news articles about the situation, but also links to local blogs where folks are talking about this situation.
Read MoreOdeo: Ed Tech Coast to Coast #7: Steve Burt talks with Tim Wilson, Will Richardson and Steve Dembo from FETC in Orlando...
Read MoreWes Fryer has been very busy lately posting podcasts and notes about the SITE conference and FETC.... Dr. Swenson passionately challenged educators at all levels to engage in advocacy for children in an era where high stakes testing and federally mandated accountability...
Read MoreAlso check out the the feature on the history of disruptive social trends. Points out the doom and gloom that was predicted with the introduction of things like the Waltz and the novel...
Read MoreAccess Database is a program that our students must master in order to pass the NC 8th Grade Computer Skills Test. I know that we could use MS Works still for our high school kids to learn how to use databases, but no one in the real world uses it...
Read MoreThis example, , is the preliminary data from the first round of state math testing we recently conducted Lewis Elementary . Red indicates students not meeting benchmark, green indicates those that meet or exceed the benchmark score.
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L.VALENTIN in the The Stranger
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My oldest daugher is a graphic design major at Seattle University. Her most recent project involved creating a poster similar to what you find plastered on phone poles around Seattle and Portland noting concerts or social causes. Someone saw it and it made the Poster of the Week feature in the Seattle weekly, The Stranger. Note the cool conspiracy theory associated with her work...
The idea is to give lecturers the ability to insert questions into their lectures (directly unto their PowerPoint slides, for instance) and then poll the students.... I see teachers getting excited about the quiz show aspect of these clicker things and kind of missing the point about bringing interactivity to a lecture or a talk.
Read MoreThe Savvy Technologist » Blog Archive » Joe Lambert: Digital Storytelling, Part 1 Tim Wilson has posted another of his Savvy Technologist podcasts.... This one would be a great one to share during a staff meeting and I plan to do so in the near future.
Read MoreToday, Jeff Utecht has a great post entitled Traditions. In it he relates the daughters in the play Fiddler on the Roof to our traditional views of education...
Read MoreNot content to be the best mapping web site on Earth, Google has launched Google Maps Mars.... The about page has lots of background information about exactly what you are seeing.
Read MoreHe notes they are using: Drupal with the Organic Groups module to do this exact thing - student teachers write their “journal” entries, and select the group(s) that can read it.... This replaces a really dysfunctional paper-based process, where students would write their entries in a blue binder, and hand that in to their prof or mentor for review.
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