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Katrina's Aftermath...

Katrina Evacuees Go All the Way to Memphis At a Red Roof Inn in downtown Memphis, general manager Michelle Williams and hotel guest Randy Adams are coordinating efforts to help a weary collection of hurricane evacuees cope.... After all the stories of the slow response from the government it was nice to hear the story of Michelle Williams and Randy Adams, two people to rose to the occasion...

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Geotagging Flickr with Google Maps and Greasemonkey

EXCELLATRONIC COMMUNICATIONS: Geotagging Flickr with Google Maps and Greasemonkey Part 2: I have written about Greasemonkey, the Firefox browser extension that allows for the incorporation of user end scripts that modify or reformat web content. These scripts get installed on the user machine and can do everything from showing the availability of a book being browsed at Amazon at your local library, to striping out posts from specific authors at sites such as BoingBoing.

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Pixagogo Photo Sharing Tool with Hooks to Google Maps!

Here is one that I created using some of my own pictures (without being a registered Pixagogo user) in 5 short minutes: Pixagogo Photo Maps Click the images on the map to view the photos and use the Google Map interface above as you would on the Google Maps site.... Although you can use this service without being a registered user, the site does mention that: "..having a Pixagogo account makes it possible to upload an unlimited number of photos and to create private Photo Maps."

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Google Maps on Lewis Elementary

If you are comfortable playing around with html code, then utilizing GoogleI had to find the latitude and longitude information for specific addresses and found the site Portlandmaps.com to be very helpful.... I still haven't figured out how to do the markers and icons but as I have been reading the Google Maps API support groups, I have come across all kinds of interesting information and I look forward to playing with this more and sharing what I have learned with my teachers.

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Podcast Produced by Tim Wilson

On Thursday afternoon I had the opportunity to join take part in a discussion via Skype involving Tim Wilson, Will Richardson and Steve Burt.... While the recording may be of interest to about 15 people, I found just having a chance to talk with folks who are also experimenting with technology in their schools and districts to be quite nice.

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