This is a web tool that allows you to build a table of data from various reports and download it in tab delimited or Excel format.... Parents and staff are sometimes looking for the location of various schools and programs and this would be a nice feature to add to our site.
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Gmail for your School District...
That's where we come in. We're testing a new service with the school by hosting Gmail accounts with SJCC domain addresses (like student@jaguars.sjcc.edu), plus admin tools for efficient account management. Massive storage and features that tame the most unruly inboxes, like powerful mail search, conversation view for messages, and a fast interface, make Gmail very handy for students.
Read MoreWill Richardson Reinvention Chapter "I Quit"
Reinvention Chapter 2"I Quit": Will posts about his decision to leave his school district position and strike out into the Web 2.0 world. One bit of advice though, I think I'd tell my wife first before mentioning it to Steve Dembo, Jon Pederson, Tom Hoffman and 1000 other folks...
Read MoreMore Google Earth...
Basically you can add building data for buildings that don't show up when you turn on the buildings layer in Google Earth. I made a quick outline of my school using the tool and then opened the resulting kml file in Google Earth to create the image above.
Read MoreCelebrating the Year of the Dog!
: Beth Kanter has posted a very nice lesson plan (Learning Object??... It includes links to resources on the web and some that she has created herself.
Read MoreFree Multi-Address Geocoder
At Lewis Elementary we are working with our city traffic department to add some crosswalks and pedestrian improvements in our neighborhood. I can now share with them specific information about our students and show them the need for these improvements based on where our students live.
Read MorePodcasts - New York Times
Just a post to note that the New York Times now is making podcasts available. Content includes a daily summary of the front page, a weekly review of science, technology and environmental news, and music reviews.
Read MoreGoogle in China at The Thinking Stick
Google in China at The Thinking Stick: Jeff Utecht laments the sad state of affairs when corporations, such as Yahoo Google and MSN, are willing to do the bidding of governments and deny freedom to their users " to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful..." When will Google amend their mission statement?
Read MoreScuttle: Open Source Social Bookmarking Tool
The great thing about Scuttle is that you can download the source and run the application on your own server. Today my friend, Dick McPartland, came by and installed the necessary software and we now have Scuttle running locally at school, Lewis Elementary This means that we can provide our students with a social bookmarking tool, running locally in our building.
Read MoreiTunes Signature Maker
iTunes Signature Maker... Here's mine...
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