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...
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