Monday, December 4th, 2006
Here are links to all of the sites I'll be mentioning in my talk at TIES on Tuesday.
Blogging
Mabryonline.org with Dr. Tim Tyson
Lewis Elementary School (Principal Tim Lauer)
Google Maps mashups
Housing Maps
Chicago Crime
Google Sketchup examples
Technorati searching
TIES postings
Blog posts tagged "ties2006"
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Mary Klauck, Amy Kretsch, Darrell Olson
Osseo Area Schools
Osseo has started an innovative program called the TICT Initiative (Technology Integration Collaborative Teachers). The presenters are using some really cool technology in their presentation. They're using a Smartboard and Google Earth to take us on an aerial view of their district. They're ...
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Here are links to all of the sites I'll be mentioning in my talk at NECC on Wednesday (and even some ones I probably won't have time to mention). I'll post more once I'm done.
Blogging
Mabryonline.org with Dr. Tim Tyson
Lewis Elementary School (Principal Tim Lauer)
Google Maps mashups
Tour de France live updates
Gmaps ...
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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
Good news for OS X users. Google just released an updated version of Google Earth and Mac-compatible update of SketchUp. Lots of good stuff in both programs. They have tremendous potential as learning tools. If anyone has some good examples of using either one with students, please post in the ...
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Thursday, May 11th, 2006
The ed tech blogosphere is buzzing about this so I feel compelled to add my $0.02.
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R. of PA) has introduced legislation called the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA). I saw the news first in an article at News.com entitled Congress targets social network sites. (You'll find the ...
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
Here's yet another cool product from Google. It seems that they recently purchased SketchUp, an easy-to-use 3D modeling tool that I played with a bit a few months ago. The new product, Google SketchUp, is now free for personal use and integrated with Google Earth. Unfortunately for me, like Google ...
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
My old mobile phone was acting up so I picked up a new one a few days ago. The Samsung T809 is pretty cool on its own, but I've had the most fun playing with Google SMS. If you haven't ever tried text messaging, find a teenager somewhere and ask ...
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Here's the latest in a recent string of articles highlighting how one's online life can carry over into the very real world of work and school. From the NY Daily News, an account of how potential employers use Google as another method of checking up on job applicants. I continue ...
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Thursday, March 9th, 2006
I'll never forget when I first figured out why Microsoft was scared of the Internet. I had just built my first Web application, an online event scheduling system for my old school district that would display information about upcoming sporting events, concerts, etc. That was the moment when I realized ...
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Monday, March 6th, 2006
I'm writing this post from the airplane on the way back from the Administrators Technology Academy in Jackson, TN. (Though I'm posting it from the comfort of my recliner at home.) It's an annual event that draws school administrators from around western Tennessee for a day of learning about educational ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
I posted a while ago about the Prelinger Archive, a wonderful collection of old public domain video. Thanks to Google Video and the National Archives, you can add a bookmark to NARA on Google Video to your collection of go-to resources. The first page has links to old NASA footage, ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2005
Not to be outdone by other bloggers and their six-year-old kids, I set up a blog for my son Jacob recently. We've posted some artwork, a bit of keyboarding practice, and two podcasts so far. He's done all the work with a little help from me on some HTML markup ...
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