Please be sure to check out the newly available GoogleApps for Education Demo site, which allows you to do all sorts of stuff. Thanks to Dana Nguyen from GoogleApps for Education for sharing this information!
10 Ways to Use Google Books for Lifelong Learning and Research
Google Books is a Google service that makes discovering book content easier for us on the web. It started way back in 2004 and since then its mission has been to digitally scan and archive tons of book. But Google …
3 Smart Visual Search Engines To Find The Images You Want
Searching for images has long been a neglected feature in common search engines. You had to rely on good tags, otherwise it was difficult to find just the right image. Tracing images across the net was out of the question. …
Google Streetview Inside World Cup Soccer Stadiums
Just in time for the start of the World Cup later this week (today, June 11th), Google has released new Google Maps Streetview imagery for South Africa. The imagery includes views of the interior of the stadiums in which the …
Google Maps Navigation Now Works in Canada and Most of Europe
In October 2009, Google released Google Maps Navigation for Android devices, a free turn-by-turn navigation system based on Google Maps. At first, the service was limited to the U.S. Recently it was extended to the U.K. and Ireland, and now …
Fotobabble – Turn Pictures Into Audio Stories
Fotobabble is a free service that allows you to quickly turn a picture into an audio picture story. Using Fotoabble is easy, just upload an image to Fotobabble, allow Fotobabble to access your computer’s microphone, and start recording your voice. …
Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price
Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information.
Tools for the 21st Century Teacher – Great eBook
Michael Zimmer, who writes The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness, has published a great 17 page ebook titled Tools for the 21st Century Teacher. In the ebook Michael outlines a variety of web-based tools that can be used in almost …
Reflections on Teaching with Social Media
There’s a big difference between allowing the use of social media and requiring it. That difference probably explains the ambivalence of students in Brian Croxall’s courses, and he had them bouncing from wikis to Twitter to Wave. You can’t just …
Free Software Wins Court Battle in Quebec
In a court battle in the province of Quebec, Canada, initiated more than two years ago, free software activists Savoir Faire Linux (translated ‘Linux know-how’) won the right to submit offers when the government takes public requests for submissions to …
Eureka Festival in Montreal (June 11 to 13, 2010)
The Eureka! Festival offers visitors an outstanding opportunity to meet enthusiastic scientists, exchange ideas, ask questions and imagine the technological innovations of the future. The Festival features a wide variety of activities and explores the many aspects of science: in …
Illustrated and Narrated Explanation of Creative Commons
The nuances of Copyright and Creative Commons and the differences between them can be confusing. I recently came across this neat little video that does a good job of explaining Creative Commons and what Creative Commons licenses allow or do …
Should you buy an iPhone 4?
The one question Apple never answers at keynotes—their opinion is implicit—is always the most pertinent: Should I buy this new thing? Here’s a simple guide:
Tools and Tips for Creating Relevant, Authentic & Dynamic Webquests
Webquests, originally designed by Bernie Dodge and Tom March of San Diego State University, are web-based projects in which students take a predetermined journey across the net to learn about and synthesize their knowledge on a specific topic. Usually these …
Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either)
Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing explains why he won’t buy an iPad: “The way you improve your iPad isn’t to figure out how it works and making it better. The way you improve the iPad is to buy iApps.” And even …