LIFE has just unveiled a neat new feature that lets you search for any photos in its archives and create an online timeline/slideshow that you can share with a unique url address. Their Photo Timeline lets you use their original
Google Releases Universal Search for Gmail, Docs and Sites
Ever wanted to search not only your e-mail, but your presentations, spreadsheets and documents? Google is working on an experimental project to do just that.
10 Cool Web 2.0 Tools for Educators
Here are many new ‘tools’ or websites that can be used with great success in the classroom. Web 2.0 refers to a supposed second generation of Internet-based services. There are hundreds of Web2.0 sites – here are 10 that can
What are Learning Analytics?
Learning analytics is the use of intelligent data, learner-produced data, and analysis models to discover information and social connections, and to predict and advise on learning.
http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/08/25/what-are-learning-analytics/
Notre Dame embarks on a paperless course with iPads
The University of Notre Dame’s yearlong study of eReaders in academics is starting the school year with a bang — a course that will use the iPad as the only textbook students need. The course is entitled Project Management, and
10 Things that Teachers Should do
The list states 10 points which means, that I will try and have ten points, but best of all the post had a video of the coolest teacher in world, well not of this world. However, the clip ended short
Sneffel: Web Based Whiteboard To Share Diagrams & Ideas
Sneffel is a web based whiteboard that lets you create diagrams, share them with friends, embed them on your website, and collaborate on them with others. While this sounds typical of a real-time, virtual whiteboard, Sneffel has an interesting feature
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Twournal: Turn your Twitter Stream Into a Printed Journal
Twournal is a service that will turn your Twitter stream into a physical book. You can create printed books from your tweets or backup your tweets to a free PDF.
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/08/18/twournal-turn-your-twitter-stream-into-a-printed-journal/
Simplifying the Lives of Web Users
A new service called OpenDNS is faster and more reliable than your Internet provider’s. And it’s free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/technology/personaltech/19pogue.html
140 New Things Being Tried In Classrooms This Fall
This presentation will show you 140 things teachers will try for their Fall classes.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/08/140-new-things-being-tried-in.html
The State of the GeoSocial Universe [Infographic]
Are location-based mobile features really poised to hit mainstream adoption? To better answer these questions, behold the “GeoSocial Universe.” The graphic below pits our social network usage against the huge adoption of mobile phones — currently at 4.6 billion worldwide.
4 Sites That Let You Create Your Own Wikipedia-Like Website
In this article, I am going to show you a few sites that you can use to build your very own Wikipedia-like website. Whether you are looking to join a wiki or build one of your own, you should be
iSearch Notes: Search Notes for Students
iSearchNotes allows college students to search for and share class notes with each other. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to search for notes for your college classes that were taken by other college students? More notes will not