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Lesson ideas using Google
From search games to presentations on how to use Docs & Spreadsheets with your students, here you can find real-world examples of innovative ways that teachers and librarians are using Google tools to help students learn.
Adrian's DVRosa - Film Student .Mac Web Gallery
An excellent video here about what motivates this film student.
Measure Area of your Home or a Football Stadium with Google Maps
How do you calculate area of that garden in the backyard of your home ? Or how do you measure size of an outdoor swimming pool or a football stadium?
PC Hell - zomg there really is such a place
Everyone has been to PC Hell at one time or another. It's that place you visit when your personal computer is driving you insane with problems. Great site for pensioners with nothing better to do with their time. Fix a Ballmer's mistakes.
FORTUNE: Apple’s market share of PCs over $1,000 hits 66%
In the lucrative >$1,000 PC segment, in the first quarter of 2008, Apple's retail market share was 66%. This includes a 64% market share for laptops and a market share for desktops of 70%.
Real World Math
This website is designed for educators who wish to extend the concepts of the math curriculum beyond the pages of the text. Google Earth is the dynamic tool that will be used to accomplish this.
New Mac User
This web blog will be devoted to people who are new to the Mac world. We will be posting tips and tricks for switchers and sliders.
Trim Down Windows to the Bare Essentials
Whether you want to put Windows on a diet in a virtual machine or you want to get Windows up and running all snappy-like on older hardware, you've got a handful of excellent and free options at your disposal.
MemoryMiner: Digital Storytelling and Ancestry
MemoryMiner is the award-winning Digital Storytelling and Ancestry application used to discover the threads connecting peoples’ lives across time and place.
The Boy With The Incredible Brain
This is the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world’s few ... all » savants.
FuturePD Home
Tools for the digital age that will facilitate collaboration and communication. This is an exciting time to be an educator. Make sure you have the skills and the pedagogy to maximise the effectiveness of tools like these.
Teacher fights to take gun to class | Oddly Enough | Reuters.com
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon high school teacher on Tuesday sued for her right to bring a gun into the classroom for personal protection, clashing with anti-gun advocates fighting for years to rid U.S. schools of weapons.
YouTube - Mr Ten Questions on Jimmy Wales: The Chaser's War
Australian comedy show, The Chaser's War on Everything give Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales the Mr Ten Questions treatment.
NewsGator Screen Saver
Looking for a cool new screen saver? One that shows all the latest news and web buzz? Why not try the NewsGator Screen Saver! Great for when you are eating breakfast.
Why Every Teacher Should Have A Google Account
No, I'm not being paid by Google to advertise. And yes, I realize that Google is silently plotting to take over the world. Nevertheless, with the myriad of tools that Google has to offer, we would be foolish not to take advantage of the excellent educatio
iTWire - Social networking shows explosive growth in Australia
New research shows that the use of social media such as YouTube in Australia is soaring pushing Australians onto international sites at the expense of local destinations.
The Do it Yourself iPhone
However, for those of us tied into long term contracts or who just find the high price tag too much cash to part with, we’ve compiled a list of how to emulate iPhone’s features on your everyday handset.
Futurist: To fix education, think Web 2.0
Rather than treat pedagogy as the transfer of knowledge from teachers who are experts to students who are receptacles, educators should consider more hands-on and informal types of learning.
Promethean's IWB gets multi-input upgrade
Promethean, a "global leader" in the interactive whiteboard market, has announced an upgrade to its Activboard technology that will allow multiple users to work simultaneously on a virtual chalkboard.
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