Access Database is a program that our students must master in order to pass the NC 8th Grade Computer Skills Test. I know that we could use MS Works still for our high school kids to learn how to use databases, but no one in the real world uses it...

This example, , is the preliminary data from the first round of state math testing we recently conducted Lewis Elementary . Red indicates students not meeting benchmark, green indicates those that meet or exceed the benchmark score.

Not content to be the best mapping web site on Earth, Google has launched Google Maps Mars.... The about page has lots of background information about exactly what you are seeing.

DabbleDB: Online App Building For Everyone: TechCrunch points to a very interesting web based tool called dabble-db.... The sort of applications you would create and then use are what most of us normally hack together in a spreadsheet or using some other database application that is often complex.

Not a podcast, but a live Internet broadcast of our high school basketball games in the state tournament being done by two freshman coaches using a Macintosh Powerbook. Thursday 3:00 pm Boys, 7:15 pm Girls http://www.gomagi.org/ Instead of commercials they cut away to interviews of players, coaches, cheerleaders, etc. done using Garageband.

) a web based music mixing tool similar to GarageBand, but accessible through your web browser.... It still has a login issue, since I really don't want to use tools with my student that require them to login.

Feedwhip is a service that will watch a web site and email you whenever changes are made to the site. Great for sites, such as my school district web site, that have not yet implemented RSS feeds...

Userscripts.org: Amazon PDX Linky: This Firefox Greasemonkey script, based on the LibraryLookup tool by Jon Udell, works to add two links to a book page from Amazon based on the ISBN.... Powells has several locations in Portland and once at their site you can find new and used copies of the book and see which store has copies.

It would be nice if Google would allow a district to use the Adword technology to push educational related links based on the content of the mail. For example when reading an email that mentions your term paper topic, the sidebar would not be full of ads, but rather links to resources.

Paul Nelson: K-12 Linux Terminal Server Project: Tim Wilson interviews Paul Nelson... Paul is a leader in the k-12 Linux movement and an all around great guy...