Google Talk: Google's entry into the voice over IP world...
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Over at AssortedStuff, Tim Stahmer has a great post about the current state of most school, and school district web sites and the thinking, or lack of, behind them...... It’s actually a very appropriate title since many school, and central office, sites are updated as often as most museums."
Read MoreGeotagging Flickr with Google Maps and Greasemonkey
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EXCELLATRONIC COMMUNICATIONS: Geotagging Flickr with Google Maps and Greasemonkey Part 2: I have written about Greasemonkey, the Firefox browser extension that allows for the incorporation of user end scripts that modify or reformat web content. These scripts get installed on the user machine and can do everything from showing the availability of a book being browsed at Amazon at your local library, to striping out posts from specific authors at sites such as BoingBoing.
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Smugmug is a site for geocoding your photostream with Google Maps. Lots of interesting features including an easy to use interface for coding images....
Pixagogo Photo Sharing Tool with Hooks to Google Maps!
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Here is one that I created using some of my own pictures (without being a registered Pixagogo user) in 5 short minutes: Pixagogo Photo Maps Click the images on the map to view the photos and use the Google Map interface above as you would on the Google Maps site.... Although you can use this service without being a registered user, the site does mention that: "..having a Pixagogo account makes it possible to upload an unlimited number of photos and to create private Photo Maps."
Read MoreNPR defining new Podcast strategy?
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NPR defining new Podcast strategy: According to Tristan Louis, it looks like NPR has let its contract with Audible expire and is exploring providing more content via Podcasting... I already listen to On The Media and some clips from The World.
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If you are comfortable playing around with html code, then utilizing GoogleI had to find the latitude and longitude information for specific addresses and found the site Portlandmaps.com to be very helpful.... I still haven't figured out how to do the markers and icons but as I have been reading the Google Maps API support groups, I have come across all kinds of interesting information and I look forward to playing with this more and sharing what I have learned with my teachers.
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On Thursday afternoon I had the opportunity to join take part in a discussion via Skype involving Tim Wilson, Will Richardson and Steve Burt.... While the recording may be of interest to about 15 people, I found just having a chance to talk with folks who are also experimenting with technology in their schools and districts to be quite nice.
Read MoreAdaptive Path » An Interview with Flickr's Eric Costello
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adaptive path » an interview with flickr's eric costello : Over at Adaptive Path, Jesse James Garrett interviews Eric Costello of Flickr. The article discusses the evolution of Flickr from The Game Neverending, what was to be a massively multiplayer web-based online game, to the original Flash based Flickr Live, into its current form as a photo sharing and community site.
Read MoreWeb Resource: Focus on Effectiveness
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The Focus on Effectiveness web site brings together research about effective instructional practices, and carefully selected technology tools and recommendations for their use. Created by the Northwest Educational Technology Consortium and the Learning Innovation & Technology Consortium, the site builds on the work of educational researchers Robert J.
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