Sending Some WordPress LOVE!

     I learned today that it is the Unofficial International WordPress Day.  So in the spirit  of this, I wanted to give a quick shout out to WordPress.  It is the backbone of this site and every site I use with school, etc. 

     So Thank You WordPRESS!

 

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This is just plain INTERESTING!

     This site just got me excited… Makes you feel like a kid again, amazed at the things in the sky!

     All you have to do is go to the site, add your zip code and it will you when and where to look.  Now it only gives you the direction, but it still seems COOL!  Click the image above or HERE

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Just one of those things…

     This is too funny, not to post!

 

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Why is it valuable to share information on the Net?

Some Friday FUN for you!

If ya got’r, flauntR! Edit photos like a pro, FREE

 

via Welcome to NCS-Tech! by Kevin Jarrett on 2/6/08

Good morning all,

I know, I know, you’re thinking … what, ANOTHER free photo editing site? Well, yep. But this one is really special!

Today’s featured site comes to us by way of Cynthia Matzat who is a library media specialist at Branson Elementary School in Branson, MO. It’s called Flauntr.com and it’s the newest example I’ve seen in this genre (photo enhancement sites). It’s definitely worth a look!

Flauntr.com allows you to easily create professional-looking photos by adding frames and styles, cool effects, text, and even resize your pictures to be used on mobile phones or on social networking site profiles. The user interface is ridiculously simple:

Click, drag, drop, done. It’s the usual story. I really like how you can explore the site without signing up – that’s a great touch. The myriad effects can be applied with a click. I really like the magazine covers, they are easily the most realistic I’ve seen! Like the better services in this genre, you can link automatically to your Flickr, Picasa, Facebook or similar photo source, extending the usefulness of those applications. When you’re done creating your masterpiece, you can save them locally, share them online, or watch a slideshow. All with a few clicks and no specialized photo editing knowledge. Makes you wonder what professional graphic designers think about these free tools! Here’s a quick demo video that shows some of the possibilities:

Like, whoa! Hope this helps!

-kj-

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Open Professional Development

from Chalkdust by Patrick Higgins

(a version of this is cross-posted at Tech Dossier)

Welcome back to what is commonly referred to as the second half of the school year, but in reality unevenly splits our academic year into two sections; regardless, I hope everyone had a restful holiday and is ready to begin the year anew, armed with resolutions that are bound to change the world, or at least your place in it.
One of the things that is high on my list this year is to begin transforming how we view professional development. PD’s usual place in education is to sign up for a workshop, go to said workshop, learn, and then try as hard as we can to practice and apply those skills in the classroom. It’s always an external process. What if if, instead of you going to the class, the class came to you?
Darren Draper, a Technology Integration Specialist from Salt Lake City, and Robin Ellis, an instructional technology specialist from Quakertown, PA, have decided to offer a second round of what is called Open PD. Every Wednesday night starting on January 23rd, from 6:30pm to 9:15pm, they will offer sessions live online using Skype and a screen-sharing program called Yugma (both free) to teach you about various social software applications and the possibilities for their use in the classroom.
The first cool thing about this? I dropped in for a bit of their last session, offered in the fall, not knowing what to expect; what I found was that not only was I connected to the class, but so were about 15 others from around the world and we all could talk and contribute, and especially ask questions when we weren’t clear about something! It was like being in class without physically being there. At one point, I was out on my deck enjoying the sunset, and taking their class simultaneously.
The second cool thing? They are going to cover topics such as: wikis, Google applications, del.icio.us, flickr, blogging and social networking (facebook, ning, etc.) in a manner that is non-threatening and open, thus the name OpenPD.
If you have the time, this class is well worth your while regardless of your familiarity with the topics at hand. As Darren states in his post about the class, ” the sum of our knowledge is what truly makes these new technologies so appealing.”
Image Credit: “Learn” on amarola’s photostream
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Elementary Reading Classes

     This looks like something interesting for elementary teachers to use in their reading classroom.

     Roy The Zebra

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OneNote 2007 + OrganizedHome.com

     This seems to me, to be a really nice fit.  I have just read an article about Organized Home.com and how it has MANY free printable forms for household activities.  When you take this and the abilities of OneNote 2007.

     I plan on looking into this further!

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Xobni for Outlook

     If you are using Outlook heavily, you might want to check out Xobni.  Click on the badge below to see more about it!