Entries from April 2007

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

‘Pimping’ the RSS with Yahoo Pipes

While working out at the gym, I listened to a podcast. Steve Dembo, a wizard of educational technology and most things digital, mentioned Pipes. Now, when he said the word, I was standing in front of the water cooler. Pipes? I mumbled. Whatever!
When I got home, and typed in pipes and yahoo [...]

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Making Google Maps in the Classroom

Ok, so check it out, dawg…here’s an example of what you can do with the new “My Maps” feature from Google. Go on…go look.
Now, if your head ain’t swimmin’ with ideas like mine is… My children don’t know it yet, but they just became the map makers for all travel related to the Richardson family. [...]

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Michael’s Mitosis Animation

Claymation animation created for science class. This clip was made as part of a study on cell grow. It has been downloaded over 80 times, and viewed almost nine thousand times.

Friday, April 6th, 2007

CyberbullyNot

Friday Seminar for March 30, 2007. Middle school students participated in an exploration of the topics and strategies around the issue of cyberbullies. The video was written and acted by students.

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

What is Twitter?

Newbie’s guide to Twitter | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone
What is Twitter?
Twitter is an online service that enables you to broadcast short messages to your friends or “followers.” It also lets you specify which Twitter users you want to follow so you can read their messages in one place.
A popular Twitterer
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Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Twittervision

Twittervision
Now
that Twitter is taking the web by storm, here is a mash – up of Google
maps and Twitter allowing you to see all of the Twitterers (Twits?)
posts in real time posted on a world map.
Twittervision

Thanks to Gaping Void.
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