Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Video Editing: Free Tools

Video Editing: 30 Free Tools and Web Services To Get Things Done:

"30 free web services and tools for video editing. You don’t pay a penny while enjoying the fun of video clips editing."

Fantastic tools linked here!

Free Photoshop Tutorials

Tutorials » Free Photoshop Tutorials | PhotoshopStar:

"Here are 78 Photoshop Tutorials hosted by Photoshopstar.com. These Photoshop tutorials are for both beginners and more advanced users, and will help increase your knowledge and skills with many Photoshop tools and features, including web layout and designing with Photoshop, and many image, photo, and text effects. Each tutorial provides screen shots and numbered step-by step instructions."

Monday, August 25, 2008

FREE -- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence


FREE -- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence:

"FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government.

More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.

Get new resources delivered to you several times a week: sign up for the FREE RSS."

Open Thinking & Digital Pedagogy

Open Thinking & Digital Pedagogy

I just found this blog by Dr. Alec Couros. He has some of the coolest stuff posted that you really need to check out. Yes, I am subscribed to his blog now and will go back and check out his past postings.

First Graders Can BLOG!

Kathy Cassidy -- Blogmeister: "Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog"

Think blogging is tough? Check out these first graders who blog, skype, and rap with other schools. Yes, FIRST Graders!


"We are learning how to read and write! If you would like to talk to us, just click on the Yackpack below, holding the click down as you talk. If we are nearby, we'll answer you!"

Genealogy - Free Family Tree - Geni


Genealogy - Free Family Tree - Geni:

"Geni is a private place for your family to build your family tree,
preserve your history and share your lives."

Thursday, August 21, 2008

New get a Mac ad: Off the Air

New get a Mac ad: Off the Air - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):

"Tonight, Apple released a new 'Get a Mac' ad. 'Off the Air' shows PC, Mac, and a Mac Genius. Mac tries to win people over on the fact that the Geniuses will transfer your files from your old PC to your new Mac.

A mad PC then announces that his 'frustrated' customers don't need to hear about that and that 'fear of switching is the foundation of customer loyalty for PCs.' PC proceeds to shut off the commercial by pulling a curtain down."

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

21st Century Educators

21st Century Educators | 21st Century Connections: "What are the characteristics we would expect to see in 21st Century Educators?

We know they are student-centric, holistic, they are teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area. We know too, that they must be 21st Century learners as well. But teachers are more than this."

Free Media for Deaf and Blind Students

Free Media for Deaf and Blind Students :

"A free-loan program provides educational media for students with a vision or hearing loss. The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) offers audio description and captioning via CD-ROM, DVD, and online streaming.

K-12 teachers and school administrators who teach one or more students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind simply need to register at http://www.dcmp.org/. That will give access to over 5,000 captioned media titles and 300 programs."

Dealing with Copyright

Dealing with Copyright | 21st Century Connections:

"Understanding digital copyright is a new literacy issue. Teachers are responsible for helping their students understand and follow copyright rules. Here's good advice on what to do."

Copyright for Educators

Copyright for Educators:

"This page was created as a simple summary of some basic information. All teachers should be aware of this much about copyright. For more detail look at the links below. This was not written by a lawyer or intended to replace legal advice."

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Clean CSS Code

7 Principles Of Clean And Optimized CSS Code | CSS | Smashing Magazine:

"Optimization isn’t just minimizing file size — it’s also about being organized, clutter-free, and efficient. You’ll find that the more knowledge you have about optimal CSS practices, smaller file size will inevitably come as an direct result of their implementation. You may already be familiar with some of the principles mentioned below, but they are worth a review. Being familiar with this concepts will help you write optimized CSS code and make you a better all-around web designe"

CD and DVD Lifetime and Maintenance

Techworld: CD and DVD Lifetime and Maintenance

High quality CDs and DVDs have a lifetime of up to 30 years, while cheap blanks may fail after less than five years.

Helping a Son With Attention-Deficit Disorder Achieve Gold-Medal

Parenting - Helping a Son With Attention-Deficit Disorder Achieve Gold-Medal Focus - NYTimes.com:

"Phelps’s Mother Recalls Helping Her Son Find Gold-Medal Focus"

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Texas Town OKs Teachers Packing Heat

ABC News: Texas Town OKs Teachers Packing Heat:

"A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month, a newspaper reported."

Controversial??

Monday, August 11, 2008

How to Use Google Documents

How to Use Google Documents
Free Video tutorials for Google Docs.

Top Ten Web Typography Sins

Top Ten Web Typography Sins | Events | Smashing Magazine
Many of these "sins" also apply to the print medium!

Web Designer Wall

Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials

"Featuring tips, tricks, and tutorials, Web Design Wall is chock-full of helpful tips for amateur and professional designers alike."

Online Scrapbooks

Welcome to Scrapblog! - Online Scrapbooks

"Want to do more with your pics than just dump them online? Scrapblog lets you grab your photos from Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, Picasa, and many more photo sites, and use them to construct cool (and free) multimedia scrapbooks. You can also use video in your scrapbooks, and the interface is very easy to use."

Yahoo And Google Now Let You Opt Out Of Ads

Yahoo And Google Now Let You Opt Out Of Ads (Because It’s Better Than Letting You Opt In)

All of a sudden, Yahoo and Google want to make it easy for you to opt out of their ad targeting on both their sites and across the Web. Yahoo announced a new one-click opt-out policy today, and Google made it possible to opt out of both Google and Doubleclick ad targeting with one click yesterday.