Technology Update for 2/8/2009
New Kindle is expected out this week. Pictures and info available here.
Google Book Search is offering 1.5 million books accessible on an IPhone or Android device.
I primarily use Google Docs as my primary online word processor. A new one is on the scene called Shutterborg. Great for students who want to have their documents wherever they go and avoid having to pay for Office.
StumbleUpon is a popular service for finding out about cool new websites. Sign up and press the Stumble Upon button and you will find some new websites based on your interests.
Another book is banned. This time Bless Me Ultima. If parents were a little more aware (if they read more), I’m sure more books would get axed from the curriculum.
Mystery readers: Interesting idea for SSR. Though I think most teachers prefer no PA announcements. But it’s a nice idea anyhow.
GoAnimate.com allows you to create simple animations. You can embed these on your webpages if you can make anything worth sharing with your students.
Real world math lessons using Google Earth.
For fun: Paul Smith is planning to travel across country on the kindness of Twitter users.
Software picks: Texter and Fences. Texter looks useful for creating simple macros for commonly repeated text strings like signatures or code excerpts. I haven’t used this one yet, but I think it has a clear value. Fences is another Stardock product that I’m using for organizing icons on the desktop. Avoids that cluttered desktop I fear so much.