At my new job in Montana’s virtual school, I have been looking for quick, easy ways for teachers to be able to share quick bits of content using largely free tools so teachers can use the tools in an unlimited way on their personal and school computers without much ado. I’d like to share the [...]
Google announced today that it is allowing users to upload any file to their Google Docs service. http://bit.ly/4rqh3q This is great that they are expanding their services, but they are late to the game on this one. We have raved about Dropbox http://bit.ly/6uIy6E before, but Google’s announcement reinforces how currently, Dropbox is in a class [...]
If you have ever accepted an assignment digitally, you understand the frustration of Microsoft Works. The software, which appears on most low-cost desktops and laptops, has a tool set that covers most basic student and home needs. The fault of the software, of course, is that it saves in a format that isn’t readable by [...]
I purchased my first flash drive in 2003 while teaching in another district. I was assigned to 5 different classrooms throughout the day and I was digging out my laptop for three of those periods (and hooking it up to a TV in each room!) and using the desktop machine in the other two.
I [...]
Firefox 3.5, the universally recommended browser by TST Blog authors, is now available for download! In our tests, it was noticably faster than 3.0.11 and had some great improvement features. Woo hoo!
I have been increasing interested in easy application for streaming radio since the introduction of apps on the iPod Touch. I love the easy access that radio streaming apps like I Heart Radio and Public Radio Tuner provide to my portable device. I have always wanted something like this for my desktop and have usually [...]
Sketch up is a cool program to use in conjunction with Autocad or by itself for an art based project. Sketch up allows the user to draw a picture or object. You can then import the file to autocad which will allow you to change the picture into a 3-d model. Between the two, a [...]
As a child of the sixties color TV was a big thing. At the time there were only three networks, no cable, and as kids we were allowed to watch TV after homework was finished. Part of network programming during the early sixties was “prime-time” cartoons, like the Flintstones. I was instantly hooked, and fell [...]
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