Are you over-blogged?

Bloglines.com is a website where you can send multiple blog feeds to one location!

This means that you can go to one web page and see updates from many different blogs without having to surf all over the Internet!


I currently use this site to send the following blog feeds to one location: edtechnot.com, USA Today.com top tech stories, eSchool News top tech stories, connected learning blog, ed-tech insider blog, Engadget and more.

I hope you find this helpful!

Jim :-)

Take a GLANCE at this!

Glance is an easy way to deliver information from your computer desktop in real time. This might be important during a sales presentation or team meeting. This seems like a bare bones version of WebEx or Live Meeting. You can demo it for free, but an annual subscription is $500 for unlimited conferences for an unlimited time period. By saving only one business trip it will have paid for itself many times over.

If we arrange for a simultaneous FreeConference.com session we now have a free audio conference to enhance the Glance session!

Jim :-)

ODEO ...AUDIO

Here is another product on-line for audio podcasts callewd ODEO. This is more for the person who wants to publish an audio web log rather than a narrated slide show.




Try it out.

Jim :-)

Tiny Bubbles...you'll like this!

Here is a bubble share file for you to enjoy. This is really neat! Jim :-)

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Click play on the slide...or, for a larger view, click on the slide itself and then select PLAY SHOW from the left menu.

Just in time atomic training

Hi All,

Most of the time when a person needs help with a piece of software it is a very specific request about a function they are using at that moment. For example, you might have forgotten how to insert an image or how to rotate it. When this happens you generally are sans-nerd. (They are probably with me at the nearest Star Trek convention. BTW- Live long and prosper!) This is a problem!

That's why I like the atomiclearning.com web page.



For $79 a year, a very modest fee when you consider the equivalent cost in books , you get access to all of their quicktime movie tutorials on OODLES of software titles.

How would this work? Well, let's say you wanted to learn the basics of powerpoint and you own a computer with Windows XP. You would go to their home page, log-in, and select Windows Tutorials from the top menu bar. From the Microsoft column you then select your version of Powerpoint. Let's say Powerpoint 2002 for XP. Up will come a long list of topics you can click on for a mini-tutorial. When you select one (the top few are available for a free trial) a small movie window will open and you can follow along. You can pause and re-play the movie as often as you like!


Are there any downsides? Well, it won't be totally comprehensive, it is impersonal and the sound quality is not great (although, as a CT Yankee I like the mid-western accent). It may be best used as a refresher tool.

The upside is that you can have access to very specific help in a very cost effective way whenever you want it!

I hope you find this useful!

Jim :-)

VISTA..a distant view beyond XP

The next operating system for after XP is called Windows Vista!

For a sneak peek click here!

The "Windows flip 3D" and the new "Aero buttons" look neat, but you know what a nerd I am! I'll post some more later, I have to get back to organizing my pocket-protector.

Jim :-)

Should we send our Macs to Bootcamp?

Hi All,

I'm not suggesting that you should start yelling derogatory phrases at your mac like, "Are you eyeballin' me?" Simply buy a new Mac with a program on it called Boot Camp!

This software allows you run a version of the Mac and XP operating systems by dividing (partitioning) your hard drive for that purpose! As always, the devil is in the details. This USA Today Article points out that it isn't easy or cheap to pull off. Still, it could be a nice solution for somelike me who is a committed Mac user that occaisionally runs into software that is only produced for XP.

One concern that entered my mind, and is addressed in the above article, is the issue of viruses and spyware. Because of their low (~4%) user rate overall, Macs tend to provoke less attacks so bringing XP on to my Mac may be an issue.

What do you think?

Jim :-)

Google for scholars!

As educators, and professionals, we are always looking for high quality information. A typical web search on Google often doesn't quickly get us to scholarly material that we can use to base our important decisions on.

Well..now Google has addressed that by launching Google Scholar!



This sub-set of the Google search engine focuses in on scholarly sources available on the web!

Jim :-)