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Zoom in and out of this great picture using gigapan technology.

Users can vote via phone (great for large presos or classrooms where text is allowed) or web; results are live and can update to PPT. Sounds cool :-)

As one of the most important car accessories, motorized Car DVD players just get hotter and hotter. Well, its hit may result from the visual digital impact that are becoming more and more unresistable to young people and the high tech technology that make me think we are geek. No doubt car DVD players have paved its landing success to SUVs and automobiles. They are fun, they are great but they also cause problems. The car entertainment systems like motorized DVD players had joined talking on cell phones and text messaging as the third potentially dangerous distractions that may cause fatal car accidents.

effective tutorial for Google Spreadsheet; especially interested in the explanation of the Gantt Gadget; great for data visualization

Google Spreadsheet tips, including the use of the Gantt Gadget

Described as a resource for "adult educators in Colorado who wish to integrate technology into instruction". CCCOnline's very own Leecy Wise is editor for this newsletter. I find it a great refresher of skills and inspiration to try new things.

This Dust-free PC Desktop Keyboard USB Vacuum Cleaner works great in removing cigarette ash, dust, dirt from keyboard, desktop, or monitor. USB Powered Vacuum Cleaner with stretch USB cable is more convenient for use, requiring no external power source, just plugs straight into any USB port with this Keyboard Hoover.

Twitter has become one of the most useful social applications for bloggers. Many bloggers choose to feature their latest updates in a widget visible in their blogs." I see this as an opportunity to 'microblog' short thoughts and have them posted to a blog or e-portfolio. Later, they might be developed into full posts when the author has time to reflect. Twitter is great for sharing short bursts of ideas (140 characters or less). I think it helps make expression of ideas more concise with that limitation.

The advent of Mac OS X Leopard introduced a lot of cool new stuff, including Podcast Producer: a self-contained, automated way to create podcasts of presentations, etc. However, Podcast Producer's screen recording feature is only unleashed when your Leopard is able to authenticated to a Leopard server; hence Berio. Free, unsupported screen recording goodness that's great for creating tutorial movies, demonstration content and illustrative animations.

"Having full access to your bookmarks wherever you are is now something that most users take for granted. Not so long ago, the only way to really ensure you had your bookmarks with you was to crudely send them to your e-mail account and access them from there. Nowadays, you're almost spoiled for choice meaning it's easy than ever to work on the move or check your favorite RSS feeds during a spare moment away from the home or office. And having a way to access your bookmarks from any location is a great way to avoid disaster if your hard drive fails and you lose everything."

Great tool to understand what is and isn't in public domain

Mediasite is a great way to record presentations and make them available to everyone in your district, solving universal challenges like new technology training: how do IT staff members give a presentation to every teacher about new equipment, procedures, programs, etc.?

Summer's ending, and with it goes a certain sense of taking it easier, relaxing a bit at the office-you know, caching up on all that YouTube browsing you skip when there's real work to be done. The popular video sharing site is a great resource (and source of entertainment) that gets better with the right add-ons, plug-ins, third-party tools, and clever usage. Let's take a look at the best ways to get better video, download clips, and just find the video you're looking for at YouTube, so you can get more from your guilty pleasure.

A great guide for beginners and even longtime internet users/texters. It gets into reasons for abbreviations and is much more than just a list of "net lingo". I'd definitely recommend this for parents and teachers alike.

Super blog compilation of educational "sprouts" built using sproutbuilder

GREAT blog featuring posts showing educational uses of sproutbuilder

Great to-do list and life organizing tool - integrates with gmail, igoogle, google calendar, twitter, iphone and more

Nice interactive fraction site.

Tutorial over Fractions. Includes identifying, renaming, comparing, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. Great way to reinforce what is taught in the classroom.

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A very nice Flickr photo exploration tool.

Use Flickr Storm with your students for locating imagery for digital storytelling projects. It locates multiple photos for you that relate to the keyword and annotates with a Creative Commons license, providing the user name you need for attribution. There is a great tutorial on using Flickr Storm at http://www.jakesonline.org/using_flickrstorm.pdf

Create standard numeric or custom word list cards. Has great classroom implications.

ABCya! is a leader in free & exciting computer activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers! Activities are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn. The activities incorporate content areas such as math and reading while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade games are equipped with sound to enhance understanding. You can also find great elementary holiday activities here! Holiday activities available in grade level sections!