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This is President Obama's speech on May 1, 2011 regarding the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Some great apps for windows users. I highly recommend teracopy and have used Fences on my older xp machine. Am going to try bins.

This is how you link to a specific starting point in a YouTube video. Basically, just add #t=XmYs to the end of the video URL.  X is the number of minutes and Y is the seconds you want skipped when the video is viewed.

Right after posting this, I realized there is now a Share option on the YouTube site that you can use to make this even easier. While viewing the YouTube video: 1) pause the video at the point where you want others to start watching, 2) click the Share button, 3) click options (directly under the link), 4) put a check in the Start at box, and finally 5) copy the link provided by YouTube. Note that you can also type in the start at time as minutes:seconds. The #t part of the link that makes the video start at the spot you specified is included in the link.

connecting strategy instruction to content area learning and coping with students with learning disabilities

Christmas is a time to be with friends and family, but if you are by yourself for a while, try this Christmas Solitaire card game. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas

I'm seeing more information about children activating G+ accounts and putting in an age that is "too young" to have an account (under 18.) Here are the instructions for reactivating an account (which involve a credit card charge that is then removed.) As more kids move to G+ this will be a problem. I told my students to stay away from G+. Of course, having them on Google apps for domains helps you on this as the terms of service are between the school and Google and with parent permission, you are accepting the terms of behalf of the students.

Interestingly, if a stranger joins a hangout, google will kick a teen user off their own hangout. Anyone who is 13 and up can now use Google plus. "Google said Thursday that it is opening up its Google+ social network to teens 13 and over, while rolling out new protections for those teens who join."

Not exactly kicking them off, their camera will be turned off and mic muted if someone that is not in their circles joins a hangout. The teens have the choice to continue back in the hangout if they want to. Pretty powerful tool for them to have. From the Google Safety Center: Hangouts are a great way to connect with other people face to face to face. Just like in real life, you can decide which people you want to chat with. However, sometimes someone joins a conversation that you don't want to chat with (also like real life). So when someone outside your circles joins a Hangout, we'll pull you out and ask if you want to continue. This gives you a safe and easy way to leave the conversation without having to interact with the new attendee first. At the same time, this still gives you the ability to stay if the new person is someone you want to chat with, but you haven't added to circles yet. http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2409072

Byliner site publishers Singles--short works by well-known writers (Tan, Patchett, Lewis) for e-readers.

A good explanation of the digital divide and comparison to gradiated literacy

Evaluating the accuracy of information on the Internet

OK, a new feature in Ning is apps -- if you're a teacher, you may not know it is there. Make sure that you either turn this off or filter out which apps they can add. Do it now if you Ning!

Great news for you PC users who love your iphone or itouch - you can now synch all your google cal's to your itouch -- OH BABY, this makes my weekend!

An updated way of looking at Bloom's Taxonomy

How to apply for Google Earth Pro grants -- who is eligible. And information on how to apply.

Geography teachers see if you're eligible to apply for this grant.