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Jeff Johnson

10 Simple Google Search Tricks - NYTimes.com - 38 views

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    I'm always amazed that more people don't know the little tricks you can use to get more out of a simple Google search. Here are 10 of my favorites.
Mike Cullum

As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • students who own laptops can register for “digital sections” of several English, history and science classes
    • Mike Cullum
       
      Will this model work for publishers? Can we obtain the rights to distribute electronically some chapters of textbooks and only pay for the portions we use? An interesting question..
  • With California in dire straits, the governor hopes free textbooks could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
    • Mike Cullum
       
      So how are we going to pay the people who do the work of creating these "free" textbooks? If we could agree on content, perhaps school districts could work together and write the books and make them available through a creative commons license.
Jackie Ediger

If You Tweet It, They Will Come - Pogue's Posts Blog - NYTimes.com - 16 views

  • CNBC camera crew was due to arrive at my house t
    • Jackie Ediger
       
      remember to study for test on Wednesday
anonymous

High School's Last Test - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    JB Schramm has touched on a key data point for high school graduates that most school districts do not have the capacity to explore - How are your graduates doing in college? Are they prepared? Do they stay?
Jeff Johnson

Google Pushes to Make Browser Applications More Powerful - 0 views

  • Google said that it has opened to third-party developers the programming interfaces to Google Earth, the company’s 3-D visualization software. That will allow developers to embed Google Earth on their Web sites, much like they already can do with Google Maps.
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