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Create a browser home page with easy large button for functions like email, search, weather, news, etc.  Set up custom buttons as well.  Set one up for yourself or someone else.  Cloud access.  Perhaps useful for school computers.

A desktop wiki like tool for keeping track of notes, phone numbers, and even has built in tools to use as your GTD system. It is cross platform running on Linux and Windows. With Dropbox you can keep your notes synced between all of your computers. You can even attach documents, files, and insert pictures too to keep all of your information in one place. Each note page is saved in plain text making it possible to edit the files with a normal text editor if you do not have Zim Wiki installed on a computer but have access to the files.

URL Shortener with a twist.  Create a promo page that displays first when a shortened link is clicked.

Coupon code from Netted by the Webbys - Building a site is entirely free (perfect for designers to send previews to clients); for $7.90 a month, you can add a custom domain and up the number of pages from 15 to unlimited. But Netted readers can save 72% on a one-year premium subscription with promo code NettedVIP332.

9/1/17 - A new ebook from Church.mag. Shopping page includes free links to PPT and audio of a church presentation. Save 20% with code "levelup" "Unlike most books on social media which focus on building a following or making money, this guide focus on the purpose, proper use and the possibility of redemptive use of social media. It's a guide for personal use but also for educating a congregation and small group."

Called a "personal internet desktop", Symbaloo is a way to graphically show your bookmarks. Del.icio.us bookmarks can be linked with this service - I see a lot of good uses, especially for lower grades if this were set as the home page of an Internet browser.

Various science videos, animations ect. Seems like ti is mostly life science but there are some other things. Beware of some evolutionistic talk.

Talk about technology! Pictures of Saturn from Space.

Besides making page templates for use in site creation, G Sites is great for making site templates. I just did one for a LA ePortfolio I will have all students in grades 5-8 create this year. This gal responded to my G+ post and set a great video that shows how easy the task really is. Clears up confusion about where the template actually goes when you are working in a domain.

Annotate, highlight and share websites (for all you non-Diigo users....)

How-to document for setting up RSS feeds for podcasting.

In order to help some of my struggling reading students, I'm having my students record our week's memory work in GarageBand, then distributing it as a podcast. Students and parents can subscribe to the feed and use this auditory support to help with memorization. This page is the tutorial that I'm using to set up the feed.

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