Collateral Learning

Your “Holiday” Link:
Norad Tracks Santa
Countdown to Santa and then track the big guy on his travels.  Want to know where Santa is when you’re out and about?  Download Google Maps to your mobile device (PDA, iPhone/iPod Touch, etc), search for “norad santa” and get live tracking information!
Great links for the Week:
Spoken Text
Spoken text lets you [...]

Last week I attended an Apple Road Show and looked over some of their stuff.  I have to admit, I am a bit partial toward PC but I don’t discredit the Macs and Apple for the great products they make.  I have to say, though, Mac Fanatics really annoy me.  I guess they annoy me [...]

I’ve been quite open regarding my love for Google, so this edtech tip should not surprise anyone.
GoogleEarth is a great tool for education (more than just hunting for your house and seeing if you can count the missing shingles from your roof).  One great idea that I’ve passed on to a few [...]

I love Google.  There, I’ve admitted it.  Just about every part of Google is great- GoogleMaps, Google Earth, Google Images, Google Video, Google Blog Search, Sketchup, GoogleReader, GMail, GoogleDocs - Everything (well, except for Google Toolbar which is absolutely wretched when it ends up on one of our student’s laptops.)  To me, Google is like [...]