On his Google Earth Blog, Frank Taylor has made available an online KMZ file that, when opened, will allow you to load a HUGE amount of data related to Hurricane Gustav into Google Earth (GE). The basic version of Google Earth is FREE, and may be downloaded from the GE website.
My advice is to selectively turn the various "layers" on and off. Turning all the layers on at once leaves the map virtually unreadable.
I'm sure other KML files and data layers will become available over the next several days as we all anxiously wait to see where Gustav tracks.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Teachers, here's your pep talk for opening day
From the Dallas ISD, their 5th grade keynote speaker, Dalton Sherman. Thanks Kevin Jarret for pointing this out on your blog.
Monday, August 25, 2008
SMART board lessons from Scholastic
I'm getting ready to show the Scholastic class homepage builder, and while browsing the Scholastic.com site I came across a link to some SMART board lessons.
I saw this on Tony Vincent's website
Simple Spark is a directory of almost 10,000(!) web-based applications.
The directory is broken down into various categories including EDUCATION. Oh.My.Goodness. I need a sabbatical to look at them all! Fortunately, there is a brief description of each site.
Creating and sharing a "mathcast"
I haven't been able to access Sketchcast.com, and I wanted to demonstrate how to create a "mathcast" to a group of teachers. Then I remembered the Jing Project. This free software from TechSmith allows you to capture your screen-- either pictures or video-- and then upload your captures to TechSmith's Screencast.com website. You have 2 GB of storage for FREE, and Screencast includes embed code so that you can display your screen captures on your blog, wiki, or website.
Those teachers that have SMARTboards have the Notebook software to use to create their mathcast. If you don't have a SMARTboard you could use Microsoft Paint and your mouse to "write" with, although it's not as easy and will require some practice.
I also saw QlipBoard today, but haven't tried it yet. It may also be an option for screen captures.
Those teachers that have SMARTboards have the Notebook software to use to create their mathcast. If you don't have a SMARTboard you could use Microsoft Paint and your mouse to "write" with, although it's not as easy and will require some practice.
I also saw QlipBoard today, but haven't tried it yet. It may also be an option for screen captures.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
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