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Can Insync dethrone Dropbox as a cloud storage service?

January 13, 2012 – 3:22 pm |

A couple of weeks ago I read a Techcrunch article about Insync. It is a service that works almost identically to Dropbox. Their differentiating feature is the fact that they use your Google Docs account …

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Windows Live Writer test

November 25, 2007 – 10:26 am | Comments Off

This is a test post using Microsoft’s free Windows Live Writer. Unfortunately, it is Windows only, so I’m stuck running it under VMware on my Macbook. So far it seems ok… Let’s put a picture …

Educational Freeware

February 3, 2006 – 2:14 pm | Comments Off

Here’s a site with Educational Freeware, listed by downloadable or online. Most of the downloadable is Windows only, but a few pieces of the software will run inder Linux.

Teacher resources at Education World®

February 3, 2006 – 6:09 am | Comments Off

Billed as “The Educator’s Best Friend”, Education World®, has a ton of resources for teachers and school administration, such as:

Lesson Planning
Professional Development
Administrator’s Desk
Technology
School Issues
EdWorld at Home

Free math materials for students, teachers, and parents

February 2, 2006 – 2:08 pm | Comments Off

There are free resources for students, teachers, and parents over at Math Goodies.
Math Goodies is a free math help site featuring interactive lessons, puzzles and worksheets. We have provided free homework help since 1999! There …

Microsoft licences ‘not value for money’, say schools

February 1, 2006 – 6:00 am | Comments Off

Microsoft licences ‘not value for money’, say schools: ZDNet Australia: Jobs: News Trends
In a series of interviews with education professionals at the Bett educational technology show in London, ZDNet UK found broad consensus that Microsoft …

Google Earth – Available for the Mac or PC

January 10, 2006 – 6:23 pm | Comments Off

Google Earth, a free application, allows the user to view in 3D places around the world.
Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in — Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the …

The Amazing Flash Card Machine – Online Flash Cards

January 6, 2006 – 6:28 am | Comments Off

Create online flashcards with The Amazing Flash Card Machine – Online Flash Cards:
Welcome to The Amazing Flash Card Machine, an interactive web application that allows the user to create interactive web-based study flash cards.
Students! Create …

A web based graph creation tool

January 2, 2006 – 1:40 pm | Comments Off

Need a way to easily create a graph? The National Center for Education Statistics, a division of the U.S. Department of Education has put together an easy to use tool to create bar, line, area, …

Fun Friday – Houghton Mifflin Education Place

October 14, 2005 – 6:23 am | Comments Off

Houghton Mifflin has several educational games available at Edugames.

KidsClick! Web Search

October 12, 2005 – 6:41 am | Comments Off

A search engine geared toward pre-selected kid’s sites, KidsClick! Web Search was:
was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of …