From PayScale Meeting Miser – Meeting Cost: Are your meetings worth every penny? Find out with the new Meeting Miser. Just enter the attendees and start the timer. This handy gadget knows that time is money and will calculate exactly how much you’re spending … or wasting. The site uses actual salary info for your area to calculate the cost… Read more →
Websites to create newsletters, brochures, albums, and cards
From the NCS-Tech blog: Meet your “Maker” – Newsletters, Brochures, Albums and Postcards Thanks to a tip from my friend and colleague Nancy Sharoff, I am pleased to tell you about these VERY cool and FREE of course services offering fast and easy creation of professional looking newsletters, brochures, photo albums and postcards Who needs Microsoft Publisher?? http://www.mynewslettermaker.com/ http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/ http://www.myalbummaker.com/… Read more →
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Of course you’re busy, aren’t we all?
A great article, I don’t want to look busy, sums up our preoccupation with being busy perfectly. Our culture is obsessed with being busy. When’s the last time you asked someone about their job or life and they didn’t use the word busy? It’s worn like a badge of honor. To even hint you might not be busy, conjures up… Read more →
Google for Educators
Google, at Google For Educators, is now offering educational resources for using Google products in the classroom: Google recognizes the central role that teachers play in breaking down the barriers between people and information, and we support educators who work each day to empower their students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. This website is one of the ways… Read more →
ProfCast – Welcome to ProfCast
Are you on a Mac with OS X and would like an easy way to publish a podcast of presentations? Check out ProfCast. ProfCast is the ideal tool for recording and publishing your live Keynote or PowerPoint presentation. All elements of your presentation, including slide timing and voice narration, are recorded. You can then publish your complete presentation on the… Read more →
The Science of Star Trek
A very cool article descibing what is possible and what isn’t possible in Star Trek: So, what are the features of Star Trek that a person interested in science can enjoy without guilt, and what features rightly tick off those persnickety critics? Well, many of the star systems mentioned on the show, such as Wolf 359, really do exist. Usually,… Read more →
Technology give parents control of student lunches
According to CNN.com, Houston School’s will soon be able to allow parents control of their student’s lunches: Primero Food Service Solutions, developed by Houston-based Cybersoft Technologies, allows parents to set up prepaid lunch accounts so children don’t have to carry money, said Ray Barger, Cybersoft’s director of sales and marketing. Read more →
NYT Lesson Plan: Active Reading
NYT Lesson Plan: Active Reading In this lesson, students write encyclopedia articles focusing on topics in American history. They practice fact checking, assess their own ability to read actively and skeptically, and write memos that educate others on how to do so. Read more →
Multitasking Realities
Smelly Knowledge » Multitasking Realities Merlin Mann of 43Folders posits that when one says they are multitasking, they are really just slicing their attention into smaller and smaller chunks. Read more →