tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80725846189657043662024-02-19T20:47:40.190-05:00SADBLOG- The BUZZTechnology to Support Student LearningDouglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-74784278841953845612014-05-01T21:03:00.000-04:002014-05-01T21:03:04.553-04:00RED is the New colour of CYBERBULLYING<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Doug Sadler says</span></b> RED is the new colour of <b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Cyberbullying! </span></b><br />
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We can say whatever we want. Our children get that part. They will say whatever is on their minds and have instant access to a medium to share it with the world. However, what gets lost on them is the responsibility portion where there is accountability for what is said. Our children have a fundamental difference from their parents and that is the filter between their ears. I am not qualifying that statement to say better or worse but clearly different. They are willing to share just about anything. Now they are Publishers on the web and with that comes power, vulnerability, and most of responsibility.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-70712319279104725172012-01-24T15:52:00.001-05:002012-01-27T07:17:00.320-05:00E-Books Get A Boost! Exciting new opportunities!<br />
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The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board was in the news in Saturday's Windsor Star and other local media Monday when they discussed their plans to use electronic textbooks as way to support student learning with technology. St.Christopher Catholic Grade School was the site selected to demonstrate the new iBooks 2 app among others. Grade 6 students were working in the school's 21st Century Learning Environment and helped demonstrate how they use iPads in there school. There are many pilot projects like this one all over the board with new ones starting all the time.<br />
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Coupled with the board's WiFi installations across the board these opportunities and projects have become a reality.<br />
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1) The Apple Smart Cover</div>
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For those of you who are familiar with the book it it lends it's self to some fun and exciting audience participation with some good old fashioned pirate speak! <br />
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I felt compelled to introduce some technology into the field trip so I decided to incorporate the ipad into the second part of my hour with the kids. I took out my iPad which is in a case that looks more like an organizer than anything. Immediately the group was inquiring whether the organizer was in fact an iPad. They know.<br />
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The students were captivated with a story they have seen on TV a number of times. Was it the device that was making the difference? <br />
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The novelty will diminish as time goes on but we did make a great find. One of the neat features of the app is it allows the student to read the story and the ipad will record the student's voice. Every student in the class wanted to participate so they could see the animation, hear the music and most importantly hear there voice.<br />
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iPad have many uses in the classroom and this is just one of them. This could be used as a fantastic station however the price tag can be a slight deterrent. The classroom teacher decided to use a tape recorder and stories in the classroom as a replacement for the iPad which worked like a charm.<br />
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Leverage the technology to build the skills. Do we need iPods, iPads, and other technology to get students to read? Some studies say this is how we will be able to get boys to read. I think the answer is in the middle. Balance is what we need. Technology will be quite effective as long as it is applied to meet specific learning goals in conjunction with traditional methods. For more information on the application of learning goals and the use of ipods visit <a href="http://kellypowerca.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/ipod-ideas-1-2-is-on-the-learning/">Kelly Powers Blog</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-28920796059349031692011-03-24T17:12:00.004-04:002011-03-24T17:15:35.365-04:00Inserting Google Spreadsheets and Drawings into Google Docs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rTmGT2x45TTjbgIfiGTed8Mwe04A79PIvUdm8zeASklWLHab6XWuLKKIMRNKcGiFpr3dkxYvJPnvgxLILTuKRo2giD5fpob2v0-BWb6VxVrfWlgpqu_5V_qkt6XKCNoY0JwiDx8ssGQr/s1600/Tools2Go.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rTmGT2x45TTjbgIfiGTed8Mwe04A79PIvUdm8zeASklWLHab6XWuLKKIMRNKcGiFpr3dkxYvJPnvgxLILTuKRo2giD5fpob2v0-BWb6VxVrfWlgpqu_5V_qkt6XKCNoY0JwiDx8ssGQr/s400/Tools2Go.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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However, you want to get a great portable speaker from ANY mp3 player you may want to consider the iHome speaker portable speaker ( <a href="http://www.ihomeaudio.com/Computer-Speakers">iHM60LC - Portable Multimedia Speaker</a> )<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The speaker is about 2/3 the size of an itouch. The comparison above is close. (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Dimensions: </b>2.36" W x 2.29" H x 2.12" D)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Obviously the most important part of any speaker is how it sounds. This speaker can easily fill a class room with excellent quality sound. I was amazed at how good the sound was from such a small portable speaker. The speaker will plug into ANY mp3 player through the headphone jack. For even more impressive sound you can twist the top and bottom of the speaker and it expands to give you a richer sound with added base. ihome describes this as "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Vacuum bass design for enhanced low frequency response and sound beyond size"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was able to find this speaker at WalMart for aproximately $18.96 plus HST. The speaker comes with a storage bag and a cord that is used to connect to the mp3 and to charge. If you search <a href="http://www.ihomeaudio.com/Computer-Speakers">iHM60LC</a> on the net you will find it all over the web. You even have a choice in colour (Red, Blue,Grey)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The site can be located at the following link: <a href="http://download.elearningontario.ca/repository/1198120000/Citation%20Builder.html">OERB</a> The OERB or Ontario Educational Resource Bank is available to Ministry of Ontario Students and Teachers.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the site demonstrates why you should cite materials and how you can build your own citations using MLA and APA for different media:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Google integrated a PacMan game into their logo to celebrate Pac Man's 30th birthday. The game is playable as you can see here:</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><object height="285" id="scPlayer" style="clear: left; float: left;" width="672"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/SADONE/folders/Jing/media/22004986-e318-4eed-a10b-35938cbbe505/jingh264player.swf"></param><param name="quality" value="high"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"></param><param name="flashVars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/SADONE/folders/Jing/media/22004986-e318-4eed-a10b-35938cbbe505/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=672&containerheight=285&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/SADONE/folders/Jing/media/22004986-e318-4eed-a10b-35938cbbe505/00000043.mp4"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="scale" value="showall"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="base" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/SADONE/folders/Jing/media/22004986-e318-4eed-a10b-35938cbbe505/"></param><embed src="http://content.screencast.com/users/SADONE/folders/Jing/media/22004986-e318-4eed-a10b-35938cbbe505/jingh264player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="550" height="285" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" flashVars="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/SADONE/folders/Jing/media/22004986-e318-4eed-a10b-35938cbbe505/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=672&containerheight=285&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/SADONE/folders/Jing/media/22004986-e318-4eed-a10b-35938cbbe505/00000043.mp4" allowFullScreen="true" base="http://content.screencast.com/users/SADONE/folders/Jing/media/22004986-e318-4eed-a10b-35938cbbe505/" scale="showall"></embed> </object>Apparently there is also a hidden joke included in the game. The app will run on the iphone as well as as Macs and PCs. This could be a subtle shot at Apple considering the app runs on iphones but was not purchased through the itunes store and was of course not written in the EVIL Flash. For more on this click <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/196895/googles_pacman_works_on_iphone_ipad_subtle_jab_at_jobs.html">here</a>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-84804806697558783782010-05-20T08:53:00.001-04:002010-05-20T09:01:34.999-04:00A Few New Tips for Smartboard Notebook 10<div style="color: #e61b15; font: 12px Geneva; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRLeq89R0Dt6vYrm_NjkK7PJYci4bFO7Gj41o0ooZbtT3vEXzAb1WAQNBOQJ6H0ZeZFjapz4M8WfsyQRzLk_u9wvvl-TDZ8lI5KRxPvSODuxMOIy1vryiEfrUtUHrzv45OQ4cRmjMFjG1/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-05-20+at+8.52.19+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRLeq89R0Dt6vYrm_NjkK7PJYci4bFO7Gj41o0ooZbtT3vEXzAb1WAQNBOQJ6H0ZeZFjapz4M8WfsyQRzLk_u9wvvl-TDZ8lI5KRxPvSODuxMOIy1vryiEfrUtUHrzv45OQ4cRmjMFjG1/s200/Screen+shot+2010-05-20+at+8.52.19+AM.png" width="195" /></a></div><br />
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One of our resident DI Specialists (<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/wecdsbdi/">David Petro</a>) attended the OAME math conference and shared some really interesting Smartboard tips with me so I wanted to pass them on to you.</div><div style="color: #e61b15; font: 12px Geneva; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e61b15; font: 12px Geneva; margin: 0px;">1. When calibrating, rather than tapping the targets on the screen, tap anywhere around the target and then drag to the centre of the target. Then only let go when you are dead centre. Do this for each calibration target. This way you get a far more accurate calibration.</div><div style="color: #e61b15; font: 12px Geneva; margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e61b15; font: 12px Geneva; margin: 0px;">2. If you have updated to the latest version of Notebook, you now have what is called the transparency tool. It should be on your top toolbar and look like this:</div><div style="color: #e61b15; font: 12px Geneva; margin: 0px;"><br />
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Try it out to get a real feel for what it can do!<br />
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Thanks Dave for these great tips.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-89345333037839665502010-05-09T16:40:00.000-04:002010-05-09T16:40:07.156-04:00SnowLeopard Will Will Not Update: continued part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpYMbrfVe6FOF5pOws0-WPT_uhOyt2znBTYPkysfT-lPUdzhx4XiWBDTSER-umO8X6AR_ZueCqQtnpzR8kgsgV152c97HPKmpQkojD18_WoBWSOpEyLS-zNWaELig7-a-AxUaKtOcSnvc/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-05-09+at+3.34.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpYMbrfVe6FOF5pOws0-WPT_uhOyt2znBTYPkysfT-lPUdzhx4XiWBDTSER-umO8X6AR_ZueCqQtnpzR8kgsgV152c97HPKmpQkojD18_WoBWSOpEyLS-zNWaELig7-a-AxUaKtOcSnvc/s200/Screen+shot+2010-05-09+at+3.34.58+PM.png" width="178" /></a></div>Continued from <a href="http://sadone-blogsad.blogspot.com/2010/03/snowleopard-quickview-issue-solved.html">SnowLeopard Quickview won't work: </a><br />
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My move to Mac over a year ago has not been exactly an easy one. I enjoy the challenge of learning a new OS and actually prefer to use the Mac these days although I still use both. I have had my problems though....<br />
My first MacBook Pro had a hard drive crash and my Time Machine backup was also corrupted. Lukily I received help and support from my Twitter PLN and our Board's Mac expert (Trini) who managed to save my Time Machine Backup and all the data contained. The permissions were all mixed up. The reason I mention this is I believe this has caused me problems even to this day.<br />
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I purchased a new Macbook Pro in June of last year and imported my account over from the old Mac. This <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3322">Migration tool</a> was tool was incredible. I was impressed when I was able to restore my computer from the Time Machine Backup but, this can easily be done on a PC too. However, moving an account with all my exact setup, software, and data was incredible! I am not aware of anything that does this so easily on the PC side. The time savings was immense. The MBP worked wonderfully until the <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/dl959">OS x v10.6.2 Combo Update</a> came out. My MBP would download and begin installing the update but would fail to install it. The error message suggested I contact Apple. I combed through discussion forums and then I contacted Apple who I have found are very helpful. Unfortunately they were unable to offer a solution that would solve this problem. <br />
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Eventually I did get an idea from @mwalkinshaw to transfer my information over to another MBP and then send mine in to get checked out (still have applecare). I decided rather than send my MBP in I would transfer my information over to another MAC and then reinstalled OS 10 with all the latest updates to get it to 10.6.3 on my original MBP. I used the Migration Assistant to bring over my account (and all software and data) to the original MBP and now everything seems to be working fine.<br />
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The best way to proceed would be to format my drive and install everything from scratch. A reinstall would require ton of time to document and reinstall all my software then move the data. Hopefully this works but somehow I believe their will be another chapter in this post.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-56778218906349422962010-03-15T00:27:00.006-04:002010-03-15T10:58:19.114-04:00SnowLeopard Quickview Issue SolvedWorking with my new Macbook Pro has been an adventure but, I don't see myself turning back. I am a career PC user but I can confidently say I use both with relative proficiency. I am a PLN tweet away from any expert help anyway.<br /><br />Time Machine has proved to be batting .500 for me. My first MacBook Pro was adopted from a colleague that was nice enough to let me try it out! The unit was a couple years old but unfortunately for me the hard drive crashed. I had a time machine backup so I was not concerned. However, whatever killed my hard drive scrambled the time machine as well. Thanks to the work of one of Techs the drive was recovered from ruin. I restored the OS on a new drive and I was off and running again.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgH0NAUwoROHE_hnDw75ibLnLYoRZFLhJehd3vXjfk8IQytvwUqbQhIV05GUEXdHIog_rPsrRcIxIuCSoehW8ZBwSvFlRXfy2vhfus3Fo0Fo8kTsGSGkbyNNc-pAMMs8hEw8rbhjKtjFv/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-03-15+at+12.38.57+AM.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgH0NAUwoROHE_hnDw75ibLnLYoRZFLhJehd3vXjfk8IQytvwUqbQhIV05GUEXdHIog_rPsrRcIxIuCSoehW8ZBwSvFlRXfy2vhfus3Fo0Fo8kTsGSGkbyNNc-pAMMs8hEw8rbhjKtjFv/s200/Screen+shot+2010-03-15+at+12.38.57+AM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448715964458834642" border="0" /></a><br />A year later I now have a new Macbook Pro which required an install from the time machine. Everything was fine this time but I lost the use of Quickview. This allows you to preview images, movies and other media as shown in the picture to the left:<br /><br />I searched the web and found a couple of solutions for this peculiar problem that seems to crop up when restoring from Time Machine.<br /><br /><br /><ol><li>Reinstall Mac OS X 6.2<br /><a onclick="'var" x=".tl(" s_objectid="http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959_1" class="jive-link-external" href="http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959">http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959<br /></a>-this method was not going to work as whatever was causing my Quickview to disappear also prohibited the OS upgrade from working.</li><li>Suggestion 2 had me erase the quickview library files so they would be recreated and possibly correct the problem: "/library/quicklook and /system/library/quicklook" I spent some time removing files and copy files from other computers that worked but no luck.<br /></li><li>The third option was given to me by our Mac Rep @mwalkinshaw, to install a fresh copy of the Mac OS while maintaining your software and data. This is called a "archive and install"<br /></li></ol>I was surprised to find there is very little documentation to do this with SnowLeopard. However I did find out SnowLeopard has incorporated this procedure into the Installation Routines. By default if you reinstall Mac 10.6 it will automatically archive your software and install a new version of the OS. I did this and all my problems were solved. The install was easy and even my Parallels 5 OS's were maintained. Thanks to @aforgrave who gave me a link <a href="http://bit.ly/aDE9kd">http://bit.ly/aDE9kd</a> to a couple of ways to back up your Parallels 5 files. The process is not that difficult but a big time saver.<br /><br />I was very pleased with the ease it was to install a fresh copy of the OS. I am now up and running without any problems.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-52478203966989016592009-03-10T21:52:00.010-04:002009-03-10T23:06:32.620-04:00#educhat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEifcXtqkrWzcULgEazaYKmkNDSgkLXfKo80YuGE-oy9TNH95zZ8vOIoSrf1tgV_W3Mydk35s92EV66YnU4VFuE1K71ZU5QIBzSfVbjdJmo8acN82TRdgQCvt00b1X3ARZfokLQirwznT/s1600-h/Picture+19.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEifcXtqkrWzcULgEazaYKmkNDSgkLXfKo80YuGE-oy9TNH95zZ8vOIoSrf1tgV_W3Mydk35s92EV66YnU4VFuE1K71ZU5QIBzSfVbjdJmo8acN82TRdgQCvt00b1X3ARZfokLQirwznT/s400/Picture+19.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311755043217039538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgy-__EdF51KmOlMho2m2IbW4kxHcJwdvqiR4ETvOE9q3Um1sLsa-rBdgCpDpWZwXI5xPFPHQJNbLecM5kWQAas3MSLQAYZR15gTpApVOKbCIKVMXi0tN5zKd0n3zXepKo5aGfOJzEoez/s1600-h/Picture+18.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgy-__EdF51KmOlMho2m2IbW4kxHcJwdvqiR4ETvOE9q3Um1sLsa-rBdgCpDpWZwXI5xPFPHQJNbLecM5kWQAas3MSLQAYZR15gTpApVOKbCIKVMXi0tN5zKd0n3zXepKo5aGfOJzEoez/s320/Picture+18.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311754740803051490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What the heck is #Educhat?</span></span><br /><br />Basically this is a way for Twitter users to get together and discuss topics based on predetermine themes in real time. One of the major advantages Twitter has is the ability for a quick exchange of information. By adding a code or "#" hash tag such as #educhat to your tweets they can be cataloged in one place which is easy for viewing. This would be similar to one really large CHAT session using Twitter. <a href="http://thecleversheep.com/">Rodd Lucier</a> founded the #educhat stream.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"Educhat is one example of the potential of twitter-based synchronous events. Modeled after </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" class="external" href="http://journchat.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#journchat</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> discussions, which are ongoing conversations among journalists, the educhat format/context has the potential to create a specific framework within twitter for having education-related discussions and tracking those discussions using the hashtag #educhat."</span><br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><div style="text-align: right;">As Stated on the <a href="http://twitterforteachers.wetpaint.com/page/Educhat">Twitter for Teachers</a> WIKI</div></blockquote>Users can access the TWEETS or comments related to #educhat by using their browsers to visit a site such as <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23educhat">Twitter Search</a>. This site will list all of the TWEETS or comments made by the participants. Just search #educhat.<br /><br />The pace is very very fast but you will get used to it. The key is to have some topics you would like to discuss ready so you can through it out there and see what comes back.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why would I do this?</span></span><br /><br />This is a great question! I believe you can:<br /><ol><li>reach may different educators from all over the world and get their input in a relatively short period of time.</li><li>make contacts from all over the world</li><li>make you voice known on issue concerning others</li><li>Get involved with web 2.0 technology! Your students live here...<br /></li><li>free, self directed PD!<br /></li></ol><br />I grabbed all the tweets and filtered all the extra stuff out of there to create this Wordle Word Cloud to show some of the themes of the 1st #educhat<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Wordle#link"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBh1x2eQbKekhEggmYhaPNPes6Xh6xsdTlCE0YGlQLLuKh3WLJ4j9btD_7pTsxjcCOSWcsNkncjpPGoPOs3Em3Rz-P1MohXZN1mIwtoBRkQjJWvaEUHG0bn4y5urzHc5u9paZit7INLOi/s400/Picture+15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748720081391522" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Click the Wordle for a bigger view.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:180%;">How do I get Involved?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">In order to get involved you need to understand what twitter is. This is an online service that allows you let people know what you are doing in 140 characters or less. Essentially it is a micro blog. "Why would anyone care what I have to say?" is a question new twitter users may be asking. The best way to use twitter is to find other users who have the same interests as you. Once you find someone on twitter with the same interests you can "follow" them. There "tweets" or 140 character comments will then show up on your twitter page for you to view. Eventually people will find you and follow your updates. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Twitter allows you to form a Personal Learning Network. You can ask questions, answer questions or look for feedback. If you are interested there are links below to help you get started. </span><br /><br />STEP ONE:<br /><br />Get a <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">TWITTER ACCOUNT!</a><br /><br />Click the links below to create your own twitter account and then find out when the next #educhat is going to occur. Go ahead get your feet wet!<br /><br /></div></div><img src="file:///Users/SadOne/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/SadOne/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" />This is all well and good but what is Twitter? Click <a href="http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Twitter">Here</a>.<br /><br />If you are interested in participating in the #educhat synchronous discussions, please click on this link "<a class="external" href="http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2009/03/launch-of-educhat.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Launch of Educhat</a>".<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-38433025649423724262009-02-02T16:51:00.000-05:002009-02-02T16:53:20.198-05:00Virus Protection Software for ONTARIO Teachers<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><strong>For those educators in Ontario here is a great deal on virus protection for you!</strong></span></p><p>Eset's Nod32 Provides Effective protection against : </p><div style="text-align: center;">Virus Worms<br />Trojan Phising<br />Adwares Spywares<br /></div><p>NOD32 Antivirus System is a single, highly optimized engine that works as a unified Anti-Threat system to protect against a broad spectrum of malware. Viruses, worms, spyware, and other malicious attacks, which are constantly evolving. Eset NOD32 Antivirus system utilizes patent-pending ThreatSense Technology to detect tomorrow's threats in real-time, by analyzing code execution for malicious intent - keeping you ahead of the malware-writers. There are hundreds of malicious software objects released into the 'wild' every day! Are you protected?</p><p><br />Eset NOD 32 Antivirus system is a Proactive Real-Time Detection</p><p><br />The best security is proactive. Malware protection must be real-time at the point of impact. Every minute one waits for a virus signature update creates a window of vulnerability that could have devastating consequences. Eset NOD32's Technology closes the window of vulnerability left open by other reactive, signature-based antivirus vendors. </p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://antivirus.dsolution.ca/">Additional Information on NOD32 antivirus system</a><br /></div><p><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" ><strong></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" ><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.starreviews.com/antivirus-software.aspx">Anti-Virus Reviews</a></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" ><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><strong>Information on all OSAPAC (Ministry Software) can be found <a href="http://osapac.org/">HERE!</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" ><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:180%;" ><strong>Teacher Home Purchase of NOD 32 Details</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From SHI Canada:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the price of <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">$19.99</span> Canadian we will send a copy of NOD32 via email to the any teacher or staff within the Ministry of Ontario's jurisdiction (as per the contract). If the employee sends a request to the following email address with the information below we will process their order within 5 business days and send them a link to download the software as well as a license number to their e-mail address. Attached is information with respect to NOD32 teacher purchase.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" >The $19.99 includes one year of support for the product. </span><br /></div><p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <br /> The email address to send orders to is going to be:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> Patsy Swanson<br /> Account Executive<br /> Phone: 877-858-2008<br /> Email: <a href="mailto:Patsy_Swanson@shi.com"><strong>Patsy_Swanson@shi.com</strong></a><br /> <br /> What SHI Canada needs to process your order is:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> Name:<br /> Address:<br /> City :<br /> Postal code:<br /> Phone number:<br /> What school district you belong to:<br /> What School:<br /> Your role at the organization:<br />Credit card number (if you do not want to give your CC number, they can call you back to get this information)<br /> Exp date:<br /> Credit Card ID number (on the back of credit card 3 digits long)<br /> E-mail address:<br /> <strong><br /> <a href="http://www.canada.shi.com/">http://www.canada.shi.com/ </a></strong></span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-7450517523433015572009-01-27T10:03:00.005-05:002009-01-27T10:16:04.409-05:00Always Check Your Children's Homework...I did some checking on this and as far as I can tell the story originated in November 2008. I can 't verify if it actually occured but there is a lesson here and the story is amusing.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">The following picture was submitted to a teacher that drew some attention!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEJW7wY2hRMADJIv55ECxnqGKxy_ThNpJ9RKHahFrOOa77Yoi3wQ37tbkFPEpmIU9KnF9mmuAVQXjAtC5ek9dh64PjrVax4a3eovOKTA6KLwOq9JBojPpD4cQ9Hefetk4TvPYVC0t0s0e/s1600-h/Blog+Homework.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 453px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEJW7wY2hRMADJIv55ECxnqGKxy_ThNpJ9RKHahFrOOa77Yoi3wQ37tbkFPEpmIU9KnF9mmuAVQXjAtC5ek9dh64PjrVax4a3eovOKTA6KLwOq9JBojPpD4cQ9Hefetk4TvPYVC0t0s0e/s400/Blog+Homework.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295989985983299858" border="0" /></a><br />The picture was subject to interpretation and the teacher contacted the parent to be aware of what their child submitted.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Parent Response.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dear Mrs. Jones,<br /><br />I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.<br />I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.<br /><br />From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Mrs. Smith<br /><br /><br />A crazy story and I can't verify for sure the source but the message is still valuable...<br /><br /><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Not everything is as it appears</span></li></ul><br /><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Don't jump to conclusions</span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">and may God help us when our children talk about their parents at school!</span></span><br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-151140330320794822008-12-08T10:01:00.012-05:002008-12-08T11:02:51.633-05:00The Wonderful Word of Wordle!What the heck is a Wordle? Well, I took the explanation from the Wordle website and put it into Wordle and this is what I got!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZyqOPFn9XlM_h_eZ6BKnKW0VySpQpTrNK5J4-LZq1FXsyM3hw5_m748gRrwMVtPalh-7u3XVKhgS73clhjVKOQgthw2NCP-ASAp8W1zm6YjApnIiOCN_P72mLH2JbT6d5ZyfbvBdLdd_/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_71.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZyqOPFn9XlM_h_eZ6BKnKW0VySpQpTrNK5J4-LZq1FXsyM3hw5_m748gRrwMVtPalh-7u3XVKhgS73clhjVKOQgthw2NCP-ASAp8W1zm6YjApnIiOCN_P72mLH2JbT6d5ZyfbvBdLdd_/s400/ScreenHunter_71.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277435263530043234" border="0" /></a>From the look of things above it is about clouds, text and the frequency a word appears.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wordle in the words of Wordle:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">you </span>provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.</span><br /><br />How will this apply to Educators?<br /><br />The possibilities are limitless.<br /><br />Here is how it works.<br /><br />I asked myself the question: What do you think of when I say "Christmas"?<br /><br />I went to <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a> and typed in my answer:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4DctfCtaLf3OIj3s0DIgFNydIXf5DMaiQVLMonUDOLZ85La7ulEWvWLyjrw5-rEiOGM63CqmDM1DmpCmVWPYflBp_IKY151EU9w-wFjGCHhl0TDSDi2hg9PqvQqRm92rm0jRzrsvZs3z/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_72.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4DctfCtaLf3OIj3s0DIgFNydIXf5DMaiQVLMonUDOLZ85La7ulEWvWLyjrw5-rEiOGM63CqmDM1DmpCmVWPYflBp_IKY151EU9w-wFjGCHhl0TDSDi2hg9PqvQqRm92rm0jRzrsvZs3z/s400/ScreenHunter_72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277437419192500370" border="0" /></a>Click on "Go" and this appeared:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvzxTca1gDZS3qaOkOpSQLhs9e721Iv_DjLYv2Prycxkcly83fwtKxwr5_cx3styTq5JVdgNXQxcqBOQGr3A3PAEhTeBFW5EIA99be3VQMGidgYDXOYtMMxQEnqK03A0qFjHy6nRQidtg/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_73.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvzxTca1gDZS3qaOkOpSQLhs9e721Iv_DjLYv2Prycxkcly83fwtKxwr5_cx3styTq5JVdgNXQxcqBOQGr3A3PAEhTeBFW5EIA99be3VQMGidgYDXOYtMMxQEnqK03A0qFjHy6nRQidtg/s400/ScreenHunter_73.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277437958100642018" border="0" /></a>This is a neat little Word Cloud that can be customized by the user. Click on the RANDOMIZE button and you get something completely different:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07QzqyMQssPxTXAewySJ99_fQp1TJdpOXTtNlKbmFnMc7KYTRtvn15QPVzw_jJaPNsE_zeXzX4If31NdfLli9lodG5ERiDnQ9DmMpW4Gg2Yo7afmOOKpEclYH0ZYUtDZvxKAEsMOtnug8/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_74.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07QzqyMQssPxTXAewySJ99_fQp1TJdpOXTtNlKbmFnMc7KYTRtvn15QPVzw_jJaPNsE_zeXzX4If31NdfLli9lodG5ERiDnQ9DmMpW4Gg2Yo7afmOOKpEclYH0ZYUtDZvxKAEsMOtnug8/s400/ScreenHunter_74.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277439074047327346" border="0" /></a>I asked a colleague to take a look at the wordle above and tell me what the question it answed. She answered "What Christmas means to me?".<br /><br />If I typed the word Christmas 5 times and the other words just once I produced the Wordle below:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvmzXM75adV6jh3EGPCQR7StODpEUbNwa87Rrtjzz0tRajiBnx_VS-L338m0YL9hNo7olXUBdd1JG0Uzlck8_uviBiZcIFBGm1dPkTQ-eO3YjsUq4q3BR4UJHKE0sav6RrcWixOjEkeWs/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_75.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvmzXM75adV6jh3EGPCQR7StODpEUbNwa87Rrtjzz0tRajiBnx_VS-L338m0YL9hNo7olXUBdd1JG0Uzlck8_uviBiZcIFBGm1dPkTQ-eO3YjsUq4q3BR4UJHKE0sav6RrcWixOjEkeWs/s400/ScreenHunter_75.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277443921409284658" border="0" /></a>Obviously Christmas is the dominant word. Try it out yourself at <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a>.<br /><br />This is what our new <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Secondary Assessment and Evaluation</span> Document produced:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD71BMkYzyDAJLis1mbfhk78F1Zl2ILAtdmKe3UZ9DZteS8SMi61xt3xmj3a4wm3fPPRww4QKEg7RBE3fFpoh0AmEyzJtD0uMnP1npxR7a3Dbns4bOEsbfnLT7Y5QEmXnxvUkrXLhlj-gq/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_77.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD71BMkYzyDAJLis1mbfhk78F1Zl2ILAtdmKe3UZ9DZteS8SMi61xt3xmj3a4wm3fPPRww4QKEg7RBE3fFpoh0AmEyzJtD0uMnP1npxR7a3Dbns4bOEsbfnLT7Y5QEmXnxvUkrXLhlj-gq/s400/ScreenHunter_77.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277449538046363762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-zrAhML_hb8kNBVJ0pgKQkvy84iySul_nOSovelg9GH2iTNu_r19qK8LX65hJZ4DEr7aJpmEc-_HUh84BKSWbMll544GP07mL5WCN3UsAEtCAuGVlGXnYd638vS4kw0NVku3AQJ88MJm/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_76.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-zrAhML_hb8kNBVJ0pgKQkvy84iySul_nOSovelg9GH2iTNu_r19qK8LX65hJZ4DEr7aJpmEc-_HUh84BKSWbMll544GP07mL5WCN3UsAEtCAuGVlGXnYd638vS4kw0NVku3AQJ88MJm/s400/ScreenHunter_76.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277445801152697634" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">I made my Wordle so now what?<br /><br /></span>The word clouds you create are yours. Feel free to save them and use them later. Use <a href="http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Screen+Hunter">SCREENHUNTER</a> to capture your new Wordle and save it as a graphic.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Education Applications:</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li>Wordle is about the love of words. You can give a wordle to your class and ask students to write about what it means to them. Pefect for a thought starter, unit intro, or ice breaker.</li></ul><ul><li>Include a number of words that are motivational to you and create your own motivational poster.<br /></li></ul><ul><li>Encourage student's to copy and paste an essay previously completed into Wordle. The main idea should be prevalent in the word cloud created. If it isn't maybe the writer can explain why? Maybe the word cloud should have been obvious or not but either way a discussion will ensue!</li></ul><ul><li>Students can experiment and learn on their own how Wordle works. The greater the frequency a word appears in a document the more prominence the word is given in the cloud. This could be a fantastic literacy/numeracy experiment that could be very enjoyable.</li></ul><ul><li>Insert a poem or story to get a visual representation.</li></ul><ul><li>An Advanced Wordle site exists where you can build more robust Wordles at <a set="yes" linkindex="10" href="http://www.wordle.net/advanced">Wordle Advanced</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>Check out the <a href="http://blog.wordle.net/">Wordle Blog</a> for more ideas.</li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">If you did find this Blog useful or you came up with some better uses of Wordle please use the COMMENT feature on the Blog and post your thoughts! We can all benefit.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-90274386619445800612008-11-13T18:39:00.008-05:002008-11-13T23:56:58.046-05:00Google, Not Just A Search Engine!<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/technology/internet/12flu.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin"><span style="font-style: italic;">The New York Times</span> reported</a> Google's release of a new website designed to detect regional outbreaks of the flu a week to 10 days before they are reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<br /><br />The website is called<a href="http://www.google.org/flutrends/"> Google Flu Trends</a>. The site uses aggregate Google search data to estimate flu activity in each state. They believe they can estimate flu activity up to two weeks faster than goverment flu survellance systems. This is not available for Canada as of yet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoNESZzg1BAGCOx34SrCNVfvtCnDZyxCexnpvfvaSEYoFN-ASsQ9rZc6yT5SF1LJGij-1EXBEJ0yfW7JExjw02KbLE0IK-3V4-7iq7Qd456eioKtpDhhvBl6SFV1oqxA8Sjvk0yczpx5n/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_819.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoNESZzg1BAGCOx34SrCNVfvtCnDZyxCexnpvfvaSEYoFN-ASsQ9rZc6yT5SF1LJGij-1EXBEJ0yfW7JExjw02KbLE0IK-3V4-7iq7Qd456eioKtpDhhvBl6SFV1oqxA8Sjvk0yczpx5n/s400/ScreenHunter_819.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268367595852047122" border="0" /></a>The graph below has shows past flu outbreaks from last year. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-Xz2pIMbD7aaW8rhcJ8s4DYl2NSaLMeqjCze1iKQjq7XMOqJQKdhhdaXaIVNvL2CuuoVtwLK6IiuPpg_g789HIm0KB_olRY0P1gVB9KIUUlQARAiXp3Xxgd2aqs_F5Z3orT88BOsNhgE/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_818.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-Xz2pIMbD7aaW8rhcJ8s4DYl2NSaLMeqjCze1iKQjq7XMOqJQKdhhdaXaIVNvL2CuuoVtwLK6IiuPpg_g789HIm0KB_olRY0P1gVB9KIUUlQARAiXp3Xxgd2aqs_F5Z3orT88BOsNhgE/s400/ScreenHunter_818.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268368196158421810" border="0" /></a>Flu Trends:<br />"Each week, millions of users around the world search for online health information. As you might expect, there are more <a linkindex="5" href="http://google.com/trends?geo=US&q=flu">flu-related searches</a> during flu season, more <a linkindex="6" href="http://google.com/trends?geo=US&q=allergies">allergy-related searches</a> during allergy season, and more <a linkindex="7" href="http://google.com/trends?geo=US&q=sunburn">sunburn-related searches</a> during the summer. You can explore all of these phenomena using <a set="yes" linkindex="8" href="http://www.google.com/trends">Google Trends</a>. But can search query trends provide an accurate, reliable model of real-world phenomena?"<br /><br />I am sure this will open up a whole new science where Google uses user searches as suggested above but to what end and what accuracy?<br /><br />This site can be used in a number of grade levels in a numeracy or literacy exercise to analyze trends and data. If you can come up with some specific practical uses please share with others and comment here! Don't forget to do your own trend searches at <a set="yes" linkindex="8" href="http://www.google.com/trends">Google Trends</a>!<br /><br /><h3><br /></h3><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-4527083291332884452008-11-05T08:41:00.005-05:002008-11-05T09:12:55.634-05:00Stay Current with Newseum!Today I will be talking about a neat resource for a World Issues topic, literacy exercise, or even just a current events discussion.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp?tfp_region=No"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFH5TIMMf5JSfY7KJNy1FWuPu8g5VnGdAVF0tOG8MJkSrdhtkLero0iVGVzILo660Vt7NwA6jwZHWd0iYEC8a3jvx0d-xKjdvhyKDEiO2taPvEEV64IyFEZJRtBrjLPNMRqqOXUOZhMkx/s400/ScreenHunter_811.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265174266903686946" border="0" /></a><br />The big news last night was the Election of a new U.S. president Barack Obama. A neat way to look at the effect of this event or any other current event for that matter is a site called Newseum. Newseum displays daily newspaper front pages from around the world in their original, unedited form. The papers can be sorted according to region, country and more. Take a look at todays <a href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/?tfp_region=No">Newseum</a> .<br /><br />There is an archive of front pages from past events but the events are major American and world issues. For example I could not locate the Canadian Election on October 12th, 2008.<br /><br />The front pages are not edited or altered so consider your audience when sharing this site.<br />Each front page will give you a link to the source paper. You can usually find additional information on a topic without logging in.<br /><br />Don't forget the WINDSOR STAR resource located in the board's student portal. Students and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/studentportal.asp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsTSR8Q9Ftq1U86FSMKbalNJhNk6EuLlENxcFMx36OPqfPRYxDGPozq2Tyl2_hHPXlGU7n4fK9jw7-iVCmDzcjemvd7GXMZh4wjuU-F-hZ_hUU7vrXjPK0JVUVvdf8smGI9kWPFRmlp_N/s400/ScreenHunter_810.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265173605045897026" border="0" /></a>teachers have access to 10 Canadian Regional papers. Click <a href="http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/studentportal.asp">Here</a> to visit the student portal.<br /><br /><br />Thanks:<br /><br />This site came to my attention from <a href="http://www.commun-it.org/community/rlucier/weblog/">Rodd Lucier</a> (E-Learning RELC) who picked it up from <a href="http://weblogg-ed.com/">Will Richardson</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-34399760319160920182008-10-02T08:12:00.004-04:002008-10-02T08:22:49.818-04:00Do NOT Call Part 2<hr /><a href="http://digital.windsorstar.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=RTBKJBF2V8Q&preview=magnifier&linkid=250dee5d-d218-4d4e-98c8-6f1466583b2d&pdaffid=Til3psR5u69cq45beqESMA%3d%3d"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" src="http://cache-thumb1.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/docserver/getimage.aspx?file=11872008100100000000001001&page=21&scale=26" /></a><a href="http://digital.windsorstar.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=RTBKJBF2V8Q&preview=article&linkid=250dee5d-d218-4d4e-98c8-6f1466583b2d&pdaffid=Til3psR5u69cq45beqESMA%3d%3d"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>Registry swamped</strong></span></a><br /><span style=""><em>BY SARAH SCHMIDT CANWEST NEWS SERVICE OTTAWA<br />The Windsor Star<br />01 Oct 2008<br /></em></span><br />Consumers eager to add their phone numbers to the newly launched national Do Not Call list to block telemarketers ran into trouble on Tuesday when the website crashed on its first day and the telephone sign-up number was not accessible. The online...<a href="http://digital.windsorstar.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=RTBKJBF2V8Q&preview=article&linkid=250dee5d-d218-4d4e-98c8-6f1466583b2d&pdaffid=Til3psR5u69cq45beqESMA%3d%3d"><em>read more...</em></a><br /><br />The website crashed multiple times Tuesday and only allowed for 157,000 people to register. The phone line allowed for 74,445 to register. Don't give up just keep trying.<br /><br />Remember you can add any number to the list and Telemarketers get 31 days to take you off their lists!<br /><br /><br /><br />To Register:<br /><br />Website: <a href="https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/">https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/</a><br /><br />Phone: 1-866-580-3625<div style="clear: both;"><span style=""><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8072584618965704366&postID=3439976031916092018">Registrant rush takes down do-not-call site</a><br /></span></div><div>Tech Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/The%20Windsor%20Star" rel="tag">The Windsor Star</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/newspaper" rel="tag">newspaper</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Canada" rel="tag">Canada</a> </div><img src="http://digital.windsorstar.com/epaper/services/getpdaffimage.ashx?pdaff_id=Til3psR5u69cq45beqESMA%3d%3d&linkid=250dee5d-d218-4d4e-98c8-6f1466583b2d" /><!-- void --><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-69314300180230938462008-09-30T16:42:00.009-04:002008-10-01T10:11:30.371-04:00DO NOT CALL!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbMf2EoTFGKDuGaMPJ5A5CAZioVANYsAgz1LpfT6h8k4ssnUKIdpBdde7xCVyPbEkoTZ3a1Bn6qk_jk2ofrwxCDpgj2pCIPFUzdUD6bhBwviE5q5K63ad_B1EZ66wCG4AJaWUMoW3Ejfo/s1600-h/telemarketer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbMf2EoTFGKDuGaMPJ5A5CAZioVANYsAgz1LpfT6h8k4ssnUKIdpBdde7xCVyPbEkoTZ3a1Bn6qk_jk2ofrwxCDpgj2pCIPFUzdUD6bhBwviE5q5K63ad_B1EZ66wCG4AJaWUMoW3Ejfo/s400/telemarketer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251920193763046866" border="0" /></a>I don't know about you, but enjoy being interrupted 4 to 6 times an evening with telemarketers trying to turn my phone into their business! No, not really...<br /><br />The good news is relief is here! According to the <a href="http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/index.html">Windsor Star</a> article "REGISTER TODAY FOR<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">DO NOT CALL LIST" you can call a number or visit a website and 31 days later you can have your phone back to yourself without telemarketers.<br /><br />Bell Canada won the contr</span><span style="font-size:100%;">act to operate the list for 5 years based on the authority of </span>Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (<a href="http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/welcome.htm">CRTC</a>).<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />This will not stop all of the calls however, </span>charities, political parties, polling companies, newspapers selling subscriptions and organizations with which the consumer has an existing business relationship can still contact you.<br /><br />Here is the contact information:<br /><br />To register call 1-866-580-3625 or visit <a href="http://www.LNNTE-DNCL.gc.ca"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">HERE</span></a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IM61477_XjBKKZ-4BiA9FeWm0F4uNVNhfiJeOFb-9Q3fNN98SJSdHHhpEXnnXOMn0CHm5Sq5v_FEtrrrQvxUowMHFbtXXSm8gIuA0uFn1WX2eHLthGAziFwg5BwVebZCjiALLdfbcH0p/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_766.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IM61477_XjBKKZ-4BiA9FeWm0F4uNVNhfiJeOFb-9Q3fNN98SJSdHHhpEXnnXOMn0CHm5Sq5v_FEtrrrQvxUowMHFbtXXSm8gIuA0uFn1WX2eHLthGAziFwg5BwVebZCjiALLdfbcH0p/s400/ScreenHunter_766.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251924565950345554" border="0" /></a><br />I would guess this is popular because when I visited the website I received this message:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5rkaP-5_jYgwcv0IqgTCPmLuvEHQye5ZCJSNe5HH1HZO8PA2awGrpu7zPVhZRcXhuGwfJrbFBEz7DGGFAjnGE5WslyuSLgOjoyb9_osyzqcFKu9K4WZWsXTkTR6cF8ykZMvoIoHaIl7H/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_767.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5rkaP-5_jYgwcv0IqgTCPmLuvEHQye5ZCJSNe5HH1HZO8PA2awGrpu7zPVhZRcXhuGwfJrbFBEz7DGGFAjnGE5WslyuSLgOjoyb9_osyzqcFKu9K4WZWsXTkTR6cF8ykZMvoIoHaIl7H/s400/ScreenHunter_767.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251925022804212242" border="0" /></a>The site is down temporarily. My guess is everyone in the country is trying to log on at once, including the telemarketers. I would like to say more but I think the phone is ringing...<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-4013885678723617322008-09-02T22:38:00.002-04:002008-09-02T22:52:21.138-04:00Do You Believe?The reason we are all in this together...<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.teachertube.com/skin-p/mediaplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" flashvars="height=350&width=425&file=http://www.teachertube.com/flvideo/47989.flv&image=http://www.teachertube.com/thumb/47989.jpg&location=http://www.teachertube.com/skin-p/mediaplayer.swf&logo=http://www.teachertube.com/images/greylogo.swf&searchlink=http://teachertube.com/search_result.php%3Fsearch_id%3D&frontcolor=0xffffff&backcolor=0x000000&lightcolor=0xFF0000&screencolor=0xffffff&autostart=false&volume=80&overstretch=fit&link=http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b27a83c4f50ff8305455&linkfromdisplay=true&recommendations=http://www.teachertube.com/embedplaylist.php?chid=56" height="350" width="425"></embed><br /><br /><p><br />I found this from one of the blogs I like to <a href="http://macmomma.blogspot.com/2008/08/got-8-minutes-and-55-seconds.html">read</a>. I hope you liked it...<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-84527115413166812282008-09-02T15:27:00.017-04:002008-09-02T16:24:43.714-04:00Google Chrome is HERE!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3r05aj_a80omd1QyuXlm5xHEKTAuGoIzPMSAD-CkhKsk7cUibl8cdV9kI6w9mqOp_ZpLc3yeE_tBpMRppWpD58wXGmFg_-hDc_tPDVBg1y9smYbv_Du_PmM3nd2nQEX6QBTzVdqVmwfPv/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_68.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3r05aj_a80omd1QyuXlm5xHEKTAuGoIzPMSAD-CkhKsk7cUibl8cdV9kI6w9mqOp_ZpLc3yeE_tBpMRppWpD58wXGmFg_-hDc_tPDVBg1y9smYbv_Du_PmM3nd2nQEX6QBTzVdqVmwfPv/s400/ScreenHunter_68.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241520848976426082" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">What the heck is Google Chrome? Chrome is Google's new browser de<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">signed make your internet experience faster and easier. Google leaked or "accidently" distributed a comic outlining the new product. You can view that <a href="http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/">here.</a> The comic outlines the reason why Google Chrome was created.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPdQAORTrgy-aiPKhKHdQyanUHI4pw2s0928MCcMDvyaQHI2L-765S3sOWZZV4tBsNpYfkdav8B2HlGvu_ZzJSgaiHrHwC5lrt3tNkL5jsByLCYweW2-JP9oswl7eONPvdx490Euo8h-z/s320/ScreenHunter_69.bmp" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241514458109837266" border="0" /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Why is this a big deal?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>This is Google's latest attempt at tapping into the open source software </div><div>markets where they will acually give code aw</div><div>ay and not just take it. Google will battle microsoft on yet another front.</div><div> Competition is good for us, the consumer! Currently </div><div>there are really only two popular brow</div><div>sers out there. Interent Explorer holds 74% of the market with Mozilla coming in second with 18%. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Should you download Google Chrome??</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Downloading Chrome certainly can</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">not hurt as it doesn't update or replace any of your current browsers. Chrome stands alone. So if you are into trying new things then give it a try! </span></div><div><br /></div><div>Google Chrome was released today around 3:00 pm at the link below.</div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">GET G</a><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">OOGLE CHROME HERE!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Internet Explorer has also posted a new beta with exciting new features for it. This is one worth a look also. Download it <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/">here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Chrome was a small download and easy to install:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Choose Download<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0u7pUiM6Wp0okNbwn3UOeRkEcWf01hlhy6aEM4HX9zj3NcnwFHGX04TZH24pCo5cA2i__P8OvK3B-wETpVceKXs92OsLu_rbrSUOzhWS9VMzj5G4FoeeOGYmbKDW-r-LlUp5zFG8pwp6/s200/ScreenHunter_70.bmp" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241517287390478370" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Accept the Usage Agreement</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnlRDGVY-qlm593V2x918ZAPbwj9GlccbJjxpGw42pn8uV6yq5Wpdn1_wnkKEF0hDMmEHaihhyL7DWYJSEFtjwfAmFknGmIMTSfqQtY4tPE68a5MFOzcF_fF7uh8Iq7uR7BHGjhMuQV2K/s320/ScreenHunter_71.bmp" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241517833244856098" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You are done! Happy Surfing!</div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9RdnU49BXkD3ukiK77cT5C5DQaUODs1FJEU1_6NxeFBelMx3710lHzpbsqPXkDnSOZnOaDLM7Ues-3oU_3Xm3CUglVUKV5WBhN7Fuz4WVt1q3HTcLr61fv4R4kIMadWWbME6JOE8Nia0/s320/ScreenHunter_48.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241518363865706482" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">SCREENSHOTS:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiBmtpVn2Y976EdcZ70WD4JzWPUCN50tipWnOFzWYGit2K-nPCZJJ8unQHqu9_OBXZUsMFrsmDUO6j4B0pJYQXazA_opbYz9UiJ5JN8OIDWmD9hwDhexKCVzktaKPr73IacQwAddQvfLy/s400/google-chrome-screenshot.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241519177636778082" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAys1qY3yW2A8VyFU4rP8mkWfFj__uGGQLDFVkb20jHsJBb6Os2hyfN_E_zRhoAujQmcjmYAURG3LbQnsCOZebQ7toh0wn4x9UojTag3Hvx8MIXc1eMc2UInb1LcaWX1C1WVfsiBWpHaW/s400/ScreenHunter_49.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241519938029359266" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When you open a tab Chrome automatically lists web clip images of your favourite sites to visit!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There is only one Box to type into. The box is called the "omnibar" You can type in a search or website in the same box. As you type many suggestions will pop up for you to choose.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Main Features:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>One box for everything</strong><br />Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>Thumbnails of your top sites</strong><br />Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>Shortcuts for your apps</strong><br />Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; ">I will post a review of the new GOOGLE CHROME and I.E. 8 in the future so check back soon. Feel free to post any of your comments on this blog about the new browsers.</p></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-15227252898260239692008-08-09T17:15:00.007-04:002008-08-09T21:43:48.242-04:00Drop.io - File Storage and Whole Lot More!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Uat3HKt_B3VlwCV362BoPvgDzEGyHUmNAIPqFxFR29OMY7GUuXVTF_7XRLt7doboB5Wm_5kq5Ds6irS8JWfnUQ-sN9RIS2uBV2_Cq6DcOVU0l_PO8z10D0hrnQ7lEqsLItBQhfkkPBuG/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_676.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Uat3HKt_B3VlwCV362BoPvgDzEGyHUmNAIPqFxFR29OMY7GUuXVTF_7XRLt7doboB5Wm_5kq5Ds6irS8JWfnUQ-sN9RIS2uBV2_Cq6DcOVU0l_PO8z10D0hrnQ7lEqsLItBQhfkkPBuG/s400/ScreenHunter_676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232630498326457730" border="0" /></a><br />It has been awhile since I have written. The main reason would be due to the "fun" summer has to offer. However, I am back today to talk about <a href="http://drop.io/">DROP.IO</a> . Dropio is impressive as it is FREE, EASY and POWERFULL way to share files on the web. Each Dropio dropbox offers 100MB of space. You can have as many as you like! This is not an original idea as there are other sites like it such as <a href="http://www.getdropbox.com/">dropbox</a> and <a href="http://www.box.net/">boxnet. </a>The difference is dropio is simple. You don't need to sign up and the interface is very clean.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Why use Dropio</span>?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziYyd-3M420atVXMEyKGzM80-pJa-x94Tz5w-hl-4QaYsb4-kmm6bDJ7z2CK4cc81tykTrEMlAa8cjkaNnBOYxJ1Hf4ScT0L9sOEn9-fE3VDMia0_EaaEHzc_q3k9yitoVpZptwFkM7ED/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_678.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziYyd-3M420atVXMEyKGzM80-pJa-x94Tz5w-hl-4QaYsb4-kmm6bDJ7z2CK4cc81tykTrEMlAa8cjkaNnBOYxJ1Hf4ScT0L9sOEn9-fE3VDMia0_EaaEHzc_q3k9yitoVpZptwFkM7ED/s400/ScreenHunter_678.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232672901114946258" border="0" /></a>The main purpose of dropio is to upload files to share, store, or backup. YuThe really neat part is how you can do this. You could simply go to the website and enter in a name (like Unit 1 pics) on the dropio screen and poof you have 100MB of space to store music, word files, videos, or whatever else. You can create as many as you want. So for each name you enter you get a new site and a fresh 100MB. You can password protect your files so you are the only one to access your files.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">WEB</span>: Dropio is not just about you saving files but also others. You could allow students or colleagues save files to your dropio area for quick and effiecient data collection.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Widget</span>: Post the dropio widget on your web site, wiki, blog or whatever and visitors can store files to your dropio space! All video and documents can be EMBEDDED on your web site so your material can be accessed without leaving your site.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Keep in Touch</span>: Users can use RSS, SMS, and Email alerts to keep tabs on what material is posted on your dropio files space.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWO7DmYrhwu1YHQFK8b3fjK-kpC4uB2uovlPGgyVHxHAcC77B5Ko4cMxwVFnlihQBNtM3FURLofon9leAuOpPBNz3j6UFbo2XhP3sO7dMB-aXgcbDxfAgtzVFmOImydo_LJG1dOy_Ejj7/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_677.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWO7DmYrhwu1YHQFK8b3fjK-kpC4uB2uovlPGgyVHxHAcC77B5Ko4cMxwVFnlihQBNtM3FURLofon9leAuOpPBNz3j6UFbo2XhP3sO7dMB-aXgcbDxfAgtzVFmOImydo_LJG1dOy_Ejj7/s400/ScreenHunter_677.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232631744628831714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Advanced / Cool Uses:</span><br /><br />For those who want to push the limit there are some neat options for you.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Phone</span>: Users can call a number given to you with your site and it will record your message and store it in your dropio drop as an mp3 player. This is podcasting at it's easiest and quickest level. Call in messages, homework assignments, or material which will immediately be available on your drop.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Fax</span>: Users can fax the number assigned to there drop and the fax will be posted on the drop.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Email</span>: Email a message or an attachment which will be posted for all to access. Use a password to restrict who can access the information and who can't!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Twitter</span>: You can have your dropio posts automatically be updated on your twitter account.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Piclens</span>: Your dropio dropbox is coded to work with the <a href="http://www.piclens.com/">PICLENS </a>attachment to your browser of choice. This is an add on that will display your pictures in a fantastic montage accross your screen. A must for anyone who views a lot of images on the web!<br /><br />So what is the catch? Your dropbox will expire a year from the day it is last used. So if someone accesses your dropbox at least once a year it will last forever.<br /><br />Contact me with any questions...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-36253261857119358292008-06-20T11:05:00.009-04:002008-06-20T11:27:04.285-04:00Summer Institute -GET CONNECTED<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">Get Connected with Technology!<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">ICT Summer Institute Presents</span></span> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/-yKcllHxc_4I7Xz6HRN0Iw35613/GW600H204"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 424px; height: 143px;" src="http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/-yKcllHxc_4I7Xz6HRN0Iw35613/GW600H204" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:26;"><a href="http://moourl.com/willrich">http://moourl.com/willrich</a></span></span><b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">This workshop is open to out of board participants. Email summer@wecdsb.on.ca</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">Will Richardson will discuss how teachers and administrators can use the web to enrich your classroom activities.<span style=""> </span>Learn how to use the web to work more efficiently and create your own network for research and resource sharing.<span style=""> </span>Will is a former teacher and uses his experience to provide practical examples of web 2.0 classroom solutions.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">In Addition:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>On August 22nd Doug Sadler will run two hands on workshops where teachers can focus on just a few web 2.0 tools that can be used in class.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">August 22nd (AM - CEC)</span><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">The Wonderful World of WIKIS</span></b></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="">Doug will spend the morning walking teachers through the use of Wikis in the classroom.<span style=""> </span>Wikis are collaborative web sites that can be used for information dissemination or actual interaction with students such as threaded discussions in a controlled environment.<span style=""> </span>In order to build a wiki you will need 7 minutes and access to a browser, that's it!<span style=""> </span>Teachers are using wikis for class web pages, discussion groups, peer editing, homework boards, calendars and access to resources.<span style=""> </span>Come out and build yours!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><a href="http://pdplace.wecdsb.on.ca/index.php">Register at PD Place </a></span><a href="http://pdplace.wecdsb.on.ca/index.php"><span style="">1852</span></a><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><o:p><br /></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">August 22nd (PM - CEC)</span><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Google Applications, Tools 2 Go for your Students</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Whether you use them for yourself or apply them in your class Google Applications is a must have for you!<span style=""> </span>Google applications (Google Apps) are free online tools that allow you to create, store, edit, and share Word, Powerpoint, and Excel files online.<span style=""> </span>No more usb drives, no more wordperfect, no more out of disk space.<span style=""> </span>Want to conduct an online quiz/test with no fuss?<span style=""> </span>Sign up and find out how.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>We offer a student version of Google Apps where your students will have access to the same tools but in a controlled online site.<span style=""> </span>Students can share files, peer edit, and collaborate in one space.<span style=""> </span>Learn how Google Apps can work for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style=""> </span><a href="http://pdplace.wecdsb.on.ca/index.php">Register at PD Place </a></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://pdplace.wecdsb.on.ca/index.php"><span style="font-size:100%;">1853</span></a><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0GtFL-wP5Cwjrhhnum7uEm9P8ru6rG2BxiAfDGpLapQBD0wyaa6ogEq4aHecEcTWnKJAZ0H1KoHL_y8dQwDoLxJqA2KWuAk7mIYqMccMUJR6_h-4fMdCVN_VIu1M5H-ikKMcUmD-dntJ/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_620.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0GtFL-wP5Cwjrhhnum7uEm9P8ru6rG2BxiAfDGpLapQBD0wyaa6ogEq4aHecEcTWnKJAZ0H1KoHL_y8dQwDoLxJqA2KWuAk7mIYqMccMUJR6_h-4fMdCVN_VIu1M5H-ikKMcUmD-dntJ/s400/ScreenHunter_620.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213983780066917410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-65683285939625350262008-06-18T13:49:00.001-04:002008-06-18T13:51:46.667-04:00Google Docs Updates!Google Docs had updated again! Big surprise I bet. Users can now upload and share .pdf files but may not edit them at this point. Editing will be a big plus but a great step forward.<br /><br /><ul class="features"><li> <p><b>Upload, preview & share PDFs</b><br />One of our top feature requests is now implemented: upload, preview and share PDFs in Google Docs! Click the Upload button in the Docs list to get started. While you can't yet edit PDFs, you can at least select text to copy & paste elsewhere. You can also share PDFs just like you can share your regular Google Docs. <a linkindex="10" href="http://documents.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=50092&topic=8617&hl=en">Learn more</a>.<br /> <img src="http://www.google.com/google-d-s/images/new_doclistpdf.gif" alt="Upload, preview & share PDFs" border="0" height="120" width="150" /></p> </li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072584618965704366.post-10543856895429252632008-06-02T16:08:00.008-04:002008-06-04T17:07:10.326-04:00ClassMouse VS Student Link 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/eportal/stulinkstaff/thepics/mainlogo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 98px;" src="http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/eportal/stulinkstaff/thepics/mainlogo.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">WHAT RESOURCE BANK WOULD YOU CHOOSE?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Currently our board licenses Student Link 2. </span></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.studentlink.org/Studentlink_Ontario.htm">Student Link 2</a> </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >is a simple menu system that gets elementary students to thousands of appropriate, curriculum<span lang="en-us"> -</span> based </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >web si</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >tes as quickly as possible. There is a link for Staff in the <a href="http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/eportal/stulinkstaff/index.htm">Staff Portal</a> which contains special resources, links, grading materials, and lessons that are all categorized. For ease of use there is also a student version link to Student Link 2 just for Students which is</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" > located in the <a href="http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/stulink/">Student Portal</a>. WECDSB has used this resource for years.<br /></span><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://classmouse.com/IMAGES/cmlogo-07-1.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 44px;" src="http://classmouse.com/IMAGES/cmlogo-07-1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >Recently a</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" > new product </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >to compete with Student Link 2 has come to my attention. There are some similarities and there are some differences but that is where you come in. I would like you to use our board's test login to access ClassMouse and check it out. Post your comments on this blog (anonymous or not is up to you!). Hearing good or bad feedback is just as valuable. I can't see the board paying for both systems so please tell me which one you like the best and I will take the findings to our Administration to consider. Feel free to download as much of the material as you see fit. Be sure to view it as a teacher and as one of your students. The same link will take you to the STAFF and STUDENT login. Content is important but so ease of use. Check it out!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CLICK HERE</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com/page/ClassMouse+Discussion"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 39px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRyQXse9jhyQpkNge3Cdo_eUN2Gp60vFpega2KfjhOpdDclMOcotapA2DHHucmCdCFoumM4iWvmDraOu47jethq9b8z5nDjv1LD5oxclO0CELBok-a_TWwBDfxhRdhE8PLpKMSoi4wGAW/s400/ScreenHunter_571.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208134906278442498" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;" >LOGIN INFORMATION:<br /><br /></span></span>How do I check out what ClassMouse is all about??<br /><br />1. Goto <a href="http://www.classmouse.com/">ClassMouse.com</a><br />2. Enter Username: Windsor <br />3. Password: Staff<br /><br />Don't forget to post your comments here!<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://sadwiki.wetpaint.com</div>Douglas Sadlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00940776889212574760noreply@blogger.com0