Congress Joins YouTube: “Last month I posted a link to Tweet Congress which is a resource for finding members of Congress that have Twitter accounts. I’m happy to see that today, some members of Congress are taking another step into social media via YouTube.
Today, YouTube announced the creation of Senate Hub and House Hub. These [...]

Just One More Book: “Just One More Book is a podcast that should be of interest to anyone that teaches children’s literature. Just One More Book features children’s literature reviews and interviews with authors, illustrators, and publishers. In addition to reviews and interviews Just One More Book discusses other concerns, like word count and story [...]

Teacher Sells Ads On Tests To Cover Printing Costs [*]:
“Left to fend for himself after budget cuts, His tests cost over $500 a year to print, but this year he only got $316, one calculus teacher resorted to selling ads on quizzes and tests to cover his printing costs. $10 for quizzes, $20 for tests, [...]

This is really an amazing and creative use of Google Earth. I’ve never really seen it as more than a science, or geography tool.
Google Earth is our Paper - Part 1: Find a location, Begin a journey | ICT in my Classroom:

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Google Earth is our Paper - Part 1: Find a location, Begin a journey

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Google: Google Hosts 10 Million Historic Time-Life Photos: ”
Google announced today that they’re now hosting around 10 million photos from the LIFE photo archives on Google Image search. You can search the photos—which range from the 1750s to present day—directly from the LIFE photo archive start page, or you can simply include source:life with any [...]

iTunes U delivers the facts behind the science fiction: “Thanks to the Utah Education Network, students at the Utah Electronic High School get to watch weekly science fiction films, many of which would be perfect candidates for Halloween. That includes films like Black Dragons, Curse of the Aztec Mummy, The Devil Bat, or Werewolf in [...]

Becoming a CSA to sign SSL certs for Open Directory Replicas: “
If you have an Open Directory infrastructure, and you want to secure your connections between the client and Open Directory services using SSL, the simplest solution is to purchase SSL certificates and install the certificate on your Open Directory Master and each Replicas. ‘However, [...]

Back to School: new iLearn ezine on using Macs in education: “
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TUAW’s going Back to School! We’ll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September.
Reader Kelly T wrote in to give us a heads up about iLearn, a new ezine devoted to [...]

Now Playing on iTunes U: To Live Forever: “From July 13 to September 7, 2008, the Indianapolis Museum of Art hosts the exhibition To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum. The exhibition — now available on iTunes U — ‘explores the ancient Egyptian belief that death was an enemy that could be beaten [...]

Wyoming district gets 3,000 MacBooks for back to school: “
Natrona County students will have new MacBooks this August, including one for every student and teacher at Kelly Walsh High School.
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(Via Infinite Loop.)