At times, we’ll like to find some photos to enrich the text. Yotophoto is a good place to start with, as over 100 000 Creative Commons, Public Domain, GNU FDL, and various other free images have been indexed from various sources (such as flickr, Picturestation etc.)
Here’s one photo of my ‘friend’ that I just grabbed from morgueFile,
Check it out now 🙂
Gmail, a mailbox and more
The “xmail delivers” posting at edugadget.com shared on how a gmail mailbox can be used as another free and convenient online storage.
Any gmail user can download and install this “Gmail Drive” shell extension to use Gmail off “My Computer” as a virtual drive in the computer.
OR, if like to enjoy the freedom of anywhere 24/7 access, check out “XMail Hard Drive“, which features a completely web-based interface. Very convenient.
Of coz, in order to do this, you’ll need to have a gmail acct, havent got one? Get one here today 🙂
The 10 Best Resources for CSS
SiteProNews reviews and offers link to 10 resources for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Webmasters will surely love it.
1. CSSZenGarden
2. The Web Developer’s Network
3. Official Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Specification
4. CSS from the Ground Up
5. Listamatic
6. CSSVault
7. CSS Layout Techniques
8. Ruthsarian Layouts
9. PositionIsEverything
10. StyleGala
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The Innovate Gateway, August/September 2005, Volume 1, Issue 6
This Aug/Sep 05 issue of Innovate focuses on the role of video game technology in current and future educational settings. I’m sure Darren will find it useful. Blog it first 😉
Articles within:
What Would a State of the Art Instructional Video Game Look Like?
by J. P. Gee
Epistemic Games by David Williamson Shaffer
What Can K-12 School Leaders Learn from Video Games and Gaming? by Richard Halverson
simSchool: The Game of Teaching by Melanie Zibit and David Gibson
Changing the Game: What Happens When Video Games Enter the Classroom? by Kurt Squire
Game-Informed Learning: Applying Computer Game Processes to Higher Education by Michael Begg, David Dewhurst, and Hamish Macleod
The Design of Advanced Learning Engines: An Interview with Clark Aldrich by Joel Foreman and Clark Aldrich
Places to Go: Apolyton by Stephen Downes
Indiana paces school Linux use
Taking a huge step toward its goal of a computer for every high school student, Indiana will introduce 1,600 new desktop computers running Linux-based operating systems and software in its classrooms this fall. The program could be the largest such undertaking involving open-source software ever carried out in U.S. schools.
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Indiana officials say using Linux-based systems will enable them to save what could amount to millions of dollars on operating systems and software. If successful, the state’s open-source initiative could serve as a model for other states or districts around the nation to follow.
For the full article, read it on eSchoolNews