JIM JARMUSCH - Coffee And Cigarettes

Tom Waits Waltzing Matilda live 1977

PIXELS+by+PATRICK+JEAN.

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Storybird

Storybird Quick Tour from Storybird on Vimeo.

New collaborative story creation and publishing platform.

Free and still in beta, but it will soon offer printing service too.

Looks cool, and I guess it could be used with young story tellers as quite a power tool.
Probably good platform for teachers to create their own resources.

You need to sign up for free account and off you go.

Look at some examples here:

Books

What do you think?

See the review of the site on www.readwriteweb.com

Social Media Classroom

Howard Rheingold's model platform for

Participatory Pedagogy

The greatest value that the SMC can add to a learning community is its ability to support a movement away from education as delivery of knowledge toward education as critical, collaborative inquiry—a student-centric pedagogy that engages students in actively constructing knowledge together, rather than passively absorbing it from texts, lectures, and discussions

Cool Red Hat Ad

Stanford School of Engineering

Stanford School of Engineering

"For the first time in its history, Stanford is offering some of its most popular engineering classes free of charge to students and educators around the world. Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) expands the Stanford experience to students and educators online. A computer and an Internet connection are all you need. View lecture videos, access reading lists and other course handouts, take quizzes and tests, and communicate with other SEE students, all at your convenience.

This fall, SEE launches its programming by offering one of Stanford’s most popular sequences: the three-course Introduction to Computer Science taken by the majority of Stanford’s undergraduates and seven more advanced courses in artificial intelligence and electrical engineering.

Stanford Engineering Everywhere offers:

• Anytime and anywhere access to complete lecture videos via streaming or downloaded media.
• Full course materials including syllabi, handouts, homework, and exams.
• Online social networking with fellow SEE students.
• Support for PCs, Macs and mobile computing devices.

Stanford encourages fellow educators to use Stanford Engineering course materials in their own classrooms। A Creative Commons license allows for free and open use, reuse, adaptation and redistribution of Stanford Engineering Everywhere material." (from Stanford University home page)

Umpc: HiVision Shows Off Sub-$100 Linux Mini Laptop

Umpc: HiVision Shows Off Sub-$100 Linux Mini Laptop

Legislation Could Ban MySpace In Schools - Mashable

Legislation Could Ban MySpace In Schools - Mashable

US Hose of reps has approved DOPA - Deleting Online Predators Act. If it becomes a law it should effectively legislate exclusion of all popular social networking sites from US schools and libraries.

Low-cost laptop group lands in Australia - Technology - smh.com.au

Low-cost laptop group lands in Australia - Technology - smh.com.au:

"Low-cost laptop group lands in Australia"

Skimbit - Online Group Decision Making

Skimbit is a free replacement for the usual barrage of emails and messy http links when trying to get organized on line. You can organize web searches into projects, rate your findings, invite others to contribute and vote, and manage the decisions. Could be useful in educational setting for scaffolding and organization of web search and decision making across curriculum.

Johnny Lee: Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote

If you still haven't seen his YOUTUBE videos and downloaded his software (I think that more that 500 000 people did so far), here is Johnny Lee on TED:

Johnny Lee demos his amazing Wii Remote hacks, which transform the $40 game piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. A multi-ovation demo from TED2008.

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/245

101+ Web Resources for Students | studenthacks.org

101+ Web Resources for Students | studenthacks.org

An interesting list of resources for students. Many reference and research links.

Adobe launches free web version of Photoshop

Adobe launches free web version of Photoshop
In an effort to stay relevant in an increasingly free and online software scene, Adobe has launched Photoshop Express, a free version of the popular software. Users can edit images, use free 2GB storage and display their collections in one of the album formats.

GetBodySmart: Interactive Tutorials and Quizzes On Human Anatomy and Physiology

And one more Flash based free resource:
GetBodySmart: Interactive Tutorials and Quizzes On Human Anatomy and Physiology:
"An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology"

Visible Body | 3D Human Anatomy

Visible Body | 3D Human Anatomy:

The Visible Body

Another FREE application (requires free e mail registration). Great for use with interactive white boards,
and it is completely web based - no additional software installations required.

Features:

*Complete, fully interactive, 3D human anatomy model
*Detailed models of all body systems
*Dynamic search capability
*Easy-to-use, 3D controls
*Seamless compatibility with Internet Explorer

Argosy's Visible Body is the most comprehensive
human anatomy visualization tool available today.
This entirely Web-delivered application offers an
unparalleled understanding of human anatomy.
The Visible Body includes 3D models of over 1,700
anatomical structures, including all major organs
and systems of the human body.
Check the demonstration videos at:
http://www.visiblebody.com/Tour5

Cheap Multi-Point Interactive Whiteboard Wii Remote Hack - Nintendo-Scene

Cheap Multi-Point Interactive Whiteboard Wii Remote Hack - Nintendo-Scene

How clever! I have to try this ASAP, good sign for those vaiting for cheaper IWBs.

What can the laptops do for our schools?

We should all start thinking and discussing here in Australia. Rudd's plan is promising to start a large scale roll out of ICT facilities to all schools. If we consider the market trends in the last 5 years,it is quite logical to expect that the affordability of equipment and access to the services will make the planned 100% high schools coverage almost a natural thing. More an evolution than the revolution.
It is a good time to revisit the debate created earlier this year in US after the Times magazine report questioning the effectiveness of laptop programs in American schools.
I very much agree with the analysis by PBS edubloger Andy Carvin and I am sure we will see a repeat of this debate in various reincarnations as our government's initiative start taking shape.
Quoting edublogger Steve Hargadon, “If computing just mimics the current teaching methodologies, how could you expect a change?” I certainly wouldn’t. And it’s a shame that too many administrators, policymakers, technology vendors and journalists don’t understand this notion as well. Laptop programs have a place in our schools. But unless we’re prepared to change how those schools teach with those laptops, we’re just burning through money, good will and expectations.

Free Online MIT Course Materials for High School | MIT OpenCourseWare

Free Online MIT Course Materials for High School | MIT OpenCourseWare

WiZiQ

Emily Chang - eHub: WiZiQ: "WiZiQ A platform for anyone and everyone who wants to teach or learn live, online. With a virtual classroom, educational content and a session scheduler, WiZiQ works best for anyone's online teaching and learning needs. It's free to boot as well. "
take a tour and join free:
http://www.wiziq.com/