Monthly Archives: April 2007

Scratch

If you are looking for a way to introduce programming to an elementary class, take a look at Scratch from MIT. Scratch reminds me of Squeak, but with a Lego-like feel. You use pre-made building blocks to create programs. Your … Continue reading

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Learn Out Loud

Learnoutloud.com is a nice source for audio and video with many topics that deal with education. There is a mix of free and pay resources. Most are professionally produced. I did a search for “Lessig” and found 125 links to … Continue reading

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Start Page

Where does your browser start? Currently mine goes to Protopage. A lot has changed with this free service since I blogged about it almost a year ago. The main thing that I now notice every time I open my browser … Continue reading

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Yahoo Pipes

Over the weekend I was looking for a blog with a post that was tagged “edtech” but had “video” in the description. Technorati has an advanced search feature that permits searching either the description or the tags. You cannot do … Continue reading

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April Fools

Hopefully you weren’t taken in by the Google Gmail Paper joke today. I don’t think this one is a joke. If you have been in a wirecloset that isn’t managed properly, you will appreciate these pictures.

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