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Cisco WebEx on the iPhone

So I am just checking out Twitter when I see a tweet from @teach42 (Steve Dembo) who was re-tweeting @WebGalPat who posted this link about how you can soon use your iPhone to attend Webex meetings. Yes the same Webex that Discovery Education uses for the EdTech Connect webinars, the Stream-A-Thons, and so much more. Here is an intro that they had on their web site.

Meet Rovio™

I was looking through new apps recently released for the iPhone and saw one that was a remote for Rovio. What is a Rovio? I know I asked the same question. It turns out it is a roving webcam. Can’t wait to see if we can get one for the school. Wish me luck.

Technorati Tags: education, rovio, webcam, video conferencing

Free Night of Theater 2008 - Home Page Welcome

How totally awesome is this?!?!?! You get to see a real professional theatrical show for FREE.

Take a look at this from their web site.

FREE NIGHT OF THEATER 2008

Launches in Over 100 Cities Across the Country on October 16!

Free Night of Theater is Theatre Communications Group’s exciting national audience development program designed to attract new audiences to America’s not-for-profit theatres. Since the pilot program, which debuted in three cities in 2005, Free Night has expanded across the country and will be presented in over 100 cities by more than 600 theatres in 2008.

As the Free Night program rolls out over an ever expanding national stage, we are thrilled to offer this unique opportunity to provide access to thousands of new audience members to experience the joy of theatre for the first time — absolutely free of charge!

The 2008 campaign debuts on October 16, 2008 and will once again be produced in Atlanta, Austin, Boise, Cincinnati, Cleveland, the state of Connecticut, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Lexington, Los Angeles, the state of New Jersey, the state of North Carolina, Oregon (in Ashland and Eugene), Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle/Greater Puget Sound, South Carolina/Charleston, states represented by Southeastern Theatre Conference (including Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia and West Virginia), Utah, Washington D.C. and the state of Wisconsin.

They have added even more cities this year. Check it out and have a great time!

Best Buy Teach

Heads up you only have until October 12th to apply for a Best Buy grant. Here’s a break down of what they are are awarding:

Award Levels

This year $2 million will be awarded to accredited K-12 public, private, parochial, magnet and charter schools in the United States and Puerto Rico through the Best Buy Teach Award program.

1. Best Buy Teach Awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 will be granted to programs that engage students at any grade level by creatively integrating interactive technology into the curriculum. All awards are in the form of Best Buy Gift Cards.
2. $10,000 Best Buy Teach Awards will be granted to up to fifteen (15) schools serving 9th grade students that display the greatest creativity in their programs/projects and the clearest vision of how to increase the school’s use of interactive technology. Best Buy Teach Awards of $10,000 are NOT in addition to the $1,000 - $5,000 awards. The emphasis on 9th grade classrooms aligns with Best Buy’s new @15™ philanthropic focus. To learn more about @15 please visit www.BestBuy.com/CommunityRelations.

Awards granted may not cover the entire cumulative cost submitted.

See the link at the top for all the info and the application.

Good luck!

Technorati Tags: education, grants, funding

Science of Meerkats Free at the iTunes Music Store. The link works only with iTunes and will take you to the download.

Many of you might know that every Tuesday is Free Music and Video day at the iTunes Music Store. Today they put up a free Meerkats video from Meerkat Manor - The Science of Meerkats. It’s just over 14 minutes. These usually are only up for free for one week so don’t wait to download it.

To find more freebies at the iTunes Music Store each and everyweek add the Free iTunes Downloads blog to your Google Reader.

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Poetry Foundation: The online home of the Poetry Foundation via kwout

Classical Baby (I’m Grown Up Now): The Poetry Showis an HBO original program produced in association with thePoetry Foundation. This DVD introduces young children to poetrythrough animation and song, featuring classic poems by some of theworld’s greatest poets read by celebrities or the poets themselves. 

The Poetry Foundation would like to make the program freely availableto schools.  To enter to receive a copy of the program, simply emailthe name and address of your school to poetrydvd@poetryfoundation.org. The first 500 elementary school librarians to respond will receive aFREE DVD of the show!

If you are not an elementary school librarian, forward this email toone you know!

*Please note that the copies are limited to one per school and are toremain a library resource to be used by all classrooms.  Emailrequests must be sent by elementary school librarians only.

Three Classical Baby (I’m Grown Up Now) The Poetry Show video segmentscan be viewed online by going to:http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/747b7955d5/881233cc53/dabdcdcd77/show=4

Buy it later, originally uploaded by krossbow.

Take a look at this! Most of the teacher I know are not raking in the big bucks so anytime we can save some money we jump on it. Well here is a way to help you save money when shopping at Amazon.

You can install this in Firefox and Flock. Get this! It will even work with Twitter! Awesome!

I’m installing this now to check it out. I’ll report back later. If you try it out let me know what you think!

Carissa Knits: R2D2 Beanie

Saw this on another web site and of course it goes under I Want One Of Those!

LowKey Stand

I want one of these. I need something to give me ports in the front.

Yesterday I presented at the Discovery Educator Network’s Virtual Conference. It was the first time that I had presented Second Life in person. I ended up pulling out something new to wow everyone. It was PicLens. I found out about it from a regular resource of new and cool tools, the NCS-Tech blog written by Kevin Jarrett.

PicLens is a Firefox extension that works on both Macs and PCs. There is also a plugin for Safari.

SpaceTime™

Fresh from the Consumer Electronics Show, this is 3D web searching. I have only played with this for about 20 minutes but it does have the wow effect. I do like that if you search in there Google search that instead of page of links it actually gives you the visual page results.

Give it a try and tell me what you think!

SpaceTime™ via kwout

Green and Black’s want to help us remember to set our clocks but also want to gives some chocolate to enjoy during that extra hour. So here’s the deal:

http://www.appreciatethedarkness.com/

As Americans get ready to turn back their clocks on November 4th at 2 a.m., Green & Black’s is inviting consumers to appreciate the extra hour of darkness by experiencing the intense, cocoa-rich flavors of Green & Black’s chocolate. Consumers can log on to www.appreciatethedarkness.com to receive complimentary samples of Green & Black’s Dark 70% and Milk bars that provide a truly unique and intense chocolate experience. This special offer will only be available from Saturday, November 3, 6 p.m. EST to Sunday, November 4 at 6 a.m. EST. 

Go to the web site today and sign up for a reminder.

I want one of these for the blog widgets.

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