tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36133738336116644522024-03-19T11:24:24.233-07:00Two for TuesdayTwo interesting links posted by Mrs. Davis each Tuesday during the school year.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-41953379619012465792010-05-25T07:53:00.000-07:002010-05-25T07:54:32.728-07:00May 25th, 2010<a href="http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/hacking-knowledge"><b>1. Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better</b></a><br />Interesting suggestions for improving your thinking based on how the brain works. Suggestions for your health, balance, perspective and focus, recall and more.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.brainrules.net/the-rules"><b>2. Brain Rules: 12 Rules for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School</b></a><br />This website is a companion to the book, which is a great read. Check out these strategies for improving your performance as both a student and a teacher.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-66570114253167091582010-05-18T08:51:00.000-07:002010-05-18T08:53:04.049-07:00May 18th, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/">1. Check your Facebook Privacy Settings with the Reclaim Privacy Bookmarklet</a></span></b></span></div></span><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">Drag the Scan for Privacy bookmarklet to your browser bookmark bar, log into your Facebook account (at home) and click the browser button. Scan for Privacy will check your settings and inform you where you need to to tighten up. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img src="https://mail.google.com/a/belmonthill.org/?ui=2&ik=b8331406a4&view=att&th=128ac1c613663982&attid=0.2&disp=attd&realattid=ii_128ac1adce582a6d&zw" alt="Facebook privacy scanner.jpg" title="Facebook privacy scanner.jpg" /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: large; "><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mashable.com/2010/05/17/state-department-social-media/">2. How the US Engages the World with Social Media</a><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; ">An interesting article about the ways the US government is using blogging, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; ">Facebook and Twitter to improve our image in the world.</span></div></span></span></div></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-13958319696614280572010-05-11T16:01:00.000-07:002010-05-11T16:03:11.014-07:00May 11th, 2010<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://vimeo.com/11529540">1. Web 3.0: A story about the Semantic Web</a></span><br />Watch this video about some new ways to think about how to organize and think about the world wide web.<br /><a href="http://www.bookemon.com/"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >2. Bookemon.com</span></a><br />Design and make your own book and share it with your friends and family.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-62170380539149326812010-05-04T10:09:00.001-07:002010-05-04T10:09:48.891-07:00May 4th, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: large; "><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/">1. Guess the Google</a><br /></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">Improve your search skills with this visual guessing game. You are shown a montage of images and you have to figure out the search term that returned those images before the clock runs out. "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px; ">It turns the mental activity of searching into a fun, visual and engaging game where people can enjoy the challenge of being the fastest and most efficient at making that connection between search terms and their results."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large; "><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/iphone/articles/65863.aspx">2. The Ten Best Apps for Education</a><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; ">Check out these useful free iPhone apps, including flash cards, book readers, and dictionaries. Turn your phone into a learning machine!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></span></div></span></div></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-34915445813600889482010-04-27T12:07:00.000-07:002010-04-27T12:08:59.930-07:00April 27th ,2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style=" border-collapse: collapse; "><span><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/nyregion/27bigcity.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1. Encouraging the Text Generation Rediscover its Voice</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span><span style=" border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">How long can you go without your computer or phone? Students at Riverdale School in New York City gave it a try. Read the article to find out how it went.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7910075.stm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2. Texting Improves Language Skill</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If you can't give up your phone, it might be nice to know that studies show texting can improve your language development. This BBC News article summarized two recent studies done on the effects of texting. </span></span></span></div></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-52925212856368566902010-04-20T07:59:00.000-07:002010-04-20T08:02:26.381-07:00April 20th, 2010<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfChFFwbWIw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Ten Years and One Day Everyday on Polaroids</b></span></a><br />Mark Tasman took a picture of himself everyday for ten years (and one day) and put together all of his pictures into this 5 minute video. It is interesting to see how he changed over time. <div><br /></div><br /><object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hfChFFwbWIw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hfChFFwbWIw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNYZH9kuaYM&feature=youtu.be&a"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>2. A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything</b></span></a><br />An art student's flip book history of the world in 3 minutes. Perhaps not entirely accurate, but fun to watch.</div><br /><br /><object width="660" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gNYZH9kuaYM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gNYZH9kuaYM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-35424652236064369772010-04-13T13:26:00.000-07:002010-04-13T13:28:36.734-07:00April 13th, 2010We often think of failure as something to avoid. Here are two websites that provide another way to think about it<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onlinecollege.org/2010/02/16/50-famously-successful-people-who-failed-at-first/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>1. 50 Famously Successful People who Failed at First</b></span></a><br />Check out this list of business gurus, scientists, public figures, actors, artists, musicians, and athletes, all of whom failed before making it big.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pdscompasspoint.com/failing-is-essential"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2. Failing is Essential </span></b></a><br />In this blog post, the Head of the Poughkeepsie Day School describes some of the research that encourages failure as a means to success. She outlines a talk by, Stanford professor, Tina Seelig titled "Innovation as an Extreme Sport." You can watch the video of the talk to learn more about her approach to innovation.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-53988415923363637082010-04-06T06:47:00.000-07:002010-04-06T06:48:37.052-07:00April 6th, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: large; "><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://pewresearch.org/millennials/quiz/">1. How Millenial Are You:</a> Take this quiz and find out<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">The PewResearch Center put together this quiz based on </span><a href="http://pewresearch.org/millennials/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">their recent study</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> "exploring the behaviors, values and opinions of teens and twenty-somethings that make up the Millenial Generation.</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large; "><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vocabsushi.com/">2. Vocab Sushi:</a> The better way to build your vocabulary.<br /></span></b></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; ">This free site offers free games to help you build your vocabulary. You can specify your skill level and your goals. You can look at words in context, play sentence completion and definition matching games. When you create a free account the site will remember your progress.</span></span></div></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-49568407783243775882010-03-30T12:45:00.000-07:002010-03-30T12:49:09.180-07:00March 30th, 2010<a href="http://www.bookdiscussions.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. Book Discussions:</span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> A place to talk about books and ideas that matter.</span></b><br />Check out this ning site that allows anyone (students and teachers) to set up an online book group. You can use this for a class or for yourself. Join the site and start a group.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.preceden.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2. Preceden:</span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The easiest way to make a timeline.</span></b><br />This free site makes it easy to create your own timelines. They aren't fancy, but they are quick and you can print them out or embed them on another website.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-49451392978087749182010-03-09T09:16:00.001-08:002010-03-09T09:17:21.912-08:00March 9th, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://www.google.com/doodle4google/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1. Doodle4Google</span></a></b></span></div></span><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Are you artistic? Would you like to see your artwork on the world's most popular browser? Then enter the Doodle4Google contest. Submssions are due by March 31st. Check out the rules at the link above and be sure to let me know if you are interested! I have to submit your entry, there are forms to fill out and we can only submit 6 entries.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">2.DropBox</span></a></b></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: large; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">DropBox is a downloadable application that allows you to share up to 2G of files across different computers and with other people for free. You can get more space for an additional charge. Now you can share large files with friends and access documents and other media from multiple locations easily and safely. Thanks to Mr. Trautz for this tip! </span></span></b></span></span></span></div></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-27041727911408646472010-03-02T11:02:00.000-08:002010-03-02T11:03:56.341-08:00March 2nd, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large; ">Belmont Hill Students are Blogging:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://2ktennis.blogspot.com/">A Weekly Dose of Tennis</a> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="color:#000066;">by Bashiru Akinfolarin</span></span></div></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://wdworldfooty.blogspot.com/">A Weekly Dose of World Football</a> </b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Charles Butte</span></span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><a href="goog_1267551386388"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://albundyshiphopconcoction.blogspot.com/">Albundy's Hip Hop Concoction</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Alan Momperousse</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><a href="goog_1267551386388"><br /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://alltimegreatmovies.blogspot.com/">All Time Great Movies</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Andrew Daskalakis</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><a href="goog_1267551386388"><br /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://altautoawareness.blogspot.com/">Alternative Automotive Awareness</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Chris Thomsen</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><a href="goog_1267551386388"><br /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://21cautos.blogspot.com/">Automobiles in the 21st Century</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Mike Nahill</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><a href="goog_1267551386388"><br /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://berryaddiction.blogspot.com/">Berry Addicted</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by PJ Lee</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://bigkeverything.blogspot.com/">Big K's Everything Blog</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Kevin Clough</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><a href="goog_1267551386388"><br /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://bostonsportsebh.blogspot.com/">Boston Sports - Everything but Hockey </a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Jeff Schimmel</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><a href="goog_1267551386388"><br /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://boostyourvertical.blogspot.com/">Everything about Vertical Jumping </a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Ryan Paganetti</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><a href="goog_1267551386388"><br /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://parkourhardcore.blogspot.com/">Hardcore Parkour</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Chris Ivsin</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://pybh.blogspot.com/">Peter's Sports Blog</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Peter Yanofsky</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://successgonewrong.blogspot.com/">Ryan's Squash Blog</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Ryan Mullaney</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://soccerupdate.blogspot.com/">Soccer Update</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Birin Padam</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://timsrecipereview.blogspot.com/">Tim's Recipe Review</a><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">by Tim Strakosch</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-16499987717874707082010-02-09T12:39:00.000-08:002010-02-09T12:40:41.472-08:00February 9th, 2010<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/">1. BBC Religions</a><br /> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="color:#000066;"> Twenty world religions are spotlighted here. You can find both general information and more specific details on beliefs, customs, holy days, and worship.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx">2. Take the Belief-o-matic Quiz</a><br /> </b></span></span><span style="color:#000066;">This 20 question quiz will match your beliefs with different religions and provide links for you to learn a little more about each of those religions. Be warned, the site is slow and has some ads, but I thought the results were interesting.</span></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-75808636995876095762010-01-12T05:37:00.000-08:002010-01-12T05:39:01.426-08:00January 12th, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://commoncraft.com/protecting-reputations-video">1. Protecting Reputations Online</a><br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">This 3 minute video illustrates what happens to information that you share on the web. Common Craft's unique style makes it easy to understand some of the risks of oversharing information Online.<br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebooks_zuckerberg_says_the_age_of_privacy_is_ov.php">2. Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over</a><br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">This ReadWriteWeb blog post summarizes some of the recent comments made by Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, regarding Facebooks new privacy settings. </span></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-16937893985235089622010-01-05T20:13:00.001-08:002010-01-05T20:13:37.354-08:00January 5th, 2010<span style="font-size:130%;"><b><a href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">1</a><a href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">. Google fast flip</a></b></span><br /> New from Google labs, this web application allows you to find news articles from a variety of sources on many different topics. Fast flip shows you the cover pages of the newsprint article and allows you to flip through the pages as if it were a magazine. There is even a mobile version.<br /><br /><a href="http://wallwisher.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>2. Wallwisher</b></span></a><br /> An online post-it note board with no sign up required. You can create a wall that everyone can see or one for only you. You can even set it up to approve every post before it shows up on the wall.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-59916390090512381402009-12-15T08:15:00.000-08:002009-12-15T08:16:17.197-08:00December 15th, 2009<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><b>.</b></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><b></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/" target="_blank">1. Geocaching</a></b></span><br />Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played by people all over the world. All you need is a GPS device and the clues found on this website. You can search for active geocaches by zip code and level of difficulty. The site will give you the clues to find hidden containers called geocaches. If you are looking for something fun to do over break, this could be it. There are many geochaches hidden in the Boston area.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/" target="_blank">2. Google Sightseeing</a></b></span><br /></span>Even if you aren't able to travel during this vacation, you can see the world through this mashup of Google Earth and Google Maps. Google Sightseeing will take you on a tour of the world. Each weekday they present a different location, chosen from viewer suggestion. If you go to the sight today, you can learn about floating stages - performance spaces built on the water.</div></span>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-15536581543735846772009-12-01T12:30:00.000-08:002009-12-01T12:33:20.219-08:00December 1st, 2009<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cut-the-knot.org/">1. Interactive Math Miscellaney and Puzzles</a></span><br />Lots of cool math games and puzzles with Java applets that help you to figure out the answers and with solutions that explain how to figure them out. Try the eye opener series for some good challenges.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>2. Virtual Bubble Wrap</b></span></a><br />I know this isn't particularly educational, but it is kind of fun. I suggest Manic Mode if you are feeling really crazy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml"><img title="?ui=2&view=att&th=1254bee5e9136423&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_1254bee5e9136423&zw" alt="?ui=2&view=att&th=1254bee5e9136423&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_1254bee5e9136423&zw" src="https://mail.google.com/a/belmonthill.org/?ui=2&ik=b8331406a4&view=att&th=1254beee10a30d6a&attid=0.2&disp=attd&realattid=ii_1254bee5e9136423&zw" width="200" height="163" /></a><br />(This is just a picture, you have to <a href="http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml">go to the site to actually pop it</a>.)Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-62442679653329832792009-11-24T07:06:00.000-08:002009-11-24T07:07:57.070-08:00November 24, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu12A8YjaM1ASxn9fTU6dAWrB-3ujv1R-mh1E8GKyvgMVvSeIUPFUldaMJxrhR8vntPBPXHjShgb9OlHiQfxX69RlG082hUYs0AOg_GLmniP4dOZLATBUmvaI9Qv7rFr7B0g9_LODIS1g/s1600/Google+Image+Swirl_+thanksgiving-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 363px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu12A8YjaM1ASxn9fTU6dAWrB-3ujv1R-mh1E8GKyvgMVvSeIUPFUldaMJxrhR8vntPBPXHjShgb9OlHiQfxX69RlG082hUYs0AOg_GLmniP4dOZLATBUmvaI9Qv7rFr7B0g9_LODIS1g/s320/Google+Image+Swirl_+thanksgiving-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407687041214693218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><a href="http://www.elfster.com/">1.Elfster</a>:</b></span><br /> Elfster is a website that sets up secret santa type gift exchanges. You can invite people to participate using their email address. Elfster will draw names for you and allows you to create a wish list for your secret santa. You can use elfster with a small or large number of people.<br /><br /><a href="http://image-swirl.googlelabs.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>2. Google Image Swirl:</b></span></a><br />Google Image Swirl is new in Google Labs. When you search for an image, google groups the images it finds into categories or similar images. It makes it easier to drill down to find exactly the image you are looking for.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-8876620392432251742009-11-17T08:23:00.001-08:002009-11-17T08:24:05.988-08:00November 17, 2009<a href="http://maketecheasier.com/10-useful-gmail-search-tips/2009/11/05" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>1. Ten Useful GMail Search Tips</b></span></a><br />Great suggestions for making the most of Gmail. This post explains how to search certain fields, find attachments, use parenthesis, combinations and more.<br /> <br /><a href="http://ambiently.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>2. Ambiently</b></span></a><br /> Discover related websites for every page you browse. Drag the Ambiently bookmarklet to your browser tool bar, and when you click on it, Ambiently will show you a list of related websites just like the one you are on.<br /><br />An example of Gmail search tips related websites:<br /><br /><img title="?ui=2&view=att&th=12502f259cc7e2f4&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_12502f259cc7e2f4&zw" alt="?ui=2&view=att&th=12502f259cc7e2f4&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_12502f259cc7e2f4&zw" src="https://mail.google.com/a/belmonthill.org/?ui=2&ik=b8331406a4&view=att&th=12502f305eeb0471&attid=0.2&disp=attd&realattid=ii_12502f259cc7e2f4&zw" height="267" width="426" />Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-64627836299472326262009-11-10T08:08:00.000-08:002009-11-10T08:10:40.950-08:00November 10, 2009<a href="http://lab.arc90.com/2009/03/02/readability/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>1. Readability</b></span></a><br />Websites today are so busy with advertising, images, video and graphics, it can be difficult to focus on the text you are interested in reading. The Readability bookmarklet filters out all of that website noise and allows you to focus on just the text. It has made my online reading experience much more productive. I highly recommend this tool.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OSUf4XwQ-qR1rJLzFnY2AUbpnva4_WYm7SuEYdeHWQNqNiCFFMt0O0v6M20YV8ZtbtXM8TwAOnAiN6uEEe7n02RTVNMBJE1ImEbD0S7wCJf33zBuNklEY33n_ncs_UEuI5HwxV7XGHs/s1600-h/moourl.com.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OSUf4XwQ-qR1rJLzFnY2AUbpnva4_WYm7SuEYdeHWQNqNiCFFMt0O0v6M20YV8ZtbtXM8TwAOnAiN6uEEe7n02RTVNMBJE1ImEbD0S7wCJf33zBuNklEY33n_ncs_UEuI5HwxV7XGHs/s320/moourl.com.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402507948113260418" border="0" /></a><a href="http://moourl.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>2. MooURL</b></span></a><br />Have you ever wanted to share a link that was really really long? MooURL.com is a URL shortener. It will cut your web address down to a manageable size. Just go to <a href="http://moourl.com/%20">http://moourl.com/ </a> and paste the web address into the space provided. You can also customize the URL to make it easier to remember. For example I shorted the Readability link like this: <a href="http://moourl.com/readability">http://moourl.com/readability</a>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-17537523466780917222009-11-03T08:10:00.001-08:002009-11-03T08:10:45.894-08:00November 3, 2009<a href="http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/10/25/100-google-tricks-that-will-save-you-time-in-school/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>1. 100+ Google Tricks that will Save you Time in School</b></span></a><br />Check out these great tips and learn how to use Google to convert units, do a timeline search, search for a specific file type, search for a face, use Google News, study the oceans, and much more.<br /><br /><a href="http://snailmailr.com/Send-Letter"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>2. Snailmailr - Send a Letter Online</b></span></a><br />Do you have a relative that doesn't have an email address? Wouldn't it be nice to be able to send a letter as easily as you send an email. For only 1 dollar, you can use Snailmailr to send a full color letter, with images, through the US mail. Your grandparents will be so happy you did!<br /><br /><img title="?ui=2&view=att&th=124bace0149b55bf&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_124bace0149b55bf&zw" alt="?ui=2&view=att&th=124bace0149b55bf&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_124bace0149b55bf&zw" src="https://mail.google.com/a/belmonthill.org/?ui=2&ik=b8331406a4&view=att&th=124bace2babfdd92&attid=0.2&disp=attd&realattid=ii_124bace0149b55bf&zw" height="283" width="420" />Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-16283514941418543572009-10-27T08:28:00.001-07:002009-10-27T08:50:09.754-07:00October 27th, 2009<span style="font-size:130%;"><b>1. Filtering Lost and Found Gmails</b></span><br />If you find that Lost and Found email is cluttering up your inbox, here is one way to cut down on the clutter. (This will work for all Gmail.)<br /><br />1. Open a lost and found email<br />2. Click to show details<br />3. Click on "Filter messages from this mailing list"<br />4. Click on Next Step.<br />5. Check off the appropriate boxes.<br /><br /><a href="http://edu.googleapps.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">2. Google Apps for Education Community</a></span><br />This Website provides lots of great resources for teachers and students using Google Apps. There are tutorials and tips, examples of the ways Google Apps are being used, discussion boards and more.<br /><a href="http://www.edtechpower.com/"></a>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-45875080340590217452009-10-20T07:47:00.000-07:002009-10-20T07:58:39.024-07:00October 20th, 2009<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_facebook_quizzes_know_about_you.php">1. Facebook Quizes</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> -</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-size:100%;">Beware of your privacy!</span></span></span><br />You may not realize how much you are revealing about yourself and your friends when you take a face book quiz. <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_facebook_quizzes_know_about_you.php">This post</a> from <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/">ReadWriteWeb</a> explains the risks. You can take <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/aclunc_privacy_quiz/">this (safe) quiz </a>created by the American Civil Liberties Union to see just how much you are sharing (you will need to sign in to facebook to take <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/aclunc_privacy_quiz/">the quiz</a>).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D4ReL4LcntHMNqD7AaA-k4lsOxWpKMWIexAj5bHOKWrqP9ASNw-a9RgGlgHVjETh6bo4NKGLsmAN1JL7XasTbdXpI-DCI2I-Y42bBh9xGcSH3p0UAa8eLBJhGJfk86TOonSNPClcBvc/s1600-h/billkonigsberg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D4ReL4LcntHMNqD7AaA-k4lsOxWpKMWIexAj5bHOKWrqP9ASNw-a9RgGlgHVjETh6bo4NKGLsmAN1JL7XasTbdXpI-DCI2I-Y42bBh9xGcSH3p0UAa8eLBJhGJfk86TOonSNPClcBvc/s320/billkonigsberg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394696235721758418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://billkonigsberg.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-am-unbearable.html">2. Bill Konigsberg</a></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">- Writing about writing</span><br />Last year's diversity day speaker, Bill Konigsberg, writes regularly in his blog <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://billkonigsberg.blogspot.com/">Waldorf to your Astoria</a>. In <a href="http://billkonigsberg.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-am-unbearable.html">this post</a>, he shares his latest writing break through. He does a great job of describing his writing process and reveals the subject of his next novel.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-33958701243960372882009-10-13T10:18:00.000-07:002009-10-13T10:34:10.869-07:00October 13th, 2009<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/10/shared-folders-and-more-in-google-docs.html">1. Shared Folders in Google Docs</a></span><br />You can now share a group of Google Docs by putting them into a folder and sharing the folder.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.google.com/squared">2. Google Squared - Square your search results</a></span><br />You can now search the web and see your search results in an organized grid of information. Search for astronauts and Google Squared will organize your results into names, images, dates of birth, nationalities and missions. You can learn more about how it works <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/square-your-search-results-with-google.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=astronauts"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilc-x1yI0mwWqGLHdPL_niqy0F_J5JDFDN3MU7QAvO7zFNKHUSUK6DZTj53-DC3PQKPQI_N_M7ezWowC3cwkSHz_tXy36t8Xq31yFDGGmA3mapPIEFqDswIn6UHmdl8gMt5fWraxvx_Yg/s320/astronauts+-+Google+Squared.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392137737603573378" border="0" /></a>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-7620026429719588982009-10-06T11:46:00.000-07:002009-10-06T12:08:12.156-07:00Octoer 6th, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvGUCru8SOcsPsD38MEiilLRDhtGfofiT__k2IrkOPff4azz3BUNJUKf7f-gCA3NAc5YQ7nQH8aeg4IxqsYQy4brwQf5F80Eymf3Y7HMYeS4-dwvZzuu7i5FntUDTLPKWHP9vFEhQNp0/s1600-h/Wolfram%7CAlpha.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvGUCru8SOcsPsD38MEiilLRDhtGfofiT__k2IrkOPff4azz3BUNJUKf7f-gCA3NAc5YQ7nQH8aeg4IxqsYQy4brwQf5F80Eymf3Y7HMYeS4-dwvZzuu7i5FntUDTLPKWHP9vFEhQNp0/s320/Wolfram%7CAlpha.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389565778781501458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://homeworkday.wolframalpha.com/">Wolfram Alpha Homework Day</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - October 21st, 2009</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/">Wolfram Alpha</a> is a unique search engine. Enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and a growing collection of data to compute the answer. You can find out what happened on your <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=November+29">birthday</a>, the population of any <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=belmont%2C+MA+USA">town</a>, and the calculation of mean, median and standard deviation for any <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%7B25%2C+35%2C+10%2C+17%2C+29%2C+14%2C+21%2C+31%7D">set of numbers</a>. On October 21st, 2009 there will be a live interactive web event that will bring together students and educators from across the country to solve your toughest assignments and explore the power of using Wolfram|Alpha for school, college, and beyond.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.chacha.com/">Cha Cha</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - Answers at your fingertips</span></span><br />With Cha Cha you can text or call in a question at any time of the day or night and real people will text you back an answer. You can even apply to be a guide and get paid to answer other people's questions. Find out anything from the symptoms of the swine flu to how to make salsa.Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613373833611664452.post-17437052646577091912009-09-29T08:51:00.000-07:002009-09-29T08:53:28.421-07:00September 29, 2009<span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><a title="1. Wordnik" href="http://alltop.com/" id="ultk"><img id="n0vk" style="width: 150px; height: 70px; float: left; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 1em;" src="https://docs.google.com/File?id=dfnmfqtd_369fj289t28_b" />1. Alltop</a></span></b></span>- Alltop is like an "Online Magazine Rack."<br />Organized by subject, Alltop collects and aggregates information from websites and bloggers and displays the 5 most recent posts from these sites. You can check out <a title="Alltop Sports" href="http://sports.alltop.com/" id="hz63">Alltop Sports</a> for all the best sports information or <a title="Alltop Education" href="http://education.alltop.com/" id="rnf5">Alltop Education</a> for all of the latest education news. Subjects vary from <a title="Auto Racing" href="http://auto-racing.alltop.com/" id="fgip">Auto Racing</a> to <a title="Zoology" href="http://zoology.alltop.com/" id="l:fv">Zoology</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><a title="2. Google Profile" href="http://www.twones.com/" id="dowj">2. Twones</a></b></span>- Bring all of your Online music activity together in one place.<img id="j5t:" style="width: 323px; height: 96px; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0pt;" src="https://docs.google.com/File?id=dfnmfqtd_370xn3sb4cw_b" /><br />Twones allows you to bookmark all of the different music you listen to across the internet in one place. You can create and share playlists from a variety of streaming websites and discover new tracks and artists from across the web. <p><br /></p>Liz B Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855594085056447018noreply@blogger.com0