Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe launched a new service on their website today (Thursday, 3/27) that brings Photoshop to anyone just by being online. Photoshop Express (in beta right now) is completely web-based so anybody can use it with any type of computer, operating system or web browser.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopexpress/?promoid=CBTVM
Of course Google and Microsoft already offer many web-based applications and [...]

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Spring Break

Happy Spring Break!

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Scholastic Audiobooks

Here’s a link to Scholastic audiobooks that were just added to the iTunes store.  The books vary in price (some look expensive to me, but just thought I’d share this).
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewRoom?fcId=185342075&genreIdString=50000024&mediaTypeString=Audiobooks

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Happy New Year

May all your new year wishes come true. 

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Pull vs Push

The way we learn, discover new things, get information, … is changing and has already changed for the children growing up in this informational generation.  As educators, in the form of teachers, parents, or relatives, there is a need to take on a new perspective with the way children are learning nowadays.  There’s a paradigm [...]

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Speaking Text in Mac OS X

Mac OS X, Apple’s operating system, has many built in services that can be used with many applications (native operating system applications and some third party applications).
One service feature is speaking text.  I will use Safari, Apple’s built in web browser, for example.  While surfing online, if you come across a page with a lot [...]

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Apple’s Trackpad

Apple’s MacBooks and MacBook Pros are built with a solid-state scrolling trackpad.  Moving one finger on the trackpad will move the cursor on the screen.  The trackpad supports two-finger scrolling when two fingers are applied to the trackpad in a window where scrolling is an option.
One additional feature of Mac OS X with the use [...]

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iPhoto

Apple’s iPhoto application, which comes preloaded on every Mac, is a very simple application that allows the user to Import, Organize, Edit, and Share their digital photos.
Some key points about each part when using iPhoto – version 6.  
While importing, you can name the roll and add a selection before you click on Import.  Once [...]

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Just getting started

The latest news? I created yet another blog (the one you are reading) to figure out which one is going to be most useful for classroom teachers to use as a web site or for a classroom to use as a classroom blog to communicate news to the community.
I already have a blog on blogger.com: [...]

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