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Don’t let Google know you are under 13
Advocating for the educational value of participating online gets complicated. You think you have located some good services at a reasonable fee, describe the benefits, get a few people excited, and then learn that what you are suggesting may violate … Continue reading
100 billion downloads and going strong – Google Earth
This post from Google LatLong marks the 1oo billionth download of Google Earth. The post offers a little history, links to some interesting applications, and offers the link you can use to download it yourself.
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Word (not microsoft) help in Docs
I spend huge quantities of time writing stuff in Google docs and I must admit I learned something new and helpful about docs I should have known this evening (yes my wife did bring this to my attention). There must … Continue reading
The challenge of a sharing group in Google +
I have been thinking about the practicality of using Google + in K-12 classrooms. The use of circles to target who sees what would seem to address a core concern associated with the use of social media. I understand how … Continue reading
Picasa Storage Limit Relaxed
Sites such as Picasa (and Flickr) offer some storage space at no cost, but if you want to use these sites for storage over a period of time the free allocation limit will soon come into play. I have a … Continue reading
What we want to hear vs. what we need to know – is there a difference?
In a recent post I offer some comment on Eli Pariser, “The Filter Bubble”. The short version (the book is worth more than this thought byte) is that Google search is moving beyond search telling us what well informed people … Continue reading
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