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The keynote at the CIC Tech conference by Charles Severance was very informative if you are interested in Google. There were several factoids that I found interesting, but what I noticed the most is that the Google server architecture is… More On: Google Server Set Up and Neural Nets

Here at ETS we are reflecting somewhat on the meaning of 1969 on its 40th anniversary and remembering where we were. To be honest, I was a little young for 1969 (although my mother swears I saw the moon landing).… More On: Remembering 1979

Last week, I completed the last of the Crucial Conversations Training where Lisa reminded us to keep practicing. Fortunately, both my personal and work life provide plenty of opportunity so I am not too worried about practicing. However another important… More On: Crucial Conversations and Reality TV

Let it officially be noted that Latin has arrived on YouTube as well as Wicipedia Latina and no doubt somewhere on Latin Twitter. As you might expect, there are plenty of options on YouTube including Pope Benedict XVI and Bella… More On: Latin on YouTube

This was an experiment where I posted random thoughts throughout the day in a text file instead of in Twitter. Enjoy (but know that I did edit them down). July 12, 2008 8:39 – Eating 2 chocolates before editing wiki.… More On: Elizabeth’s Sample Tweets

I always like to find activities (including games) which apply what you learn to a real situation – even Cathedral Architecture. I just ran into a simple “Green Blobs” Equation Plotter Game in which students try to generate an equation… More On: Green Blobs Algebra Game

I was looking around at some of my old bookmarks, and found an interesting site Wolfram, the makers of Mathematica. They have an area they call Wolfram Demonstrations Projects which are interactive mini applications made in Mathematica. The idea is… More On: Wolfram Demonstrations (Math/Illusions/Science)

Both Cole Camplese and Bart Purcell have written interesting posts commenting on the fact that students in one course only blog when instructors tell them to and no other time. It’s somewhat depressing, but probably not surprising to anyone working… More On: Why Johnny Won’t Blog in Class

It looks like Google finally added an embed code which lets you embed any map you create into your Web page The Google Map embed instructions are fairly simple – you click “link to this map” to see the code.… More On: Adding Google Maps to a Blog or Web page