Archive for May, 2009

Adobe Introduces Photoshop Marketplace

29th May 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Photoshop solutions and offerings
Grades: Middle School to College, Universities, Administrative, Media Specialists
Collection of Partners and Free Solutions
Adobe’s has collaborated with partners and companies to develop a one-stop Photoshop shopping site. Some offerings are free, and other material require a fee. Need to find the most recent events, workshop, user groups or update [...]

Guide to Online Research

29th May 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Finding creditable research sites online
Grades: Middle School to College

Best Source is Still the Library
Trustworthy research sites are sometimes difficult to find on the internet. Sure, Wikipedia can be the initial site to check footnotes for research leads, but individuals have to be careful these sources have been vetted as a reliable source [...]

VMware Fusion2 – 1/2 Off 4 Students & Grads

26th May 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Running Windows on a Mac
Grades: Middle to High School, College & University
VMware just announced VMware Fusion2 is 1/2 off for students and grads.
“For friends and family thinking about getting that new grad a Mac, add VMware Fusion, enabling them to do even more as they venture into the real world.”

FinalDraft K12 Teacher Workbook

25th May 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Acting, Debate, Drama, Writing, Storytelling
Grades: Kindergarten to High School
Bringing Cool to the School
Final Draft provides K-12 teachers a thorough workbook to utilize Final Draft and provide examples of hands-on, project based activities. And this workbook and Final Draft have been approved by the California Learning Resource Network as certified curriculum tools for [...]

Starry Night Elementary

21st May 2009 by LisaHill 3 Comments

Subject Matter: Astronomy
Grades: Elementary to Middle School (meets Canadian & U.S. National Science Standards)
Stars, Mars and Beyond
For several years, I’ve been teaching astronomy and writing curriculum, so every time I review astronomy software, I ask this question. Would a motivated parent, student or teacher new to this field understand and enjoy using this program?  For [...]

Freebies – Are They Really Free?

21st May 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Free Material
Grades: All Ages
Looking for Free Stuff?
Lately, I’ve been hunting down free stuff. And here are a few sites to find some interesting material. Just remember, some sites want your personal information, so confirm the offers are provided from a reliable site. What I steered away from was the sites that required [...]

FREE – Google Lookup

20th May 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Homework Help, Research
Grades: Mid Elementary School to College, Administrative, Commercial Use
Tracking Down Facts on Spreadsheet
Stumble brought this Google app to my attention.  If you want to track down specific facts to fill in data in a Google spreadsheet, this is a useful tool.

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