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April 2012 - Posts
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Greetings, FREEPHOTOBANK is a web site offering free pictures under the Creative Commons Licence. I discovered today’s site — FREEPHOTOBANK — while researching the site featured last Saturday called FREEPHOTOSBANK. The difference is “PHOTO” rather then Read More...
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Greetings, JUGGERNAUT is a free, web based, massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). It’s Sunday again, the day of rest. Some folks enjoy loosing themselves in a role playing game or simulation as a way to relax and unwind. Slaying a dragon Read More...
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Greetings, FREEPHOTOSBANK is a web site offering free stock photos. I have another free photo site to blog about today. I seem to encountered quite a few of them lately. This one is called FREEPHOTOSBANK and it’s not too bad although it does have it’s Read More...
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Greetings, QUOTECOIL is a specialized search index which focuses just on finding quotes. On special occasions such as a speech, seminar or workshop presentation, there’s nothing like a “pithy” quote from some renowned expert to highlight a thought or Read More...
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Greetings, 35 BRILLIANT CALLIGRAPHY FONTS is a collection of free, downloadable, calligraphy fonts I love all fonts but have a particular weakness for script and calligraphy fonts. They can gave any digital communication a more warm and friendly feel. Read More...
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Greetings, PASTELINK.ME is an easy to use method for sharing files with someone on the Web. Being a successful online teacher (or technology using teacher, for that matter) means having a “Plan B” ready when “Plan A” doesn’t work and believe me, that Read More...
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Greetings, FREEDIGITALPHOTOS is a free stock image and photo web site. I’ve located another free stock photo site — yeah! This one is called FREEDIGITALPHOTOS and it offers both free and commercial photos. For a free/commercial site, this one is pretty Read More...
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Greetings, CRUXBOT is a free service which will parse a web page article or report down to a couple of paragraphs. The web is a marvelous source of information — too marvelous in most cases. While finding information is no longer a problem, reading through Read More...
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Greetings, ECOSIA is a “Green” search engine that donates 80% of it’s revenue to the protection of the rain forest. It’s Sunday again and Earth Day. Happy Earth Day! On this day which celebrates the stewardship of our planet, it seems only fitting to Read More...
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Greetings, USEFREESMS is a free, online, text messaging service. Do you use SMS or text messaging? I do but not a lot. I like the concept but hate having to use a tiny mobile device. Even my iPhone which is probably more user friendly then most is a pain Read More...
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Greetings, PPT SEARCH ENGINE is a specialized search engine for Powerpoint presentations only. Today’s offering — PPT SEARCH ENGINE — is a specialized search engine which seeks out Powerpoint presentations (PPT or PPTX Files) and nothing else. Now that’s Read More...
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Greetings, CELTIC FONTS is a collection of 30 free, fantastic, Celtic Fonts found on the Naldz Graphics blog. Today site comes too late for St Patrick’s Day or Robbie Burns Day — at least in 2012 but users will definitely be ready for next year. The fonts Read More...
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Greetings, SHUTTERGLOW is a web site offering downloadable pictures under the Creative Commons licence. Today’s offering is another Creative Commons photo sharing site. It’s called SHUTTERGLOW and the pictures found there can be used for both non-commercial Read More...
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Greetings, QUIZSLIDES is an online quiz/test service which utilizes Powerpoint. The trouble with technology is the speed at which it moves and the rapidity with which it renders programs, apps, software and even skills, obsolete. Take Powerpoint for example. Read More...
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Greetings, SNIPPLIST is an online service for clipping, displaying and sharing web content. I have another web app — SNIPPLIST — which I just don’t get. Perhaps, you do. If so, please leave a comment. The app is a kind of web clipping service. Users can Read More...
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Greetings, MENTALFLOSS is a fun, highthearted, information trivia site. It’s Sunday again, the day of rest. Do you enjoy playing “Trivial Pursuit” or reading the “Guinness Book of Records”? If so then you’ll love today’s site as it’s filled with entertaining Read More...
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Greetings, FONTS2U is a web site offering a wide variety of free fonts. Let’s celebrate! Not only is it Saturday but I’ve found another great web site which offers a wide variety of free downloadable fonts. No sure which I’m most happy about. FONTS2U Read More...
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Greetings, SKRITTLE is a new kind of search service used for finding similar web sites. Today’s site — SKRITTLE — is a web search service that will suggest new web sites to visit based on the site which a user is currently viewing. In other words, SKRITTLE Read More...
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Greetings, DUPLICHECKER is a free, online plagiarism checker. Of all the links and resources posted on this web site, the plagiarism checkers are the most popular. I’m not sure whether to be happy about that or sad. I suppose anything which draws users Read More...
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Greetings, PDFMAKER is a free, online, PDF Creation Tool. Every once in a while I come across an app which makes me scratch my head and wonder, “Why?” Why did someone or some group bother to create an app for which there is no apparent need or want? While Read More...
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Greetings, FIREALPACA is a free, downloadable draw/paint program with versions for both Mac and Windows. Web apps are great provided that the class or school using them has access to a very big Internet “pipe”, All too often, that’s not the case. As a Read More...
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Greetings, INSTAGROK is a new, specialized, education friendly search engine. Today’s site, INSTAGROK bills itself as an “intelligent web search engine” designed to help students, teachers, (anyone) find educational content. It’s the educational part Read More...
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Greetings DISAPAINTED is a free, online paint/draw/animation program. Today’s app, DISAPAINTED is a fun, easy to use draw/paint program with animation capabilities. The draw/paint portion is fairly conventional with the expected features such as a brush Read More...
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Greetings, EASTER is a digital flip book containing the King James Version of the Easter Story. It’s Sunday again, the day of rest. It’s also Easter Sunday which marks the second most important event on the Christian calendar — the death and resurrection Read More...
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Greetings, 30 ROUND FONTS is a collection of 30 attractive rounded fonts to download. Todays collection of was gathered together by the Naldz Graphics Blog and is called, 30 ROUND FONTS. According to the blog’s author, “Rounded Fonts” provide a soothing Read More...
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Greetings, DREAMSTIME is a web site offering free, downloadable pictures and images. Today’s offering, DREAMSTIME is one of those “good news/bad news” sites where everything positive seems to be off-set by something negative. So, let’s begin with the Read More...
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Greetings, BUNDLENUT allows the user to bundle several web links into one URL. I don’t know if Twitter was the rational behind today’s app — BUNDLENUT — but I can’t think of any other reason for it’s creation. Twitter’s 140 character limit severely hinders Read More...
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Greetings, SCREENLEAP is a simple to use, free, screen sharing service. Working with students at a distance, over the Internet can be a challenge at the best of times. One of the most frustrating aspects involves trying to explain a simple concept or Read More...
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Greetings, COSMOLEARNING is a website offering a variety of video lessons, tutorials and documentaries. Today’s site, COSMOLEARNING offers free access to a large number of learning related video clips on wide variety of topics ranging from Anthropology Read More...
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Greetings, PINBALL is an unusual, online mind mapping tool. I found today’s offering nestled in amongst a long list of mind mapping apps on a web page curated by a well known teacher librarian (who’s name escapes me). It was the name that first caught Read More...
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Greetings, COVER BROWSER is a web site containing thousands of old comic book cover pages. It’s Sunday again, the day of rest and perhaps a little reminiscence, back to the days before the Internet, wifi and the always on, instant and constant connection. Read More...
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