Going Paperless with Google Docs

Last week my superintendent came to me to after our last board meeting and said that the board was interested in holding paperless meetings. There is a vendor with a product specifically for this process, but I told him I’d also explore other options. So, for my meeting with my school tech coordinators on Thursday, [...]

Posted by Tom on November 11th, 2011 | 5 Comments Posted in EdTech

Google Image Search

Sometime over the summer, and apparently without enough fanfare for it to ping my sonar, Google announced a new “search by image” service. The idea is that you can either upload an image file, or post a link to an online image, an Google will go out and search either for matches to that image, [...]

Posted by Tom on September 28th, 2011 | 2 Comments Posted in Internet, Photography

The Perils of Cloud Computing

Yahoo is in trouble. That’s not news as it’s been going on for several years now, but it seems to be spiraling out of control even more. This week they announced a 4% reduction in their global workforce. Along with that they have announced the elimination of several popular services, including the social bookmarking site, [...]

Posted by Tom on December 17th, 2010 | 5 Comments Posted in Internet

Google Books Explored

Yesterday Google rocked the eBook world by announcing its entry into the market. Their approach is to host everything in the cloud, and all access would be remote. The upside would be that your books are available on any device. The downside would be that you would have to be constantly connected to read them. [...]

Posted by Tom on December 8th, 2010 | No Comments Posted in Internet

Google Squared

Google has released two cool new products this week. First, there is a major update to the user interface for Street View.  The transitions between scenes are much smoother, and it reminds me of Microsoft’s Photosynth technology.  One gets the feeling of looking around corners, and actually being immersed in the environment.  For a good [...]

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Posted by Tom on June 5th, 2009 | 2 Comments Posted in EdTech, General Technology, Internet
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