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Houndbite – YouTube for Audio

Posted on May 22, 2008 By Tom 5 Comments on Houndbite – YouTube for Audio
EdTech, Internet

UPDATE: Houndbite is now defunct. However, there are some great alternatives in place. Try Audioboo, SoundCloud, or Chirbit for hosting files. ……… Here’s the dilemma – I’m not diligent enough about creating audio files to get into podcasting. Podcasting really requires consistency, focus, and dedication in order to keep your audience engaged. However, I do … Read More “Houndbite – YouTube for Audio” »

Creating Media-Rich Lessons with Google Earth

Posted on May 20, 2008 By Tom 3 Comments on Creating Media-Rich Lessons with Google Earth
EdTech, Geocaching and Maps

Sometimes it just clicks. As many workshops as I have done on Google Earth, I hadn’t really, truly understood its implications for the classroom. In most of my workshops, I had been focusing on the mechanics – basically how to navigate and create interactive placemarks. Now I’m going to emphasize using Google Earth as a … Read More “Creating Media-Rich Lessons with Google Earth” »

21 Accents

Posted on May 20, 2008 By Tom 3 Comments on 21 Accents
Entertainment, Miscellaneous, Weirdness

Via BoingBoing, I found this YouTube clip of actress Amy Walker saying the same sentence in 21 different accents. I listened to it with amazement. In my mind, she nailed every one of them with one notable exception – her Southern accent from Charleston, SC, sounded like the contrived, overdone version that Hollywood tends to … Read More “21 Accents” »

Online Tools for Digital Storytelling

Posted on May 19, 2008 By Tom No Comments on Online Tools for Digital Storytelling
EdTech, Internet, Photography, Uncategorized

Via Wes Fryer’s blog, I came upon a list created by Alan Levine which describes 50+ tools for digital storytelling. Alan has broken these down into Slideshow Tools which primarily use images with or without music background, Mixer Tools which include video as well as photos, Timeline tools, Comic Tools, Scrapbook Tools, Audio Tools, Video … Read More “Online Tools for Digital Storytelling” »

A Day of Festivals

Posted on May 18, 2008 By Tom 1 Comment on A Day of Festivals
Local, Photography

Greek Festival in Greenville

Saturday was an absolutely stunning day. The air was dry and clear, and the sky was so blue that even cerulean doesn’t do it justice. There was no way that I was going to waste this on the huge stack of chores and yard work I had waiting for me at home. So, I decided a photo drive was needed. Several communities in the Upstate were having festivals this weekend, so I decided to check out a couple of them. I was actually able to hit four festivals – the Issaqueena Festival in Six Mile, the Banjo Bonanza at Hagood Mill in Pickens, the Strawberry Festival in Slater, and finally the Greek Festival at St. George Orthodox in Greenville.

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Wild Roses

Posted on May 16, 2008 By Tom No Comments on Wild Roses
Uncategorized

I’m not a botanist. I know nothing about horticulture. I even flunked a test on leaf identification in high school biology. Apart from pruning, spreading mulch, and heavy lifting, I tend to leave the gardening to Laura. However, we both made a discovery this past week. Shortly after we moved to this house I was … Read More “Wild Roses” »

Precis de Vie

Posted on May 16, 2008 By Tom No Comments on Precis de Vie
Miscellaneous

How does one summarize twenty years of life in two paragraphs? It’s an interesting exercise. I guess for some its easier than others, especially if your life has been relatively stable – staying in pretty much the same career and location for that amount of time. For others, a couple of paragraphs would hardly suffice. … Read More “Precis de Vie” »

Adventures in Audi-Land

Posted on May 16, 2008 By Tom 2 Comments on Adventures in Audi-Land
Rants

I want a car where we’re not on a first-name basis with the service people. Thus said Laura as we drove to pick up her Audi, which had been in the shop for the past week. Both of our cars are plagued with problems. Both are Volkswagen products. We have owned Subaru’s in the past, … Read More “Adventures in Audi-Land” »

High Key Portraiture

Posted on May 15, 2008 By Tom 1 Comment on High Key Portraiture
Photography, Uncategorized

I had seen a couple of posts from a couple of my Flickr contacts that use use a high key lighting effect. I’d never heard of the term before this week, but I find the effect intriguing. Therefore, I had to give it a shot. I decided to use a tutorial I had found after … Read More “High Key Portraiture” »

To Tweet or Not To Tweet

Posted on May 13, 2008 By Tom No Comments on To Tweet or Not To Tweet
Internet

OK, so the phrase is hardly original. Apparently I’m not the only one to wonder why in the world I would want to use Twitter. I mean, do I really want the entire world to know that I’m watching “Evan Almighty” as I’m typing this? Do I really need to micro-document my entire life? I … Read More “To Tweet or Not To Tweet” »

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