Utecht’s Daily Links 08/24/2007

TokBox provides free web browser based video chat. To initiate a session, you need to register, but a nice feature is that registration is not required for anyone else to video chat with you. It works through your web browser, so you don’t need to download anything to your computer. It can also be embedded on a page.

Via TechCrunch

Apple – iLife – Tutorials

• For all you Mac people out there. Apple has a great site that has tutorials on the whole iLife suite. Might be an easy way to teach students to use GarageBand…or allow them to teach themselves.
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Education/Technology – timlauer.org – Google My Maps Embed Your Map  Annotated

• create your won map with just the information you want for students and embed it into your blog or web page, or link to it…better yet…have students create their own maps!

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Google has enhanced Google My Maps with a feature that allows you to embed your map in a web page or blog. Just click on the “link to this map” link and you are presented with code to paste into your web page.
Map of The World – Shaded Relief

• Relief Map of the World with zoom function.
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Mozilla Firefox

• Who needs a wall map when you have this! Click on it and it zooms in. If you have a LCD projector in your room this might be a better more engaging look at a relief map then the old pull down kind.
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Jeff Utecht is an international educator, educational technology consultant and author. He has worked internationally since 2005, prior to that he worked in Washington State. Currently Jeff is working as the High School Technology and Learning Coordinator for the International School Bangkok. Additionally, Jeff is the technology consultant with EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools) and has consulted for Web 2.0 companies on educational issues. Jeff is a main coordinator for the Learning 2.0 Educational Technology Conference in Asia. He has consulted with international schools and conferences globally. Jeff regularly shares his thoughts on education and technology on his blog, thethinkingstick.com. Jeff have been mentioned in several books including Reinventing Project-Based Learning as an avenue for “free online professional development” and Web 2.0, New Tools, New Schools. He has also written a chapter on 21st Centrurey Technology Planning for the book Wired for Learning. To learn more about Jeff, visit www.jeffutecht.com. Read 604 articles by Jeff Utecht
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