links for 2008-04-02

This is a great storyboard to use with students when creating digital stories

created in parternship with the US LIbrary of Congress, by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, directors and producers of the PBS documentary “The War” about World War II

Amazing. Announced 15 March 2008

in video podcast form, eclectic about different topics and food genres (Derek is on Flickr also)

Turning cell phones into audio tours. Guide by Cell allows you to create self guided audio tours for your institution.

Cell Phone Audio Tours for Museums, Art Galleries, Zoos, Aquariums, Historic Sites, National Parks, Sports Teams. (Will be used by the Oklahoma National Memorial Museum)

A gallery of postcard-sized images posted anonymously to unveil a secret. Shared confessions in art form

THIS IS SO SAD AND BAD: An online service helping people to have affairs and cheat on their spouse. (Featured on NPR 12 March 2008)

NPR episode about the Ashley Madison Agency based out of Canada. (What a sad commentary on our society this is, and what a destructive use of technology– social networking to explicitly ruin and destroy marriages.)

U.S. schools face pressure on science, technology, engineering, and math.

Works for skype IM if you pay a monthly fee or lifetime $30 charge, can make audio calls but you need SkypeOut minutes, and I think a WiFi connection (don’t think VOIP works over the Edge network)

home of The Oklahoma Observer newspaper – definitely a “different” press voice covering Oklahoma politics, culture and society

an overview of the modern research of the biology and neuroscience of sexual orientation as well as its social implications and political consequences

Tim Wilson discusses his use of Amazon’s S3 service for off-site backup of home computer files for fire and theft safety. These are VERY good ideas, and S3 is amazingly affordable.

12 March 2008