links for 2008-05-17

• Readdle — iPhone book reader and file storage
  Share documents including eBooks with your iPhone for mobile access and use
  (tags: iphone webapp webapps productivity mobilephone mobile mobility)

• Mobile Site for Ask.com Search Engine – Better Web Search
  Can speak directions into your phone and get them sent via IM back to you (in a non-mobile browser this website will redirect to ask.com – Put a “m” in front of the website for mobile access: m.ask.com)
  (tags: mobile mobility mobilephone cell CellPhone cellphonelearning searchengines reference searchengine search)

• Outlook Twitter = OutTwit.
  Software which integrates twitter with MS Outlook
  (tags: twitter outlook email collaboration software windows)

• Center for Digital Education
  Commercial resource for educational technology news and resources
  (tags: edtech technology education)

• eTrex Vista HCx – Garmin
  This is the starter GPS unit Paul Clark recommends, and he is the top geocaching guru I know of on the planet. It has a USB connection (not serial) for file transfers and is Mac compatible, you can get one for around $200.
  (tags: geocaching geography geocache)

• GPS Connect Software for Mac OS X (for Garmin)
  Free software for Garmin GPS users with Macs (older Garmin units with serial to USB converters, the newer Garmin units with USB connections do not require this software as far as I know)
  (tags: geocache geocaching gps software Macintosh)

• Mobile Learning Options at Colorado Technical University Online
  Mobile learning options for CTU online
  (tags: mobile cellphonelearning mobility mobilephone CellPhone cell)

• “Social (Media) Butterfly” – Do Something Great – The Ohio State University
  Lots of social media use taking place at “the” Ohio State University!
  (tags: socialnetworking university colleges)

• AT&T Advanced Video Services
  (tags: att video Videoconferencing)
• Digital Wish
  Website where teachers and donors can connect for great classroom project needs (and other classroom purchasing needs)
  (tags: education classroom teachers grants)
• Earliest Human Voice Recording Debuts Online
  3/31/2008 – French inventor predated Edison with voice recording by over 10 years
  (tags: audio history)

• “Before You Go” – Tribute to US Veterans
  touching
  (tags: military DigitalStorytelling music veteran)

• Videos on ExpertVillage.com | How to videos, free video clips
  Over 80,000 how-to videos
  (tags: howto tutorials tutorial lifehacks video webvideo)

• weblin
  Your personalized weblin avatar surfs the web with you, enabling you to see friends and meet new ones on the same site as you.
  Weblins can chat, move, show emotion, visit lounges, and trade stuff with other weblins.
  (tags: avatar avatars social socialnetworking)

• webtoolsforeducators wiki / New Phones
  (tags: CellPhone mobilephone cellphonelearning cell education)

• Make animations and create cartoons with four basic shapes – Shapeshifter at aniBoom
  A new twist on stopmotion animation – create your entire animation using a web-based interface and simple shapes
  (tags: animation stopmotion webvideo)

• Your Cartoons and Animations on Mobile Devices – aniBoom.com
  (tags: animation creativity mobile mobilephone CellPhone cell)

• Justin.tv – Live Streaming Video
  site for lifecasting and other live video shows – I’m sure you won’t see this approved on many school content filter lists. I had not heard of “lifecasting” before.
  (tags: webcam streaming socialnetworking lifecasting)

• Musopen – Free Public Domain Classical Music
  (tags: audio classical downloads music copyright mp3 public)

• Flickr: Help: Video
  Lots of good Q and A about videos on Flickr. Contributors must have pro accounts, videos can just be 90 seconds long.
  (tags: flickr video webvideo)

• the video page for the new president of Oklahoma State University, V. Burns Hargis
  (tags: video oklahoma leadership webvideo)

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