Category Archives: edtech

Today Netvibes announced a new feature of their “start” page. Starting in about six weeks users can create pages and “share” them with the public. This isn’t anything new for “start pages” in general. Protopage and Pageflakes will already let … Continue reading →

Just in time for PowerPoint week… here is Don McMillan.

Yesterday this post was in Slashdot. Should schools block access to Wikipedia? I have blogged about wikis before. I only mentioned Wikipedia as an example of a wiki and didn’t elaborate on the content found there. It turns out I … Continue reading →

Since my post about Start Pages, I have been looking at different features of an assortment of web two-point-oh start page sites. Pageflakes has added a “student” version of a start page. The Pageflakes people have taken many of the … Continue reading →

Would you give a first grader $2000 to spend on decorating a bedroom? Neither would I. But I did spend $9 for a Webkinz that came with its own room and a pile of KinzCash. The Webkinz is a stuffed … Continue reading →