Krampf’s Science Videos

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Every week Robert Krampf publishes a science video showing simple scientific principles in ways that can be repeated by students at home using common household items. Most of the videos are only one or two minutes and are designed to initiate an exploratory activity by a student. The happy scientist also has hundreds of experiments available in his Experiment Archive.

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OpenStreetMap

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

OpenStreetMap is a new kind of wiki.  Instead of adding content as text and graphics, you can edit the map of the world.

There are GPS tracing options to make it easier to add sections of road.  Hop in your car with you GPS and drive the route you want to add.  Then dump the data from your GPS into the map.

There could be some real potential for educational projects with this site.

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Disney On YouTube

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Everyone walking around Disney has a camera. A few people have video cameras. I have actually asked several people if they intend to sit down and watch hours of video. Many have said hey plan to upload segments to YouTube.

I think you get pretty much the whole Disney experience online. Go to YouTube or Flickr and type:

disney world castle

disney world fireworks

disney world mgm

disney world tree of life

Here are links to the MGM Extreme Stunts act I was talking about before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfvhZzi7GGM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5F5YL_n18

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Happy New Year – Disney Style

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

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Two Weeks Offline

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

During my trip to Florida I have been offline for two straight weeks (sorry if your emails have gone unanswered).  I did have a laptop so I could record my thoughts along the way and transfer thousands of pictures from our digital cameras.

It hasn’t been that bad.  I can plow through all the email in a day when I get home.  It is Christmas break, so there are not a lot of things that need done.

Socially it hasn’t been bad either.  We are doing things every waking minute and we aren’t sleeping much.  Quite honestly, even if an Internet connection were available to me, I probably wouldn’t be online most days.

By the time I get home, my cache will be empty and I will be ready to get back online.

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