A. Kipta's Blog

wiseGEEK - answers to common questions

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About wiseGEEK: "Who is behind wiseGEEK? It's one of the most common questions we receive. We are a team of researchers, writers and editors dedicated to providing clear and concise answers to common questions. Currently, there are over 100 active contributors; you can read some of their profiles below. As you can see, our contributors are qualified, but occasionally an error sneaks into one of our articles. That is where our wiseGEEK readers come in. In the 'wiseGEEK features' menu available on every article page, there is an option to 'comment on this article.' Every comment is researched and implemented where appropriate. Our qualified writers along with the army of readers ensures that our information is as accurate as possible. If you have any questions or comments, please be sure to contact us."

Twiddla - no-signup online collaboration tool

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About Twiddla: "Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly. Twiddla is a real-time online collaboration tool. Its beauty is in its simplicity and accessibility: no plug-ins or downloads, no need to work around complex firewalls, no advanced scheduling. It’s available 24-7 and the only requirement is a computer with an internet connection and a web browser. It’s browser-agnostic, user friendly, and probably more fun than you're supposed to be having at work."

KidsCanHaveFun.com - crafts, coloring, printables, and more

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Fun Kids Activities @ KidsCanHaveFun.com

We offer kids a way to express their ideas through Fun Kids Activities such as Simple Crafts, Coloring Printables, Party ideas, Games, School Activities, Drawing Pages, Books and other children's activities. We hope you enjoy the kids printables as much as we enjoy creating them. We have so much content and craft ideas to add, so stay tuned for daily additions. Our busy bees are hard at work.

Twitter Mosaic - make art from Twitter

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Make Art from Twitter (and then buy it!)

Click any avatar to remove it, and then get the code to put your Twitter mosaic on your blog.

Get your twitter mosaic here.

DIY Chart - online interactive chart generator

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About DIY Chart: "DIY (Do it yourself) Chart is a Web-based, simple and powerful online tool to create interactive charts and graphs from static or dynamic data which may be generated using any scripting language. Support full updates and data streaming without reloading the web page. Support export chart in a variety of image formats . Support embed chart in Blog or website by just copy & pasting HTML code. Offers variety chart templates. With just a click you can generate some professionally designed chart. While you are adjusting the chart parameters, the resulting effect can be seen immediately in the preview area. Offers a plethora of chart types, such as Coulmn, Stacked Column, Bar, Stacked Bar, Area, Stacked Area, Pie, Doughnut, Pyramid, Funnel, Point, Bubble, Line, Range, Combination, CandleStick, Stock, Radar and Polar. Different sources data are supported: static data, dynamic data from TXT, CSV and XML file. Supports unicode text to display special characters and any language such as japanese, chinese and other unicode languages. Create stunning DIY Charts that present your data in an enjoyable and captivating experience. No software to download, nothing to install, all you need is a web browser to create impressive charts."

Chirbit - audio sharing: record, upload, listen

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About Chirbit: "Chirbit is a free online tool for audio sharing. Chirbit enables users to record, upload, listen to and share sound bites easily. Chirbit is simple, useful and fun. You can now use iPhone Voice Memos to post to chirbit. Share audio with your friends on Twitter & Facebook. Micropodcasts & Short audio updates. Music and Sounds. Jokes. Apologies. Quotes. Branching Fiction and more! Chirbits are short audio clips. To record them directly on the site, all you need is a microphone or a webcam with a built in microphone. You may also wish to record the file in an external program for more creative control. We accept MP3, M4A or WAV files for upload but will allow other audio formats in the future. You can create MP3s or WAVs in a number of ways. We will list some of the tools here."

PenDriveApps - more portable apps

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About PenDriveApps: "Reviewed and Categorized Free Portable Software, Portable Freeware, and Open Source Portable Applications that can be run directly from a USB device. By installing any of the listed portable apps to your USB flash drive, thumb drive, pen drive, iPod or other storage device, you can carry your applications, tools, software, personal settings and files with you (in your pocket) to use on any available Windows (or Mac in some cases) client computer."

winPenPack - more portable apps on a USB stick

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About winPenPack: "winPenPack is an applications environment of Free Softwares, modified for being run and used from pendrive USB or any removable device, without need of installation. It is a free and open source project managed by developers who offer their work freely."

PortableApps - desktop apps on a USB stick

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About PortableApps: "Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind. PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). The entire platform is open source built around an open format that any hardware or software provider can use. The PortableApps.com Suite and Platform is free. It contains no spyware. There are no advertisements. It isn't a limited or trial version. There is no additional hardware or software to buy. You don't even have to give out your email address. It's 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share."

Muecs - a social marketplace

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About Muecs: "Muecs is a website that acts as a platform enabling users to communicate with one another, share their contents and effectively manage their data on the Internet. Muecs can be used to keep track of contents and activities from other popular web site services, which include; Digg, Youtube, and Flickr. It basically provides a community for users to join and create crew via their interests, hobbies, and friends. Moreover, Muecs contains a marketplace that allows users to sell and purchase items. For sellers, Muecs provides a feature that allows you to personalize your own online shop by listing your items for sale. This way other users can browse and search for the products, and purchase items from you and vice versa."

iPod Touch Project - learning resources

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About the iPod Touch Project: "We have been considering the idea that today’s students are digital learners and we intend to find out if the iPod Touch can assist children to learn through digital delivery of content. Teaching practices in the upper primary school have been traditional and teacher-centred and we would like to attempt to move to a student-centered learning environment via the use of the iPod Touch."

DooID - web 2.0 business card

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

About DooID: "DooID is your Web 2.0 business card with e-mail signature. Get your own design, evaluate your networks (like Twitter, Facebook, etc.), interests & services and decide who may see what! Registration is free."

Pumpkin Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Pumpkins! Grab your favorite gourd-like squash and paring knife and get carving! Don't forget to save the seeds for snacks! I've compiled a few resources here to get you going.

Better Homes and Gardens Pumpkin Stencil Maker

"Pick from among dozens of pre-drawn eyes, noses, and mouths to create an almost limitless number of pumpkin designs. You can also carve freehand and with straight lines."

And don't miss the Better Homes and Gardens Free Printable Pumpkin Stencils.

Paper Pumpkins Free Halloween Jack O'Lantern Pumpkin Pattern Stencils for Kids

"Discover your inner pumpkin with free Jack O'Lantern carving stencil designs. Paper Pumpkins is a very large site containing over 500 easy pumpkin carving templates. These stencils have been divided into categories for easier navigation. Select a carving template thumbnail image to view the collection for that specific category. For example: Happy Faces category will bring up a page listing all templates with happy face themes. Sad Faces category will reveal all stencils with a sad face theme, etc..."

Pumpkin Masters Free Patterns

"It's your lucky day! Here are three free pumpkin carving patterns to download. Remember, a great pumpkin carving design stems from having a combination of proper carving saws, the appropriate transfer method and a fun pattern design."

Zombie Pumkins Carving Designs

"There are currently 206 pumpkin designs to choose from and you can have immediate access to these patterns today. All you need is a printer, some carving tools, a pumpkin and maybe some guts."

Repper - turns your image into pattern

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About Repper: "Repper is a free-to-use pattern creator that turns your images into eye-catching designs. It's the easiest way to create beautiful patterns for your desktop or social profile background. View many other marvelous designs in the gallery. All designs can be used publicly under the Creative Commons license for non-commercial use (see legal info)."

Elluminate - online learning collaboration

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About Elluminate: "Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class web, video, and audio solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration that deliver exceptional outcomes, including enhanced learning experiences, increased retention and completion rates, and higher ROI. Elluminate serves more than 600 million annual web-collaboration minutes to over 7 million teachers and students located in 170 different countries. With Elluminate vRoom™ you can meet online FREE with up to two others! That's right. No cost. No time limit. No kidding!"

Ediscio - collaborative flash cards

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About Ediscio: "If you have to learn a lot of stuff, Ediscio is the tool of your choice. It provides you a swiss-army-knife-like variety of features, especially for collaboration. * Unlimited creativity in creating flashcards: Use LaTeX-formulas, pictures, videos, text formatting * Learning statistics which show you exactly what you should concentrate on * Automatic learning schedule according to the Leitner System * Version history and discussion board for any flashcard * Import and export of flashcards (CSV, XLS, Html) * Download your flashcards for offline learning (printing function) * Personal Newsfeed about all events in you learning groups and cardboxes and about what your friends do * Free and for everyone!"

RadioWeave - a listening experience

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About RadioWeave: "With RadioWeave, you have complete control over your listening experience, which can include your favorite songs, real-time tweets from friends and entertaining podcasts, as well as automatic breaking news updates and local weather and traffic reports all rolled into a blended audio stream. RadioWeave also offers great ways to create and share your own content - click on the create tab to get started."

Livebrush - a brush tool that reacts to your gesture

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About Livebrush: "Livebrush is a drawing application. It employs an easy-to-use brush tool that reacts to your gesture. By combining simple motion controls with brush styles, Livebrush offers a fun and unique way to create graphics. Use graphics you create in Livebrush within your existing projects. Create entire compositions in Livebrush alone. Share styles and see how others combine your brush with their ideas. Styles let you customize how your brush reacts and how it looks. Learn the power of each setting in realtime using the convenient style preview. Decorations are graphics that can be stamped onto the screen or dynamically added to your line."

Microsoft Office Live - access anywhere

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About Microsoft Office Live: "Access Anywhere. Stop carrying a flash drive. Access your documents from almost any computer. Online Storage and Sharing.
Store up to 5GB, share with anyone, and collaborate on a single document. Works with Programs You Know. View Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint files from your Web browser."

Eduset - share assignments, news, files, and more with students

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About Eduset: "Eduset is a company dedicated to doing one thing and one thing only: making teachers' lives easier. Eduset was founded in 2009 by Will Johnson, at the time a high school senior, who realized that while the great majority of teachers wanted to be able to communicate with their classes online, most did not want to go through the tedious and unwieldy process of coding their own class websites. With Eduset, teachers can quickly and easily share assignments, news, files, and more with all of their students – no tech-savvy required. If you want to learn more, visit our blog or follow us on Twitter. Or, contact us. We'd love to hear from you. With Eduset, your students are always up to date on the latest assignments and events. No more late night emails from students who forgot to write down the homework. Post class notes, links to internet resources, videos, images and more for your students. Then, have a conversation with your students about what you posted. Try Eduset with one class, absolutely free, for as long as you want. When you're ready to use it for all of your classes, it's only $4.99 a month. Only students who you invite can see your class pages, and you manage to what degree they participate. You're in contr

Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration -

Tokbox - free audio/video web conferencing

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About Tokbox: "Tokbox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. Here's how it works: you sign up and we give you a link. When you want to talk with anyone, just give them the link - they click and you chat. We make it easy for you to put your TokBox on your social network profile, blog, or personal webpage. Anyone can come to your page and see a "Push to Talk" button. They click it and connect to you in real time using live video and audio."

StorySomething - for parents of kids 3-8

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About StorySomething (beta): "StorySomething is a new online community for busy parents of children aged 3-8 who love their children 10x more than they have time to spend with them. We are a global company based in beautiful San Francisco, CA. We can be reached at info @ storysomething dot com."

Game Classroom - online educational games for kids

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About Game Classroom: "Game Classroom was developed to address needs we witnessed firsthand as parents and educators. Game Classroom is the newest web property from Earlier Media, where we are dedicated to providing trustworthy online destinations for children of all ages to learn, watch videos and play games online. We've thoroughly searched the web for engaging and educational games for kids, and we've collaborated with top educators to ensure that all of our games are age-appropriate, relevant and compliant with academic standards. Our team of educators has also created a vast library of 'Homework Help' as an additional resource for students, teachers and parents. As online games become increasingly pervasive in the home, we strive to offer a site that adults can trust and children will enjoy. We promote education, imagination and literacy…while always making sure kids have fun on Game Classroom!"

StudentAid - college dream = american dream

noreply@blogger.com (editor) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

About StudentAid: "At StudentAid.com we believe * in the 'college dream' as much as we do in the 'American dream.' * education can transform an individual and a nation. * every individual with the interest and capability to complete a post-secondary education should be able to do so, regardless of their or their family's financial or personal circumstances. * that pursuing a dream—any dream—without due regard to its financial implications is reckless and potentially harmful. We created StudentAid.com out of a desire to help students and their families make well-informed, affordable college choices that are as appropriate for their career goals as they are for their bank account."