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Learning from the flowers..

Prayer Resources

I love surfing the net finding interesting prayer resources. I have used for a few years a site called "Inspiring Thots". It's free and most of the movies are beautiful, though some I personally find to be a little preachy. Go there...

Windows Movie Maker

From time to time I am asked how to take some pictures, add a little music and burn a dvd. One of the easiest ways I think to do just that in a windows environment is Windows Movie Maker which is packaged with Windows XP. I once took a class (about two hours long) on this topic and found the program so intuitive that I finished a movie (undercover) while the instructor carried on… So, I’ve collected here some tutorials on the topics for those who would like to learn this themselves, today.. Have fun and see you on YouTube.

• If you have nine minutes and want an overview, check this out. I would start here if I were teaching a class. This talks about clips but keep in mind you can add still pictures as well.

• Atomic Learning – Free Tutorial – really it is free and my favorite. Here’s their write up:
o Welcome to our FREE tutorial series on Windows® Movie Maker 2.

Windows Movie Maker 2 lets you create, edit, and share your movies right on your PC. It's easy to use, yet it provides powerful capabilities that rival those of expensive computer editing packages.

You can download the software FREE from Microsoft®. It works with both Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition.

Have a good day..

Saving PDF Files

I found this about a month ago and it seems to work well. Good for poor people liek me. Decided to share it with friends and to post it here. I also added it to my igoogle page.


100% free PDF-Software

The 100% free PDF-Software provided to you by PDF24.org works with all Windows-Programs und has a lot of features that you wouldn’t expect from a free software: create PDF files from almost every Windows-application, re-order pages, merge, split, and password-protect your existing PDF-files. Download now!

Hint: If you have your company’s logo or any other picture file at hand you can create your own personalized version.
Online PDF-Converter for your Website

Using our online PDF converter you can convert the most common file-formats into a PDF without installing any software. The only thing you have to do is upload your file to our website and the resulting PDF will be emailed to you shortly afterwards. You can even integrate the online PDF converter into your own website. More...
Plugins and Widgets providing PDF-converting functionality

PDF24.org provides free Widgets and Plugins for your Blog, your Bulletin Board and your Website. More...

Bookmark plugin
Please bookmark the following link to convert websites into pdf-files. All you have to do is to visit a website, click your link in the bookmark area, enter your e-mail address into the form and send it. You'll receive a pdf-file of the website by e-mail.

Smart Board Lesson Plans

I am finding some wonderful smart board lesson plans which makes being alive in 2008 so much fun. Here are some links. Great to share.

Notebooks, Activities and Templates

More lesson plans

Smart Gallery

Smart Board and Airliner Templates

Check out these templates for K-12 learning.

Smart Board Templates

Designing an Igoogle Page

I've been dabbling with igoogle these past few weeks. I have a personal tab, an ed tech tab, an exploring tab, justice tab, spirituality tab and now an elementary tab. Some news things I learned:

1) How to add my blog to my igoogle page.
2) Use feed burner
3) About MSN Encarta RSS Feeds for educators

Gen Yes and Tech Yes

I've been here for two days now learning about Gen Yes and Tech Yes.

GenYes - Student lead technology support in the school
TechYes - Student - Peer to Peer - Tech Literacy

Great ideas and resources.

Check it out!

Editing Audio Clips

Have you ever wanted just a piece of an audio to play at a presentation or to insert into a movie or PowerPoint Show? I was addressing just this issue last week and found MP3 Direct Cut, a freeware program. It worked wonderfully and did just what I wanted - simply. Try it yourself!

New Blog Skins

I wanted my blog to look original and not like everyone else's blog on blogger - so today I found this great blogskin courtesy of Final Sense. The biggest thing you need to know is if you are a new or old blogger - meaning is your blog using xml or html. Once you determine that, cut and paste the code into your blogger template and vola! I like the categories and the organization of these templates too! Blog On with style..

Pesty Startup Issues

Pesty start up issues – Do you start your computer and then make coffee, water your plants, sort your paperwork and rearrange your furniture all in the hopes that when you return to your desk you r computer will have booted up. Probably you have approached your IT department or other knowledgeable techie friends about your tortoise PC only to be assured that you have the latest and greatest. This was the scenario I was faced with by my Mom the other day. Her computer just took forever to start. The fix I would need to apply from over 2000 miles away. I wasn’t sure of my ability to walk her through removing startup programs from XP and was surfing for a simple program that would basically walk her through the process in a matter of minutes. I was pleased to find, download and use a handy little program called “Startup Master” at This free ware program downloads quickly and it easy to use. For more information go to Startup Master.

Download here

Purpose of this blog

This blog is dedicated to the idea and the practitioners world wide who choose to learn something new each day. This blog on a whole will deal with those things technical especially in relationship to education. At worse it will remain a digital diary of exploration and at best a community of learners. So blog on and comment freely. Share what you learn and be part of contributing to the vastness of community learning and networking.