tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14053083126571849842011-07-07T16:14:00.059-04:00Tamara Swedberg's Technololgy BlogTamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-30933484186282582992009-08-19T19:06:00.000-04:002009-08-19T19:07:42.010-04:00More and more places are using social media tools to try to engage citizens. <a href="http://www.governing.com/column/wiki-way-plan">Read More</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-3093348418628258299?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-84670504202404716742009-08-11T13:18:00.000-04:002009-08-11T13:19:29.727-04:00From England - <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8193951.stm">a very cool iPhone app </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-8467050420240471674?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-2704726797720324172009-07-23T11:13:00.002-04:002009-07-23T11:14:15.143-04:00This is a great article that demonstrates the art of teaching. This would also be a great Twitter exercise!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/excuses-excuses-an-excerpt-from-teacher-man/article156072.html">Read Article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-270472679772032417?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-46998244073252043082009-07-23T11:01:00.000-04:002009-07-23T11:02:02.435-04:00José A. Bowen, dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, has challenged his colleagues to "teach naked"—by which he means, <em>sans</em> machines.<br /><br /><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Teach-Naked-Effort-Strips/47398/">http://chronicle.com/article/Teach-Naked-Effort-Strips/47398/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-4699824407325204308?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-8612770257106437722009-06-30T15:45:00.000-04:002009-06-30T15:46:25.038-04:00<a href="http://twitter.pbworks.com/Universities">http://twitter.pbworks.com/Universities</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-861277025710643772?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-38916624844540891072009-06-20T15:37:00.000-04:002009-06-20T15:38:45.408-04:00Found a great plug-in for Firefox to view thumbnails of pages. <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/189">GooglePreview</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-3891662484454089107?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-49286453536326585522009-06-19T13:07:00.000-04:002009-06-19T13:08:09.829-04:00Record your screen for free. Unlimited size and duration: <a href="http://www.screentoaster.com/">http://www.screentoaster.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-4928645353632658552?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-46369867031795995972009-06-19T12:34:00.000-04:002009-06-19T12:35:20.674-04:00The annual Mashup Contest celebrates student creativity with video and multimedia. The 2009 Contest was sponsored by Penn Libraries, the Penn Humanities Forum, the Cinema Studies Program, and College Houses and Academic Services.<br /><a href="http://wic.library.upenn.edu/mashup/mashup2009.html">http://wic.library.upenn.edu/mashup/mashup2009.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-4636986703179599597?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-84560083192253202742009-06-19T09:01:00.000-04:002009-06-19T09:02:13.454-04:00<span class="subtitle">New poll reveals students use cell phones, internet to cheat; parents are unaware.<br /><a href="http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/news-by-subject/research/index.cfm?i=59295">http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/news-by-subject/research/index.cfm?i=59295</a><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-8456008319225320274?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-15953121059541193272009-05-28T14:46:00.000-04:002009-05-28T14:47:21.830-04:00Interesting approach to communication. <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-drips-with-ambition-can-it-fulfill-googles-grand-web-vision/">http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-drips-with-ambition-can-it-fulfill-googles-grand-web-vision/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-1595312105954119327?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-70781310428729634682009-04-21T09:30:00.003-04:002009-04-21T09:40:02.548-04:00I have been a big fan of <a href="http://kuler.adobe.com/">Adobe Kuler</a> for some time. I just discovered that CS4 has a Kuler plug-in under Windows > Extensions > Kuler. I <3 this for Fireworks! I just create at Kuler.com, search for my saved palette in Fireworks, then import the swatches. Magic!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-7078131042872963468?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-598686258845769492009-04-10T16:20:00.001-04:002009-04-10T16:22:42.121-04:00My friend Chirag made a great application called <a href="http://chir.ag/projects/drop-search/">Drop Search</a>. He was featured on <a href="http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/04/google-narratives-series-chirag-mehta.html">Google's Code Blog today. </a><br /><br />I am using this on many of our sites at Bloustein. It's quick and simple to use. Thanks Chirag!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-59868625884576949?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-23634958344617657992009-03-24T14:16:00.002-04:002009-03-24T14:17:17.791-04:00This site, Games for Change, posts free online educational games:<br /><a href="http://www.gamesforchange.org/newindex">http://www.gamesforchange.org/newindex</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-2363495834461765799?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-24005309958595821642009-03-23T13:17:00.001-04:002009-03-23T13:18:45.545-04:00You can make your own Jeopardy game online for FREE at this site: http://jeopardylabs.com/<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-2400530995859582164?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-56327992359692832652009-03-20T13:52:00.000-04:002009-03-20T13:54:11.692-04:00I found this on <a href="http://www.ncs-tech.org/">Kevin Jarrett's</a> blog. Great for all instructors!<br /><br />Got Inspiration?<br /><br /><a href="http://ideastoinspire.co.uk/">http://ideastoinspire.co.uk/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-5632799235969283265?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405308312657184984.post-75548474059324835592009-03-20T13:50:00.000-04:002009-03-20T13:51:46.755-04:00From TED, a prototype of $350 that lets you project anywhere and look up anything.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html">http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1405308312657184984-7554847405932483559?l=art2tech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tamara Swedberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756713088693023291noreply@blogger.com0