Zoho Notebook

Here's an interesting program: http://notebook.zoho.com

It looks like it has real possibilities for educators, though I haven't played with it enough to have thought it through. If you come up with ideas, please add them in the comments area. I'll be thinking too.

Skype fun

Wow, my resolve to blog more often sure did fall apart. I've been having too much fun on Skype, connecting with my beautiful new granddaughter. (Okay, I do have to enlist her parents in this effort, but they are most cooperative!)

Meantime, I can't help but think of how useful Skype could be for educators. (Skype allows you to easily use your webcam and microphone to connect with others via the Internet.) Since it's free and extraordinarily simple to use, classes could talk to each other. Better still, classes could talk with "experts" in almost any field. It would just be a matter of teachers making the arrangements. Kids would certainly take to Skyping in a heartbeat. What a great summer project for educators...to set up Skype, experiment with it a bit, then plan to incorporate it into their September lessons.

In Skype, you locate people using their email addresses. Mine is: gailgri@gmail.com Feel free to use me as part of your learning curve. I'd be delighted to see and hear you online!