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 * I have a verizon wireless get it now phone. I wanted to buy a naviagation system. I tried verizons VZ navigator and it is better than the navigation system I bought. I actually returned the system. It will track where you are and find local resturants, movies, and business. It will also call the business. Best of all it will give you turn by turn verbal instructions to your destination with a map visual. You can purchase a monthly subscription of 24 hours uses. Some plans offer unlimited use.


 * This is a nice website for tech tips. It's http://www.geeks.com/techtips/default.asp. There's a wealth of tips on hardware, electronics, networking, and software. Just click on the links to see all the articles for each area. Enjoy.


 * I found a website.....www.classblogmesiter.com. I am very excited as it looks like exactly what we have been looking for. I have asked tech dept. to look into it and see if we can get the okay to use it. Wish me luck!

I am a big fan of woodland games. Its a online gaming site for kids that focus on Language arts, Math, and Reading skills. It is extremely engaging to kids of all ages and it serves as a reinforcement on any skill especially the elementary level. If you have a smart board in your class or a lcd projector and large screen you can turn your class into a real live game show. I am not positively sure of the web address for it, but you can easily find it by googling woodland games.


 * This tech tip takes a text and makes a word cloud out of it. The more frequently a word appears in your source text, the larger it will be in the cloud. With this clever tool you can even change fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

Wordle http://wordle.net/

This looks like it would be fun for students to use on a project and make it different not just a powerpoint or something from Publisher like a brochure.