Twitter has emerged as one of the world’s most widely used social networking services.  Much of  Twitter’s appeal lies in its simplicity, and in the way it fosters a sense of immediacy.    Since “tweets” are limited to 140 characters, a huge bonus...

After a long blogging silence, I’m back with a free resource that I’m especially excited about.  I’ve discovered an effective free option for turning scanned text into digital text that can then be used with a wide range of study tools,  including...

I just came across a video I made a couple of years ago about CLiCk,Speak.  I’d forgotten all about it.  That has prompted me to repeat a post I wrote about CLiCk,Speak in June of 2008.  The resolution isn’t great, but I think the video does a...

When he set it up, I doubt if Gary Bishop could have foreseen the phenomenal growth that Tar Heel Reader would achieve.   This amazing online collection of accessible “books for beginning readers of all ages” has grown to 5805 titles!  Beautifully...

I wrote about PhotoPeach last month.  Since then, I’ve very much enjoyed “playing” with PhotoPeach as I’ve created several “stories” with my own photos.  I especially like PhotoPeach for multimedia creativity because it is so easy to learn and use...