Illan Olsen recently bought an iMac and I portended a peppering about problems. Because of this peril, I was propelled into preparing a paper for Mac potentates. Others have proposed I pencil my points, but Illana panicked me into producing.
For this, Illana is the Ethernotes “Hero for the Day” on 31-Oct-09
Getting the Most Out of [...]
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Web 2.0 in Education (UK) Home
This is a very complete list of tools.
[Updated 19-Apr-09]
Another site: Web 2.0 Tools and Applications
Please let us know about any you try.
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Airline Operating Systems
UNIX Airways
Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what kind of plane they are supposed to be building.
Air DOS
Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump [...]
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I love Jamendo for downloading music. I first heard of it from an Al Fasoldt Technofile article. I’ve downloaded several likable albums. Rob Costlow and Roger Subirana have some nice piano songs. There are several soundtrack-y sounding instrumental albums I listen to from Sam Film and Daniel Bautista. Jamendo has an online player for listening [...]
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MeL for Kids Databases Notes
There is a companion blog, MeL for Teens, that should be read in addition to this.
Angela Semifero, Presenter
Contract MLC presenter
Marshall District Library full-time
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MeL Databases Notes
Click on MeL logo on any page to return to the MeL Home Page.
The search page format and capabilities are set by db vendor.
Oct 2007 the access was renewed until 2010.
Test & Tutorials will take you directly to LearningExpress Library.
MeL Gateways: Vetted websites by Michigan Library librarians
InfoTrac Student 9-12 (Gale Reference)
“Title List” shows [...]
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I keep switching between Firefox and Camino browsers on my home and school Macs. I like Camino because it is fast(!) and uses Keychain to store and encrypt passwords. Unfortunately, Camino doesn’t have as many options as Firefox to enhance the browsing experience.
Firefox enhancements are referred to as extensions or add-ons. You access the extensions [...]
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