Kuler from Adobe

Lithoglyph » Mondrianum Annotated

Lynaya shared "Kuler" with us, and this "Mondrianum" on a Mac.... Yum. Wish I had time to play with this!

Snowy evening

Snowy evening
Originally uploaded by pwhyte

It started snowing around 3:30 today and it's almost dusk as the travelers make their way home. The sounds are very quiet and muffled with the new snow - most driving slowly and carefully as the snow plow has not yet run. Dinner waiting at home I'm sure...

Diigo for Social Bookmarking

Here's a neat blog post about Diigo:

Archive the Web with Diigo at LifeClever ;-) Tips for Design and Life

This is the ultimate social bookmarking tool - the group sharing is a collaboration tool that will help your circle of friends or colleagues tame the web. And you can add and share notes, etc. While del.icio.us is great, it really can't compare to Diigo, and with Diigo, you can bookmark to del.icio.us at the same time! (Under "Options," choose the tab for "Bookmark and Highlight." Check del.icio.us in the "Add elsewhere" section.)

New socks

New socks
Originally uploaded by pwhyte

They arrived in the mail from my sister... She knits them by hand with the coolest yarns (mostly wool) - and these are sparkly (package addressed to "Sparkles" - inside joke). They have a glittery thread running through them.

I love socks, especially wool ones. Keep your feet warm and everything else will take care of itself.

Build a Better Balloon

Now you can make your balloons (that open when you click on a placemark in Google Earth) look VERY professional with templates supplied by Google. Check it out here - along with tutorials on how to do it!

Icy road at Hocking Hills

Icy road at Hocking Hills
Originally uploaded by pwhyte

Whew! Had an appointment in Lancaster, made it as far as Logan and found out the appointment was cancelled. The roads were slip-reeee! I didn't have to do the driving though, so it was kind of enjoyable for me. We took the long way home, through Hocking Hills - gorgeous.

Would have been nice to have hiked down into Cedar Falls, but weren't dressed for hiking...

Handeke's Cuisine

Went to dinner with Paul, Melissa and Doug at Handeke's Cuisine tonight - wow. Fabulous food, great wine and atmosphere and good people....

My session

My session
Originally uploaded by pwhyte

These are the folks at my session today. Blogging "live" from the Conference - how cool is that? ;-)

Lots of purple t-shirts in the crowd - all said "Smart Teacher" on the back - lol! Smart Technologies sure put together a huge marketing campaign for this conference. Several teachers won smart boards for their classrooms by wearing those bright purple shirts today.

Dinner presentation

Dinner presentation
Originally uploaded by pwhyte

Thanks to SmartEd (http://www.teachsmart.org) for a great dinner, entertainment and more networking with other conference attendees. Dinner was great - and so was the company!

Conference goers

Conference goers
Originally uploaded by pwhyte

End of the day - still networking with friends and colleagues. Can't be without a laptop and wi-fi access - gotta keep up with email...

More about the Conference

 
I will be presenting "Explore (and SHARE!)Your World with Google Earth" again this year at the eTech State Conference. I've held several workshops on this topic - always a crowd pleaser for teachers, whether they teach geography or not. GE is not just about geography.

Conference Handouts

 
Handouts for my "Photo Blogging: Energize Your Classroom" session at the eTech Conference next week. Folks will get a bookmark with a link to my resources for this session.

eTech Conference

 
Preparing for the conference next week. "Photo Blogging: Energize Your Classroom!" I can think of sooooooo many ways to use this if I were still in the foregn language classroom. Others have some good ideas as well: http://classroomblogging.wordpress.com/