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Friday Explorations
April 6, 2007

If you, like many teachers around the country, are enjoying a day off today then here are some sites to explore.
Fauxto
A recent post covered Flickr, a social image sharing site. While you may be interested in working with and sharing images online, maybe you aren't ready to plunge into the whole social network aspect of Flickr. No problem...check out Fauxto.com instead! Fauxto (pronounced like photo) lets you share images, but more importantly it lets you edit them! Sign up for an account with Fauxto is like having online access to an image editing suite like Photoshop.

30Boxes
If you are looking to get organized and need some help from a very powerful calendar, then look no further than 30Boxes.com. The site offers one of the nicest calendar views I have ever seen, as well as free-text entry (i.e. "meeting 1/19 2-3pm repeat weekly" will convert to the magical calendar langauge to make that happen), to-dos, and much more. For a very cool bit of coding, check out their webtop view after you sign in by going to the view button and selecting webtop. This opens up a new page that basically functions as on online desktop with mini windows for your G-Mail, Google searches, the weather, and...of course...your calendar!

AddictingGames
I know...no games in the library. But that is another conversation. For today, why not take a few minutes and at least explore the games that your students are alt-tabbing over to every time our backs are turned. These little online games are built using Adobe Flash or Shockwave and are basically "streamed" across a website so no downloads or installs are required. Before you dismiss them entirely, remember that these are the Solitaire and Freecell of the new generation. A great place to find some games to try is AddictingGames.com. While some of the games may tend towards violence, there are some very fun ones! Give it a try and leave a comment if you find anything really cool!

Posted by Chris Harris on April 6, 2007 | Comments (0)