Skype Internet phone software installed

I've got Skype Internet phone software installed on my Dell laptop at work. I also installed MP3-Recorder, which ought to let me record high quality audio from Internet phone conversations. As I understand, this combination of software programs could let anyone interview anyone else and produce a high quality wav (uncompressed) audio file. You could then take that audio file and merge it with a jpeg photo to create an audio annonated jpeg along the lines of this interview with David Welsh back in 1997. 1997? My how the years go by. If you'd like to merge jpeg photos (or any graphics) with an audio file, QuickTime Pro ($30 for Macintosh or Windows), is one of the best tools for doing so. (Note - QuickTime Pro is just a password enhanced version of standard QuickTime.)

You can find out the steps you need to make an audio annotated jpeg in a QuickTime I made over here. Steve Ronan, if you have a moment, let's try out Skype sometime.

Bare fact

Students living in financially stressed families are exposed to fewer educational opportunities in their homes and have less access to educational technology at home, resulting in lower academic performance at school. This impacts everything in their current and future life.

Recipe for success

"Anytime you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing somthing that you aren't."
Malcolm X

Subscribing to this blog

If you'd like to subscribe to this blog, the subscription address is


http://teachme.blogspot.com/rss/teachme.xml

My favorite syndication
aggregator software (for reading blogs) is AmphetaDesk available free for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. If you choose to use AmphetaDesk, thanks for sending the talented creator a small donation. Kevin Hemenway is so talented he likely has other very interesting software up his sleeve that will also astound folks and change the world.

Colleague - Jacqueline DeCarlo

Jacqueline DeCarlo is a colleague in Washington DC who refuses to stop working until there is more dignity in this world. She teaches me and others things we need to know. When she sets up a blog, I'll be the first to subscribe to it.

If good things are just around the corner

"If good things are just around the corner, turn many corners."

News from my new job

Work is progressing well as a "literacy leader/lifelong learning coach," one of 20 people helping to implement Mayor Anthony Williams' new literacy initiative for adult learners in the District of Columbia.

Dan Gillmor's blog

To stay informed about important matters, I regularly read Dan Gillmor's blog.

Community Technology Leaders

The results of the first annual Community Technology Leaders have been posted. Kudos to all the pioneering winners of this award.

Youth civic participation web site

Since 2001, CIRCLE has conducted, collected, and funded research on the civic and political participation of young Americans. CIRCLE is based in the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs and is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Carnegie Corporation of New York.

to everything, turn, turn, turn

"To everything, turn, turn, turn.

There is a season, turn, turn, turn.

And a time for
every moment under heaven.

Community Development Tool - Bulk Chocolate Bars

As a community development tool, nothing quite beatsBulk Chocolate Bars

Math Sites Can Replace Pricey Tutor - Computing With Kids

Math has always been a subject where students can benefit from extra practice and assistance outside of school. I like the math sites listed in this newsletter.

YouthSpace.net ::

Some colleagues of mine over at saleforce.com foundation are doing some wonderful work with YouthSpace.net ::

National Community Technology Leader Awards Announced

Do you know of someone who ought to be nominated for these awards? Kudos to the person(s) who invented these awards. Some good will come of this.

Teaching Music at Community Technology Centers

Here's a message I recently posted to the YouthLearn email list about teaching music at community technology centers.



The YouthLearn online community brings together youth-development professionals, teachers, educators, and other caring adults to share information on after-school and in-school learning programs enhanced with technology. 
Interested persons can subscribe to vibrant, active YouthLearn email list.

"The system moves no further than it is pushed." Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. (Quoted in an article by Cynthia Nevels in About...Time magazine.)

SubEthaEdit (formerly "Hydra") is cool.

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift." - Eleanor Roosevelt.

Are you interested in getting a master's degree in creativity? Then the State University of New York, Buffalo is the place to go. I get a warm feeling whenever I think of Buffalo, New York, even though it's the city that invented air-conditioning. Best as I can recall, the Creative Education Foundation used to be located in Buffalo, too. This organization publishes excellent books, such as Source Book for Creative Problem Solving and Growing up Creative.