http://www.cloverworks.com/b What I See In The World Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:12:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been absent from my own blog for awhile now. Summer has begun and I start with summer school next week. I am still working on a revision of our school website. It is quite a handful. I have been doing some Spring cleaning around the apartment and around my ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=363 I came across this website while Stumbling - toxel.com. It is just amazing how creative people can be. Here are a few of my favorites. 3M Security Glass Bus Stop Advertisement 3M was so sure their Security Glass was unbreakable, they put a large stack of cash behind it and shoved it ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=349 I have been through stages of craftiness in my life. I have gotten into cross-stitching, making beaded items (necklaces, lanyards, bracelets, key chains), painting fabrics (pillows, t-shirts), and many other endeavors. I like being able to make items for other people - either for birthday / Christmas presents or just ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=309 I really like the Zazzle website. No, I get no kickback for giving them a thumbs up. They offer a bunch of pre-designed merchandise (t-shirts, cups, mouse pads, stamps, shoes, business cards, buttons, stickers, magnets, greeting cards, post cards, keychains, bags, hats, aprons, ties, calendars, and bumper stickers) but what ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=299 Today was warm enough that I decided to go ahead switch the direction of my ceiling fan rotation. FYI - Ceiling fans should rotate counter clock-wise in the summer (to generate a breeze downward to cool you off) and clock-wise in the winter (to cycle the warm air that rises ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=291 I have made my first widget for Mac OS X! It was much easier than I thought it would be. It is a simple countdown clock. The goal - MCHS Class of 2009 graduation. This widget won't be of much use to anyone not at MCHS but I just felt like ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=285 I came across this while Stumbling the Internet today: When you thought I wasn't looking: I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one. I saw you feed a stray cat and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals. I saw ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=276 Wordle is another cool online tool for all grade levels. It creates a graphical display to show the frequency of word usage in a text, web page or document. This is called a Word Cloud. The bigger the word is, indicates its dominance of usage. I like some if the ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=256 I just added this cool online tool to my Resources - Links+ list but wanted to share it in a post also. This is such a cool site - and it is FREE. I can see SO many EdTech uses for it!! Have students create animations easily and then save ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=251 Even though I have a big background in music, I don't listen to music in the car too often. I really prefer to listen to talk radio when I am in the car. Even though today is Saturday and is the start of my Spring Break, I was up at ... http://www.cloverworks.com/b/?p=236