TeacherTube -- great for teachers and students!

TeacherTube!

I was messing around last night on TeacherTube and seriously lost track of time. There were great videos created by students, physical education videos, and even neat science activities you could do on a small budget.

I was jealous of the egg drop video. I, like most everyone I know, had to create a device that would hold an egg and not break it years ago. Unfortunately, I was not very successful.

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3c2f0c7a0c722a1b12af

This guy knew what he was doing apparently way more than the 12 year old me did. Jeez, if only this video was made 10 years ago I might have had a chance to do well on that science project.

TeacherTube is a great resource for teachers AND students. I have already taken note of some great ideas to do with my future studentsJ.

I love Soshiku!

I have always been a successful student despite my lack of organizational skills. I am not incredibly messy or forgetful, but how am I supposed to keep track of the 35,899,812,901 assignments that I have to finish?
My new solution -- Soshiku! http://www.soshiku.com/

Soshiku is a free program that is designed to help you organize schoolwork. The site is laid out well, and I found it easy to add my classes/assignments. This is better than my notebook planner because you can opt for email or text alerts for assignments sent when you set it up to. I'm probably only writing this blog post right now because Soshiku sent me the text this morning reminding me to write a blog.

Google Latitude pros and cons

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/google.latitude/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

My first judgment of Google Latitude was not a very positive one. I found it all to be a little too scary and stalker-ish for my liking. When I took a second look at the article, I promised myself I would search for the pros.

Pros:

1. You have to sign up to use this service. Great! You get to choose who stalks you.

2. It plans to launch in 27 different countries which could be useful while traveling. If you’re lost in Paris and French isn’t your forte, then Google Latitude could reunite you with your group.

3. If you lose your cell phone, a friend could help by using their Google Latitude to find your phone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qluzka9KJdA

Reading the comments and watching this video makes me believe that most people enjoy their own privacy. However, these same Google Latitude haters post up-to-the-second updates on their facebook statuses and text someone while they're driving with the latest gossip. I think this too connected digital world might take the next step with Google Latitude.