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How the Internet Got Started

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?"
And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent. To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People (HTTP).
And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. And indeed did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bayof Ezekiel, or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.
Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside. It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).
That is how it all began. And that's the truth!

Microsoft Upgrades their teacher resource page

If you visit the Microsoft Education website, you will see an updated site with even more resources for teachers.

There are many more teacher resources and how-tos and a large variety of lesson plans too.

Old Radio Shows for Class

Old Time Radio Network Library is a collection of old dramas, comedies, westerns, and science fiction. There are more than 12,000 programs. The programs come from more than 160 series, mostly ranging from the early 1930s through the 1950s, but some from as early as 1929 and as late as the early 1960s. The programs are interesting for their dramatic or comedic contents, and also for the content of their commercials. All programs are copyright-free. 

File Sharing on Facebook with filefly

Dropbox has been around and almost everyone is using it because it is so convenient and good.
This week I was introduced to filefly which tris to do the same as dropbox, except that it does it with facebook and is a secure folder between you and your friends.
The reason I thought of this is that I have had some people who are avid facebook users, but have not been able to get up to speed with dropbox.

Here are the 3 features of filefly

 

1. Share Easily — Create and share a folder with just a few clicks, accessible anywhere. 
2. Transfer Quickly — Download and upload anything up to 2GB at blazing fast speeds. 
    3. Pay Nothing — Filefly is free for you and your friends!
So try it out and see how it works for you.

Microsoft Education: for educators

 

Keep visiting the Microsoft website for more tools and resources.

Online Photo Editing

 

There is a plethora of online photo editing sites out there and everyday a new one seems to get created. One of the biggest advantages for us is that we do not need to spend lots of money on image editing tools when all that is needed is an internet connection. Here are a few links for photo-editing sites.These are for your images that you can upload and edit.
Most of them have similar feature sets, but some of them are more friendly and easy to use.  The kids in my school seem to like picnik a lot and use it often.