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Adobe announced just yesterday the release of an updated Dreamweaver (didn’t we just get an updated version???).

You should see some of the features available, though.  Check out this site:

Adobe Dreamweaver CS

Have you met Microsoft’s Crabby Lady?  She writes some fun columns about technology.  Check her out at

The Microsoft Crabby Lady

You never know who you are interacting with online!  Even though you may think you know . . . you can’t really be sure.  So, here are some quick rules to follow when interacting through a chat room or instant message or when you create profiles on sites like MySpace:

1. Never give out personal information such as your home address, telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number, or the name and location of your school without your parents’ permission.
 
2. Never agree to get together with someone you “meet” online without first checking with your parents and then taking them along when you go. 
 
3. Never send a person your picture.
 
4. Do not respond to any messages that are mean.
 
5. Never give out your Internet password to anyone other than your parents (not even your best friends).
 
6. Be a good online citizen and do not do anything that hurts other people or is against the law.

7. Help your parents understand how to have fun and learn things online and teach them things about the Internet, computers and other technology!

Adapted from http://www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm
 

If you like TrackStar, the tool that lets teachers organize a series of URLs, annotate them, and post them in an easily accessible web site, you’ll like some of the other tools available at 4Teachers.org. Click below.

4Teachers.org

Inspiration is a concept-mapping application. You can download a free 30-day trial version and learn much, much more about this engaging software at their web site. Click below.

Inspiration

OK, so I’ve taken a bit of a break with the ol’ blog so far this term. I can’t really say why I haven’t posted much, but I’m hoping to be “back in the blog saddle” over the next couple of weeks.

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As for my classes who are reading this as part of the quiz . . . this is not one of the posts you should respond to. Check out the entries under “edtech talk” and “teacher tools” or read some of the other posts under this heading, “general gabs”.