More Ways to Show What You Know!

Here are two great new sites for you to explore! Capzles lets you upload pictures and video to create a great multimedia presentation - a Capzle in Time! Click here: Capzles to explore.

The next one is Museum Box. This one takes a bit more of a learning curve, and you have to join up and wait to be accepted. Teachers can create logins for their students, and be notified when students submit a project. Quite nice and will hold huge variety of content - photos, sound files, video clips, text files, links. this would make a wonderful social studies or literacy project. I'm working on one right now! Click here: Museum Box

Wireless Signal Boosting - or How to enjoy working in your backyard, too!

My network configuration at my country home is wild, or wierd, depending on how you look at it. I run a LAN between three buildings, one of them with 20-inch deep rock walls. Wireless transmission across the area can be, at the least, challenging.
Believe it or not, I've solved the problem with cardboard, scissors, aluminum foil and a glue stick. No kidding. The final result looks like this:



Now, when I want to use the laptop in the office, in the living room, out in the backyard with the dog for company, no problem. What to know how to 'do it yourself'? Take a look at this video: