Google to Present at the 10th Annual Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 25, 2008) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced today that David Girouard, President, Google Enterprise, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum in Vail. The session is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time / 12:15 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, August 5, 2008.To access the live audio webcast of the presentation, please visit investor.google.com/webcast.About...

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Google To Acquire Russian Context Ads Service Begun

Combination Will Create New Opportunities for Russian Users, Publishers and AdvertisersMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 18, 2008) – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Rambler Media to acquire ZAO Begun ("Begun"), a leading Russian context advertising service, for $140 million, subject to customary adjustments. This agreement emphasizes Google’s commitment to improving the service it offers users,...

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Google Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results*

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Google AdWords™ Announces Single Online Campaign for the Google Content Network

AnnouncementJuly 17, 2008In an ongoing effort to provide advertisers with increased control and a simpler, unified interface, Google announced today an enhanced online campaign type that enables advertisers to manage both keyword-targeted ads and placement-targeted ads within one consolidated campaign. Advertisers can now combine keywords and placements in the same campaign to more precisely target where their ads appear on the...

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DoubleClick unveils new Proposal Exchange platform

New offering increases efficiency and accuracy via electronic proposal exchange between agencies and publishersMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif (July 16, 2008) – In an effort to streamline the online media direct sales process, DoubleClick, a premier provider of digital marketing technology and services, today unveiled a new electronic proposal exchange platform for its publisher and agency customers. The new integration automates the media...

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First Models from Cities in 3D Program Now Available

AnnouncementJuly 15, 2008McMinnville, TNA few months ago we announced our Cities in 3D program, which is an effort to help local governments add a three-dimensional representation of their city to Google Earth. Today we’re excited to introduce a number of local governments that have taken the opportunity to participate in the Cities in 3D...

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Hilarious Tshirt for those who didn't go to NECC2008 & love twitter

This great shirt from Al has me rolling. He's set it up so you can order one yourself.  See his blog for how he did it on Zazzle. Technorati Tags: zazzle...

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Sites that Caught My Eye Today 07/10/2008

TLC = Tech + Library + ClassroomI'm really beginning to enjoy Tara's blog. Tara is in China and is doing a very nice job of sharing information and making clear, insightful blog posts for beginners. Great job, Tara!tags: education, edub...

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My Blogger Commenting is malfunctioning: Please read this if your comment wasn't published

It has been quite disturbing to me that I'm getting an increasing number of people telling me that they are sending comments through to me and I'm not getting them.I appreciate Miguel Guhlin sending me an email and asking about his comment because until this point, it has been in casual conversation that people have mentioned it.  It...

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Sites that Caught My Eye Today 07/09/2008

Langwitches » Digital Storytelling- Part VII MixbookI really enjoy this information from Silvia tolisano about Mixbook -- it is part 7 of an amazing digital storytelling series.tags: education, edu_newapp, technology, techintegrator, all_teachersWorking on k12 keynote expanding boundaries. How do you think ed should expand its boundari - Plurk.comTalking about expanding boundaries and what we need to do.tags: plurk, educationTechnology...

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What a great way to honor someone who is "retiring!" Voicethreads & wikis

I feel like an awestruck child looking at my first fireworks show.  Who am I that such wonder should come my way?And yet, tonight, on wow2, I was totally shocked to have such kindness from many of you.  You made a tribute to me of encouragement and kindness in celebration of the last night on the show as an official co-host.After...

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Goodbye Wow2, I love you!

Tonight will be my last show as a co-host of the Women of Web 2.0 on Edtechtalk.  It has been a great year and a half and I'm so thankful for Jennifer Wagner, THE Wow2 founder. for reaching out to me in the fall of 2006!  Wow! A big thank you to the other to cohosts Sharon Peters and Cheryl Oakes.  These three ladies will always have a special place in my heart.I leave the show with mixed feelings.  It...

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Google to Announce Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif (July 7, 2008) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that it will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss second quarter 2008 financial results on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time).The live webcast of Google’s earnings conference call can be accessed at investor.google.com/webcast. The webcast version of the conference call will be available through the...

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Sites that Caught My Eye Today 07/07/2008

TeachaKidd : POLL: Educators- Is SKYPE blocked in your school? If not, do you use it with your students? - Plurk.comResponses to another poll -- I find looking at these answers is very useful.tags: education, skype, plurkcoolcatteacher asks what are the benefits and challenges of flattening your classroom? I will share this tomorrow in St. Louis. - Plurk.comDiscussion about benefits and challenges of flattening your classroom....

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Oh, to live simply a/k/a How to be happy when a bird totals your jet plane

As I sit here in the Atlanta Airport awaiting my flight after a most disastrous day, I ponder this amazing poem.I Taught Myself To Live Simply by Anna AkhmatovaI taught myself to live simply and wisely,to look at the sky and pray to God,and to wander long before eveningto tire my superfluous worries.When the burdocks rustle in the ravineand the yellow-red rowanberry cluster droopsI compose happy versesabout life's decay, decay...

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And the Walls Came Down: Necc PD

Find information and slides for this presentation at our wiki - http://thewallscamedown.wikispaces.com/My biggest takeway:  the way we communicate and connect has fundamentally changed.  Those who tap into the network experience great benefits.  Thank you to my copresenters:Vicki Davis, moderatorDarren DraperKelly DumontKristin HokansonRobin EllisBeth Ritter-GuthCarolyn Foote.Ustreamer: Stephanie Sandi...

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Sites that Caught My Eye Today 07/06/2008

Once Upon A Teacher: Virtual or Face-to-Face...It's all about RelationshipsI love Melanie's photos and sharing of her time at NECC! The blogosphere as a whole is really a very welcoming bunch.tags: education, necc, photoseduwonkette: Cool People You Should Know: Mike RoseI enjoyed reading Eduwonkette's profile of Mike Rose. A refreshing profile and viewpoint that we all should read. tags: education, edu_newscoolcatteacher...

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Is Plurk the new Twitter?

Plurk.com It is tough to stay open minded about microblogging when I've been "in love" with twitter for so long.  When twitter turned off the reply tab for days and just wouldn't respond, we were forced to try something else for NECC and after playing with Pownce and others, lots of plurk-ing emerged. (See the plurk page "who likes...

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NECC Live Webcast Wrap up Saturday 7/5/08 11am EDT

Just got this note on this NECC live wrap up on Saturday, July 5th at 11 am EDT:"A message to all members of Classroom 2.0We'll be having an NECC wrap-up and review show Saturday morning--while memories are still fresh! EduBloggerCon, NECC Unplugged, the Bloggers' Cafe, and all the rest. The best links, leads, streams, podcasts, vlogs, and blogs. What you loved, what you didn't. We'll try and document all in a special 90-minute...

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Sites that Caught My Eye Today 07/05/2008

Plurk BasicsTV tutorial about plurk basics. I must say, I do like the plurk page.tags: plurk, edu_newapp, educationUChannel - Students and Electronic Media: Teaching in the Technological AgeResources from the princeton Future of Education Conference including videos and audio.tags: education, bestpractices, professionaldevelopmentWikinomics and The Cool Cat Teacher | Make IT HappenI love how this teacher is truly emerging into...

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NECC Wiki Workshop

I love the blog post from Laurie Fowler about the Wiki workshop last week at NECC.Laurie says:"This workshop really opened my eyes to the collaboration that the web 2.0 tools can encourage. And it reminded me, too, that it is about the content and the collaboration, NOT about the tools. The relationships we encourage students to make with one another and students around the globe are much more important than which tools they choose...

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NECC to me: Ten of my takeaways

My Leadership Day 2008 postNote:  7/ 7/2008 - This post is revised.  I was exhausted after NECC and feel that my wording should be more improved now that I've had time to reflect.  Thank you for your comments.  None of us are perfect, particularly me.  Thank you for making room in your rss reader for a flawed person...

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Children and Electronic Media Panel Discussion:

After inhaling NECC 2008, I'm going to spend the next few days giving you as much pd as I can find for you to share.  I'm going to save my own reflections of NECC for later.  I've found much of the NECC jousting between bloggers to be so far off focus that it is quite bothersome.It is about the students and improving teaching.  So, that means I need to get past the edublogosphere introspection and share some things...

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Sites that Caught My Eye Today 07/03/2008

Globaloria: Social Networks for Global LearningOpen source curriculum and spaces for creating programs in all subjects! From our speaker at necc.tags: education, all_teachers, math, science, literature, history, curriculum, professionaldevelopment, edu_newappMaMaMedia.com - THE place for Kids on the NetWebsite shared by our keynoter for parents and children. Big network. I want to explore this. The person who founded this...

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Live blogging closing keynote at NECC

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Sites that Caught My Eye Today 07/02/2008

Nuggets from NECC 2008 (1) » Moving at the Speed of CreativityWes Fryer quoted an excellent conversation that some of us had at NECC.tags: education, web2, learn...

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