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Art Blogs

Here are a few of the blogs we found in class Art Blogs: http://allfinearts.com/ http://virginiamuseum.blogspot.com/ Travel Blog: http://www.travelblog.org/ Enviromental Blog: http://www.treehugger.com/ Misc. Information Blog: http://lifehacker.com/ Look for a blog you are interested in. Share what you found with me or the class

Free Antivirus

free.avg.com (follow the installation steps)

Free Bridge Software

www.acbl.org

Eagle Cam in Redding

http://turtlebay.org/caltranseaglecam.php visit the California Audubon blog for more fun stuff http://www.audublog.org/ Click the subject you want to view on the left side. Enjoy

SF Peregrine Falcon Webcam

http://www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg/falconcamera.htm

Video Lectures (Academic) Online

www.academicearth.org Here is a sample: www.youtube.com/edu Here is a sample: Innovative Ideas & Thinking www.ted.org Here is a sample:

Google Maps Online

Google. Maps View Satellite Images of actual streets and buildings Locate local businesses within the area Save different locations in the world to your saved places, like bookmarks/favorites Get driving directions to an address/location See a timed schedule of public transit to get you from point A to B as fast as possible 1. type in maps.google.com 2. a page appears displaying a map of the US 3. in the search box, type in your address as an origin point, include the street address and zip (or city and state if you don’t know the zip) 4. click “Search Maps” or press enter 5. your location will be displayed Change the type of map display that is show --->click “Satellite” to view a satellite picture ------>click “Terrain” for a simple map with fewer side streets displayed --------->click “Map”, for a typical street map To navigate around the map Click hold and drag your mouse anywhere on the map Click the + to zoom in or – to zoom out on the left of the map Click on any of the