You can now sign up for an invitation to Google Wave. It is amazing! I cannot even come close to doing it justice. Just watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pgxLaDdQw

Sign up fast because you never know how long it will take to get the invitation.

This is an interesting little video that is showing how those annoying little security boxes on websites where you have to decode a funky looking word. By doing so, you are helping computers to decode obscured texts that Google scans for use on Google Books. Pretty cool.

This video was found at Lifehacker.com

Google Fast Flip has been released. I will be using it in my classes tomorrow.  When you type in a topic, Fast Flip will find it major publications.  Click on each thumbnail to read the story.  This is a fast way to digest a large quantity of information.

Here are some plans I have for it over the next few weeks:

1. current event discussions
2. looking for examples of grammatical constructions
3. examining visual rhetoric
4. searching for logical fallacies
5. looking for vocabulary words in context

I would LOVE to know some of your ideas.  Please leave any you have in the comments.

I will be the keynote speaker at the fall conference in Martin, TN this coming Saturday (Sept. 12).The West Tennessee Writing Project is running the conference, and they have an awesome series of breakout sessions:

I cannot describe how honored I am to be asked to speak at this conference.  I have 30 different technologies to explore in a little over 90 minutes.  It is going to be an intense sprint through the list, but if I do not make it to the end, I have some thorough handouts they can use to pick up where I left off during my presentation.To see the brochure, go to  West Tennessee Writing Project’s website  and you’ll find it just below the picture.