Apple's face recognition software works on cats (from The Times Online) Stop press! The new iPhoto face recognition software that comes in the new iLife package for Mac computers (out this week) is designed to make tagging photos in your library much quicker. You tell it who a person is and it automatically goes and finds the same faces in other pics and tags them with that name. Useful if you have a big selection of digital photos. Now Webomatica has found that it works on cats. I bet Apple was not counting on a revenue stream for iLife from cat lovers. Does it work on dogs, goldfish, hamsters... I wonder. . ICEBREAKER

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Web 1.0

Static web sites (hard to make, hard to keep up)

Centralized information

A “Spectator” web

Web 2.0

Dynamic web sites (easy to make and change)

Decentralized information

A “Participator” web

Web 1.0 The Cookie Site.com

Web 2.0

Weblog Information and News Comment and Opinion Pictures and Video Links to Other Sites Reader Comments The “Hive Mind” Blog

Information and News

Comment and Opinion

Pictures and Video

Links to Other Sites

Reader Comments

The “Hive Mind”

STOP!!! A Quick Word about Teacher Blogs A Blog is PUBLIC SPACE Do not put anything up that you would not want a student, parent, or me to see Take responsibility for the comments on your site Do not talk about individual students or groups of students Do not communicate with students on an independent blog site Don’t Be Stupid!

A Blog is PUBLIC SPACE Do not put anything up that you would not want a student, parent, or me to see

Take responsibility for the comments on your site

Do not talk about individual students or groups of students

Do not communicate with students on an independent blog site

Creating a Personal Blog Create a free account at www.wordpress.com Create a unique name for your new blog your blog will be name. wordpress.com Select a Theme for your blog Add Widgets Start publishing!

Create a free account at www.wordpress.com

Create a unique name for your new blog your blog will be name. wordpress.com

Select a Theme for your blog

Add Widgets

Start publishing!

Popular Widgets Calendar List of Recent Entries Blogroll (Other sites you like) Blog Stats Search RSS to other feeds

Calendar

List of Recent Entries

Blogroll (Other sites you like)

Blog Stats

Search

RSS to other feeds

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