So sorry about not posting for a while…just in case anyone actually reads this. I have been playing with a new internet application. Google will, for ten dollars a year, allow you to set up your own internet domain with 200 gmail accounts hosted at your domain. You can customize the start page they see, create a group calendar, share/collaborate on Google Docs and Spreadsheets, and even write web pages to link to your start page. Its called Google Apps and while it is only in beta testing (translate to not yet perfect), it has many advantages to paying to host your own web site somewhere else on the web. You don’t even have to know how to write HTML or XML code to do it. You just alter the template they give you. I had lots of fun. You can get a look at my home page ziggysclass.com here. I have also begun writing web pages for next year. Check out my home page for my 7th grade and 8th grade students. I think it will be a great tool for teachers but the education version requires some commitment on the school’s part. I am starting with the Family/Group version as I do not currently know if my students will have much internet access or how much my school will support student internet usage.