0529WarmUp

Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old student from Olathe, Kansas, whose parents migrated to the United States from India has won the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 final.

The word that clinched the $US40,000 prize money and winners’ trophy for Kavya was “laodicean” – meaning lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics.

How are you at spelling?

Try your luck @ http://www.spellingbee.com/

and

http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/

and

http://www.quia.com/pop/13123.html

Good luck and leave a comment!

dmac

0528WarmUp

Ever wonder what it would be like to be Stan Lee? Now, you can also create your superhero in own comic strip.

Check it out @ http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

and

http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/index.php

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dmac

0527WarmUp

One of the hottest apps in technology today is Twitter!

What is it? http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/twitter

Learn more about how to use it @
http://www.harbornecomputers.co.uk/~teachertraining/twitter/index.html

Some do's and don'ts @ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345283,00.asp

and

http://www.computer-colleges.com/blog/2009/100-tips-to-be-a-smarter-better-twitterer/

Sign up for an account and check it out @ http://www.twitter.com/

Happy tweeting!

dmac

0526WarmUp

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a big time movie director? Spielberg, Scott, Truffaut??

Create your own online animations @ http://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html

and

http://j3.juniornet.net/movie/movielauncher.cgi?method=make&source=J2-MAMV-FP

Leave a comment!

dmac

0521WarmUp

Ever dream of being a NASCAR driver?

You need to check out the semi-official NASCAR website @

http://iracing.com

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dmac

0520WarmUp

NASA just finished working on the Hubble telescope and it's better than ever.

Check out what they did @ http://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/index.html

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dmac

0519WarmUp

Did you discover your nerd-dom a few warmups back? Now you can be a dork too!

Visit some websites that cater to the dork-crowd:

http://dorkbotboston.com/
and
http://www.instaforms.net/labs/
and
http://www.noisenight.com/
and
http://transition.turbulence.org/upgrade/
and
http://people.csail.mit.edu/jrb/cc/

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dmac