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FAP847: Payday loans, foreclosures, PLUS loans Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Tons of foreclosure news - foreclosures up 122%, some states tripling or quadrupling + If you re a parent, the new legislation for PLUS loans is in effect - if you need to borrow to pay for education, take a look at the PLUS loan + Payday loan alert from yesterday + Stafford federal student loans + Parent PLUS loans + Private student loans Scholarship Update + Create an original Starship Troopers 3: Marauder poster or video Public Service Announcement and be eligible to win a $250 scholarship and prize pack worth $589.95. Deadline is August 27, 2008. All entries must be an original English language creation and must include the Starship Troopers 3: Marauder and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment logos as well as the August 5th release date. No purchase necessary. Open to any member of Brickfish who is a resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, has access to the Internet, and is 18 or older at the time of entry. + Details at our free college scholarship search site Free Stuff Friday + Some perfume from Nina Ricci + Bunch of trash bags + Calgoo + Slydial leaves direct voicemail on mobiles + Google Maps adds walking directions + Fruit picking season if you live near a farm - and you might + More fun games - Aurora Feint, Life, Labyrinth, Exposure - all for iPod Touch and iPhone Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

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Ballmer spills some beans as Psystar isn't the only thug in town. We discuss these and more tonight with David Flashner and long time listener Eric.

Google launches Knol. Wikipedia-killer or something else? Will Google buy Digg? Should Yahoo's enhanced listings be better? Searching for video by geography on YouTube. Google Universal Search again delivers not safe for family viewing images. And more. Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 2:00pm Pacific Monday through Thursday (see instructions here), through iTunes via this link or in other ways listed here. You can also listen on our Digg podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ. See below for links to more information about stories discussed. http://dailysearchcast.com/080724-182846.html

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The Fantastic Fred Show #71 "Bring Me Some Water, Because I'm Burning Alive" We celebrate pride by going to the Melissa Etheridge Concert in Louisville, KY.

Bonjour et bienvenue sur podcastfrancaisfacile.com. Aujourd’hui, je voudrais vous parler de l’adverbe « vachement ». C’est parti. En parlant avec des Français, vous entendrez très souvent le mot « vachement ». Les Français aiment beaucoup utiliser ce mot. J’ai lu un livre vachement intéressant, il est écrit par un auteur vachement connu qui écrit toujours des trucs vachement longs mais vachement drôles. Le livre est vachement gros mais je l’ai lu vachement vite. C’est Anissa, une amie vachement sympa, qui me l’a prêté.Dans ce petit passage vous avez entendu plusieurs fois le mot vachement. Ce mot est utilisé pour remplacer « très » C’est un film très bien . C’est un film vachement bien. C’est une fille très belle. C’est une fille vachement belle. C’est un garçon très gentil. C’est un garçon vachement gentil. C’est un exercice très difficile. C’est un exercice vachement difficile. C’est un exercice très facile. C’est un exercice vachement facile. Ecoutez et répétez les phrases suivantes : C’est vachement bien. C’est vachement drôle. C’est vachement sympa. C’est vachement sympa de ta part. C’est vachement cher. C’est vachement intéressant. C’est une histoire vachement triste. C’est vachement cool. Mes amis ont été vachement gentils avec moi. Voilà, c’est tout pour aujourd’hui. Je vous rappelle que vous trouverez sur le site d’autres textes en français facile, des dictées, des exercices de français je vous rappelle l’adresse : www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com. Merci et à bientôt. mp3

FAP846: FICO scores, NASFAA survey, cover letters Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + An interesting development in private student loans and credit scores + NASFAA released a survey of financial aid officers about their concerns over the credit crunch - some highlights: + 44% of financial aid officers are very concerned, 46% somewhat + 43% think families and students are concerned, 12% very concerned + 26% have a backup plan in case funding is not available + That data makes ME concerned - if 90% are concerned or very concerned, why do only 26% have a backup plan? Scholarship Update + What Dream (Jobs) Are Made Of Scholarship + Show off your passion for a particular industry or career by sharing why you are the best candidate for your dream job. Who would you interact with, and how? How would your lifestyle change? What can you do to actually achieve this dream? Create a 1-2 minute video that outlines what your dream job would be and why you should have it. Submit your VIDEO entry to the What Dream (Jobs) Are Made Of Campaign. + $1,000 + Deadline is September 4, 2008. + Open to anyone in the continental U.S. who has access to the Internet, and is 18 or older at the time of entry. All prize winners must be 18 or older. + Details at our free college scholarship search site + Remember the Scholarship Idol contest! JobCast + I cannot emphasize enough that your resume and cover letter MUST answer two questions + What s in it for me, the hiring manager + So what? + All I hear is me, me, me, me, me + Do your homework + Get behind the HR firewall + Provide some real, immediate value in your cover letter - show me what you could do with my Stafford loan site or something Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

This podcast is an interview with Lars of Lego Education on the vendor floor at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, Texas, discussing the recently announced “WeDo Robotics” product designed for elementary students ages 7-11. According to the official Lego Education press release, WeDo Robotics “redefines classroom robotics, making it possible for primary school students 7-11 years of age to build and program their own solutions. Bridging the physical world, represented by LEGO models, and the virtual world, represented by computers and programming software, LEGO Education WeDo Robotics provides a hands-on, minds-on learning experience that actively involves young students in their own learning process and promotes children’s creative thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving skills – skills that are essential in the workplace of the 21st century.” Unlike the Lego NXT robotics kits, WeDo robot models remain tethered to the laptop computer running the iconic software program which controls the robot. WeDo is being released in North America in January 2009, and its software program runs on Macintosh OS X, Windows, and the XO Laptop’s “skinny Linux” operating system.

Google Maps gets walking directions. Scary -- Google's PageRank patent might not be enforceable. Not scary -- it wouldn't make a difference to Google. Customizing your Google search results; Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Service; Google logos put to video and more. Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 2:00pm Pacific Monday through Thursday (see instructions here), through iTunes via this link or in other ways listed here. You can also listen on our Digg podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ. See below for links to more information about stories discussed. http://dailysearchcast.com/080723-182450.html

This July, Paul Allison and Julie Conason fascilated a 3-week Writing Project Institute for teachers where we used VoiceThread as the focus of one of our weeks together. In the middle of our work with teachers, we invited Steve Muth, co-founder of VoiceThread, and Colette Cassinelli, a technology teacher near Portland, Oregon who started a wiki that collects examples of VoiceThreads. What will you find on Collette's VoiceThread4Education? Samples submitted by teachers of VoiceThread projects made by their students VoiceThreads used in professional development Resources, including other websites that contain VoiceThread examples Best Practices - tips and ideas of how to best implement VoiceThread in your curriculum Subject area ideas This is your wiki, Colette writes: Please feel free to add any ideas, examples or resources to the site and provide appropriate link attribution. If you are not sure how to embed your VoiceThread projects in wikispaces - follow the directions below. In addition: Paul and Julie invite you to take a look at the Narrative Discussions from our Institute, linked below. We would love your comments on these. VoiceThread Narrative Discussions by Teachers in the NYC Writing Project's Open/Advanced Summer Technology Institute Family Camp by Paul Allison Quality of Life by JoAnn Chen Ellie Tells a Story by Julie Conason Childhood... by Wendy Farkas Life in Shards by Margaret Fiore Honeymoon by Mat Gerowitz My Loving Family by Julia Loving Family Stories by Aileen Malave Travel by Sonali Matani Amsterdam 2008 by Julie Miele My Running... by Beth St John Chat Log read more

Bonjour et bienvenue dans podcastfrancaisfacile.com. Aujourd’hui,, je vais vous lire un texte intitulé une vache sur la bâche. Ecouter ce texte et répondez à cette question : Alors à votre avis, pourquoi Chisato et moi avons eu cette conversation bizarre ? C’est parti. Pour aller au feu d’artifice, Chisato a besoin d’une bâche. Problème. Quand je lui ai demandé : « de quoi as-tu besoin pour aller au feu d’artifice, Chisato m’a répondu : UNE VACHE. - Une vache ? ai-je répété. - Oui, oui, une vache. - Mais pourquoi as-tu besoin d’une vache pour voir un feu d’artifice ? - Elle m’a répondu ainsi : « Pour m'asseoir dessus. » - Sur la vache ? - Evidemment, me répond-elle, tout le monde fait ça, tout le monde va au feu d’artifice avec sa vache et s’assoit dessus pour regarder le spectacle. - Mais non, ai-je dit en souriant, personne ne fait ça, c’est impossible. - Alors, elle m’a dit : Tu es vraiment bizarre, moi j’ai une bâche et je l’emmène pour ne pas me salir. - Oui, bien sûr, mais la vache, elle s’assoit aussi sur la bâche ? Ou bien tu mets la bâche sur la vache pour la cacher ? C’est quand même vachement compliqué ton histoire. Alors à votre avis, pourquoi Chisato et moi avons eu cette conversation bizarre ? Voilà, c’est tout pour aujourd’hui. Je vous rappelle que vous trouverez sur le site d’autres textes en français facile, des dictées, des exercices de français je vous rappelle l’adresse : www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com. Merci et à bientôt. mp3

FAP845: Awaken Your Superhero from Podcasters Across Borders Listen now: I gave a brief, five minute talk about how podcasting is changing the world at Podcasters Across Borders 2008. Enjoy! Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

A special simulcast edition of ETBS in which Steven Kimmi interviews Chris Lehmann of the Science Leadership Academy read more

We asked Scott Floyd to sit with some of his friends and colleagues on July, 2, 2008, the last day of the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in San Antonio, Texas. Scott Floyd talks about meeting with his ePortfolio mentor, Dr. Helen Barrett. Scott Floyd is a Technology Specialist for the White Oak, Texas Independent School District and he's the Tech Liaison for the Bluebonnet Writing Project in Texas. (Image snapped by Bud Hunt, uploaded to Scott's flickr account.) Christine Voigt, Instructional Technology Specialist at Bishop Dunne Catholic School in Dallas, Texas. Christie talks about a project she did in here school with iPods. (Image from Christine's Twitter profile.) Michael Gras, Supervisor of the Technology Department in the White Oak, Texas Independent School District, talks about opening things up as much as possible. (Also in this picture is Jeff Utecht, presenting a dilpoma after the Rib Feast. Found in Scott's NECC2008 flickr set.) Scott Floyd talks with Dean Shareski, a Digital Learning Consultant with the Prairie South School Division in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada. In this podcast, Dean talks about how important it is to find time for teachers to learn how to integrate new technologies into the curriculum. (Paul Wood took this picture during the live webcast. This is also in Scott's NECC2008 flickr set.) Chat Log read more

FAP844: Nursing shortage, cheaper textbooks Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: An annual survey by the National Retail Federation to project back-to-college spending by college students sees a 7 percent drop this year, to $599.38, from $641.56 last year, Reuters reported. With college students paying more for gas, there is less money available for other goods. + US News: Textbook prices, which have nearly tripled in the past 20 years, may finally start to decline thanks to some new laws, technology, and upstart companies. Undergraduates who take advantage of the new alternatives could easily slash their textbook costs in half this coming academic year. That means the typical student could save more than $300. We re making progress, says Nicole Allen, who heads the affordable textbook drive for the Student Public Interest Research Groups. Things are changing for the better. + New laws, eBooks, open source, and rentals + Reason #5: piracy is easy. 31 seconds to find the book mentioned in the article on a DVD with 235 other textbooks, and no, I m not going to tell you how, but that s how easy it is + $83 on Amazon Scholarship Update + Connecticut League for Nursing Scholarships + CLN has a scholarship program for state residents enrolled in an accredited, CLN supporting member nursing education program in Connecticut. Awards are presented at the annual Student Day, held in late fall every year. + Students in Diploma nursing programs are eligible after completing the first year of the two-year program. + Students in Associate degree nursing programs are eligible after completing the first year of the two-year program. + Students in Bachelor s degree nursing programs are eligible after completing the third year of a four-year program. + Students in RN to BSN nursing programs are eligible when entering the senior year of study, verified by the dean or director of the program + Students in graduate nursing programs are eligible after successfully completing 18 credits in the nursing program, verified by the dean or director of the program The number of scholarships and the amount of each reward is determined by the Scholarship Committee and based on the amount of money available and the applicants qualifications. + $25,000 total + October 10 deadline + Details at our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + Chris writes in: My mom, who is just turning 60, went back to school for nursing, and because her grades are so good in the prep classes, she s been accepted into the actual program. + My mother currently works at the hospital full time as a unit clerk, and makes just over $17/hour, and after taxes and retirement, she brings in just under $1,000 every two weeks. + Her tuition for the course will actually be covered by the hospital and student loans, so that s not a problem at this time. + The brick wall we ve hit comes from the course itself. It requires 40+ hours per week in class time and real-world experience. Real-world experience is basically interning without pay. She would have to change her work schedule to evenings and weekends, and would be lucky if she could handle 20 hours/week. + At her current pay, her income would be reduced to roughly $1000 / month. + Her living expenses amount to roughly $1800 / month. + She needs to come up with an additional $800 / month for 9 months. Then she would return to work full-time for the summer. Then she would complete her second year where she would again need $800 / month for the next 9 months. + Since this technically isn t tuition , where would we start to look for this kind of money? Obviously grants and/or scholarships would be the optimal choice, but most are geared for young people with their entire lives (or at least several decades of productivity) ahead of them. Any idea where to start looking for seniors grants/scholarships? + Barring free money and your own $10K scholarship, what are her other options, short of selling her house in this down market? I d appreciate any direction or links you could send our way. + Today s scholarship, of course + This is a unique time and opportunity for your mom due to a severe shortage - demand is on your side + Connecticut has had a major nursing shortage looming for quite some time + Contact CNA, CLN, CT DHE, and the administrators of every hospital nearby, and ask if they have a program for COLA issues exactly as you ve described + Would someone exchange a promissory note for $7,200 or more in exchange for X years of service? + Check out Three Rivers Community College nursing scholarships directory Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

YIKES! It's been, like, what, three months? More? Thus the question, "Have I podfaded?"... but the act of asking that question in a podcast means that I haven't. I guess. What do you think? Share your thoughts, feelings and emotions by calling 206-339-ERIC (that's 206-339-3742) or e-mailing me (eric) at ericast.com Topics of this fairly brief podcast include a reference to the EduCAUSE LTL seminar in Madison, and a lengthier discussion of our HR department's vacation policy. (Don't worry -- it's not particularly controversial. Though, if that motivates you to listen, then let's say it's incredibly controversial and use that to intrigue you.)

Yahoo and Icahn united; will they resist Microsoft or join? Google gets out of trademark lawsuit but gets sued for ads on parked domains. Google's search share dips slightly but volume goes up. Weird things on Google Trends and more. Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 2:00pm Pacific Monday through Thursday (see instructions here), through iTunes via this link or in other ways listed here. You can also listen on our Digg podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ. See below for links to more information about stories discussed. http://dailysearchcast.com/080721-204559.html

Google Maps tests walking directions. StreetView comes to Europe, raises privacy issues. Google's keyword tool reports search volumes, plus more! Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:00am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday (see instructions here), through iTunes via this link or in other ways listed here. You can also listen on our Digg podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ. See below for links to more information about stories discussed. http://dailysearchcast.com/080721-204211.html

This podcast features a recording of David Thornburg's NECC 2008 presentation "Open Minds, Open Education, and a View of Open Culture." The official conference program description and purpose / objectives for this session were: This talk explores how open education and culture are supported by 1:1 computing facilitated with open source tools, worldwide. True universal access, worldwide, requires innovation in hardware and software. Linux and open source software play a critical role here. In addition, a shift toward a more education-friendly copyright scheme (such as creative commons) is essential in opening up the educational process for all. As liberty, equality, fraternity becomes rip. mix and burn, the remixing of educational content by teachers and students alike is quite powerful. Most importantly, the cultural elements of education around the world can finally be addressed in ways that build true understanding and appreciation for the disparate peoples of the world.

Flash Corporate Episode The Photoshop Guys have a couple tutorials to share, as well as an interview with Photoshop Product Manager Bryan Hughes about the DNG file format. This Week’s Sponsors: On One Software CDW iStockPhoto Mpix OWC Links Mentioned in the Show Don t forget to register for Photoshop World and get the Early Bird [...]

In this first show, Maria Knee and Lisa Parisi are joined by Colleen King and Ginger Lewman.  Together, they discuss the issues and effects of praise in the classroom. Chat: read more

Bonjour et bienvenue sur podcastfrancaisfacile.com. Je vais vous lire aujourd'hui un texte intitulé une journée tranquillou . Je vais lire ce texte trois fois : une fois à vitesse normale, une fois lentement et une dernière fois à vitesse normale. C'est parti. Ça faisait longtemps que je ne m’étais pas fait plaisir. Hier, j’ai décidé de m’offrir une belle journée. J’ai commencé ma journée en jouant du piano. Ces dernières années, j’avais un peu délaissé le piano et j’ai joué pendant une heure. Que du bonheur. Ensuite, je suis sorti. Et je peux dire que c’était THE journée. Il a fait un temps magnifique, je suis allé me promener près du parc, il y avait un petit café ouvert. Je me suis arrêté et je me suis bu une petite bière en terrasse. Le paradis, je vous le dis. Ça faisait longtemps que je ne m’étais pas bu une petite bière comme ça, tranquillou. Marie m’a téléphoné et elle m’a rejoint. On a beaucoup discuté de sa mère qui s’est cassé le poignet il y a deux mois. Elle a dû faire beaucoup de rééducation mais elle est presque rétablie maintenant. J’ai voulu lui offrir le café mais Marie n’a pas voulu : « chacun sa part ». Ensuite, Marie et moi, on est allés regarder dans une librairie et on a trouvé un livre de contes pour enfant très joli. Ils sont tellement jolis qu’on a décidé d’en apprendre un par cœur. On a passé le reste de la journée à faire les boutiques. Le soir, je suis rentré vraiment fatigué mais heureux. Voilà, c’est tout pour aujourd’hui. Vous trouverez sur notre site d'autres textes en français facile des dictées, des conjugaisons. Je vous rappelle l'adresse du site ; www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com Merci et à bientôt. mp3

FAP843: How to pick a student credit card, $25,000 scholarship Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Bloomberg: 9% of companies plan to hire. Wages fall 2.4%. 28% of companies increasing prices. Tough economic times - if you re on the employment trail, there s a difficult road ahead in the short term. Read Purple Cow and Free Prize Inside, both by Seth Godin, for ideas on how you can personally weather the slump and help your respective companies turn things around. + BusinessWeek: Universities and their alumni associations have discovered an unlikely and disturbing source of revenue: Increasingly, they are selling students personal information to big credit-card companies eager for young customers. + Using state public disclosure laws, BusinessWeek has obtained more than two dozen confidential contracts between major schools and card-issuing banks keen to sign up undergraduates with mounting expenses for tuition, books, and travel. In some instances, universities and alumni groups receive larger payments from the banks if students use their school-branded cards more frequently. + Some of the country s best-known and largest schools have multimillion-dollar credit-card deals, including the Universities of Michigan, Minnesota, and South Florida. + Inside Higher Ed: New York’s governor, David A. Patterson, plans today to back the creation of a major new student loan program for the state, potentially providing hundreds of thousands of students with loans at significantly lower interest rates than they now obtain through private borrowing, The New York Times reported. The loan proposal is part of the final report of a special commission on higher education, appointed by Eliot Spitzer during his brief term as governor. The final report — also due out today — reiterates many of the themes and ideas of the commission’s first report, and calls for a major infusion of funds into higher education. It is unclear, however, how much money and political will are available for these ideas. Scholarship Update + National Geographic Geography Bee + For students in grades 4-8 + The National Geographic Bee occurs in three stages, beginning at the school level. Schools that register for the Bee receive materials to hold their competitions. Each school winner takes a written test, and the top hundred scorers in each state and territory compete at the state level. State-level Bees are held in the spring, and the winner of each state Bee proceeds to the national competition. The 55 state and territory winners meet at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the national competition. The number of contestants is narrowed to ten finalists, who compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. The second- and third-place winners receive $15,000 and $10,000 scholarships, respectively. + Deadline October 15 + Your school must enroll - contact your principal! + Details at our free college scholarship search site Financial Aid 101 + How to pick a student credit card + You probably don t need one + A debit card is good enough 99% of the time + A stored value card is also a great idea + If you do get one, look for rates and fees + No annual fees! + Grace period - as long as possible + Look at how rates are calculated - many are Prime Rate, which is not bad now. Some may be LIBOR, which at the moment is higher than Prime. + Look how the default rate is calculated and when it is triggered - default in normal lending typically applies to someone past 90 days due, but with credit cards, it can be as little as exceeding your credit limit by a dollar. + Look at late fees - some can be as high as 29%! + Avoid two cycle average daily balance billing, which is a jack + Who the heck cares if your college s logo or mascot is on the card? + Rewards programs are often not helpful - run the numbers! + FULL DISCLOSURE: StudentPlatinum.com is a Student Loan Network site that offers student credit cards. Not all of them are a good deal. I expect you to do your research. Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

EdTechWeekly #86 July 20, 2008 This Week's Del.icio.us Links Chat Log Below read more

[10:29min - 129MB] [10:29min - 116MB] Subscribe (HD) Get Flash How about this another week, another show! I wanted to discuss the new iPhone, but because AT T still hasn t shipped mine, it will just have to wait. So, I thought this would be a good time to start filling up my Around the House category. We all have an item or items that need storage. This week I took a trip to a friends house to check out an awesome lift system he designed and installed to store his trailer. As you will see in this episode, I like to take full credit for the idea, although I had no part in the design or implementation. And before you get any good ideas to do this yourself, make sure you consult a structural engineer, it s not my fault if your garage falls down - FOR REAL! And as always, if I missed a good tip or other important information, please post a comment on the blog @ http://thatsawesome.tv Enjoy! Thanks to Alan for letting me invade his garage. For more cool projects, you can check out his blog @http://www.panofish.net

In Episode 135: Links You Can Use: Please take this survey. It is short and will help Joan and I understand who is listening to the podcast and how we can meet your needs. http://wizzard.tv/survey/pdtogo Thanks for supporting us, Ben. Get free sounds effects at soungle.com Comments: Do you have a lesson idea you d like to see in Notebook format? Leave the idea in the comments and Lindsay Angelo will create the best one! Blog Love: Lori Reed s TCEA 2008 Presentation Wiki Call the podcast to say hello, comment, add, suggest, or rant: 415-315-9IWB (9492) Our Best of Lesson: Joan shares her Point of View lesson(s) which follow the AAA instructional design format. Files: SMART Notebook File: point of view.notebook PDF File: point of view.pdf Download Episode 135: Best of Point of View Subscribe: -or- Hosts: Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger Music: Cave In Youth Overrided (mp3) from Live Airwaves (Magic Bullet) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album

This is the greatest show! It is about Geocaching with Shelia Adams, Deb Boisvert, Beth Goodwin as the geocachers, and Jen Wagner and Cheryl Oakes, Women of Web 2.0. Join us for a great conversation and you might use this with your students! The Chat: read more

Buddhism isn’t just about meditation and denying self-gratification to attain a higher state of being. When I was bute a chylde, I visited a Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Thailand. Fun for the whole family: sculptures depicting tongues being torn out, lots of spikes and bodies on said spikes, and certainly heaping amounts of simulated fire and brimstone that would make other religions’ demons feel inadequate. With great joy, my wife and I visited Higashiosaka (click to teleport), the first Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life — the first I’ve ever seen, and likely the first there ever will be. Filled to the prim (pun intended) with scampering souls, corpse-crushing demons, and good ol’ Saṃghāta, that mountain that keeps squashing the sinners. If it isn’t obvious, we had a rollicking, remarkable time. The quality of the build is superb, surrounded by metropolitan buildings out of a Godzilla movie (several demons stood watch), and centered by a pointy temple protruding out of the earth. Around the temple, sculpted little people with crudely-drawn faces and pubic hair ran around in circles, flailing, feeling ever-so-hopeless. And surprisingly animated. See Ravenelle’s video for an in-motion adventure: While you can’t hear it in the vid, a pleasant and/or bone-chilling soundtrack of guttural screams surrounded the whole work, while skeletal hands out of an Iron Maiden album cover intermingled with firetongues. Those who aren’t so rapt on their history will also draw comparisons to certain World of Warcraft or Lord of the Rings creatures. Goes to show how creative human imaginations have always been! There was so much to see and do here, and I really appreciate extra attention to detail like the flaming rocks coming down from the sky, the birds circling the temple’s top, the lightning bolts which (among other things) were re