I've been watching the growing number of universities adopting drupal for their content management, podcasting, blogging and wiki integration needs. Here's my current list.

• UT at Austin - Department of Rhetoric and Writing - http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/
• Rice University - http://sa.rice.edu/
• Arizona State University - http://www.asu.edu/
• UNC Charlotte University Center Information Technology - http://ucit01.uncc.edu
• Brigham Young University (BYU) – Computer Science Department http://cs.byu.edu/
• Bradley University - http://slane.bradley.edu/
• Washington University in St. Louis - http://artsci.wustl.edu/
• University of Calgary - http://www.ucalgary.ca/
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) http://fab.cba.mit.edu/central/
• Purdue University - http://www.digitalparlor.org/pwenglish/
• Michigan State University - Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory - http://www.egr.msu.edu/ndel/home

Other Drupal Sites related to Innovation in Education include:

• connect.educause.edu - http://connect.educause.edu/
• The International Center for Integrative Studies (ICIS) - http://www.icisonline.org/
• IDEAL (Integrated Data Enhancing Arizona's Learning) - https://www.ideal.azed.gov
• Texas Digital Library - http://www.tdl.org/

If you know of any others - give us a shout.

Welcome to EveryScape

EveryScape is the only place you can discover your everyday world, your way. Today, you can check out Union Square, San Francisco as the first city to be scaped. You can check out restaurants, hotels, go shopping, drive by homes. You can see what other people are saying and share your comments as you stroll down the street.

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Is it really necessary to purchase text books for those computer classes anymore? Take a look at your content area on each of these sites. You be the judge.

• 1. freecomputerbooks.com
• 2. freetechbooks.com
• 3. techtoolblog.com
• 4. computer-books.us
• 5. onlinecomputerbooks.com

...as this list expands keep track here: del.icio.us/cravens/freebook

Here are two great references for learning how to get the most out of each and everyone of your google searches. Over time you will become much more productive. This is without a doubt an important 21st Century skill.

http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html
Official Google cheatsheet.

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html
Google advanced operators cheatsheet from Google Guide.

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MAKE: Blog: Wrestling mask from an old shoe

I'm beginning to collect projects that appeal to Middle School age children. While discussing concepts of manufacturing...nothing better than the tennis shoe. And afterwords why not take it apart and create a wrestling mask.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology
Education/Industrial Technology Education

The student designs a product or manufacturing system using appropriate design processes and techniques. The student is expected to:

(A) develop or improve a product or manufacturing system that meets a specified need;

(B) identify areas where quality, reliability, and safety can be designed into a product or system.