Building Denominational Bridges

Note I am not directly affiliated with these organizations. Meaning they do not endorse me or my blog.  If I list the organization on this blog I just think the organization's work is needed. Thanks, Shundra.

Mission Mississippi
http://www.missionmississippi.org/
To encourage and demonstrate unity in the Body of Christ across racial and denominational lines so that communities across Mississippi can better understand the gospel message.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
http://www.intervarsity.org/
is an evangelical campus mission serving students and faculty on college and university campuses nationwide.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes
http://www.fca.org/
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is touching millions of lives... one heart at a time. Since 1954...

Make the Internet Safe Two

My second short list of links to help parents keep the internet safe. This is really a good start for parents who are new to the internet and need some sources of information that are credible.

SLM

FBI
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm (For Parents)
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/safety2.htm
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Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/net_safety.html

Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/familysafety/default.aspx

Devices for the Disabled

Here is a short list of sources for equipment for the disabled community. I focused on technology sources.
Before going through the list of resources you should try to determine what you need. Just right a checklist down of your likes and dislikes in other equipment if a particular device doesn't fit a need, someone could design it for you.

For the most part software can handle the accessibility needs of a disabled person. Don't forget that Microsoft Windows has Accessibility software built into it. It has since Windows 98SE. If you need to save money.

• AbleData  http://www.abledata.com
• Disability.gov http://www.disability.gov/technology/Assistive_Technology/computer
• Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsvista/default.aspx

Christian Fiction Books for Teens

1. 
   
   • Becoming Beka #1: The Masquerade ISBN: 0-8024-6451-3
     ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-6451-4
   • Becoming Beka #2 The Alliance ISBN: 0-8024-6452-1
     ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-6452-1
   • Becoming Beka #3 The Passage ISBN: 0-8024-6453-X
     ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-6453-8
   • Becoming Beka #4 The Reveal ISBN: 0-8024-6454-8
     ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-6454-5
   • Becoming Beka #5 The Encore ISBN: 0-8024-6458-0
     ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-6458-3
2. House of Dark Shadows, Dreamhouse Kings Series #1 - By: Robert Liparulo - Thomas Nelson / 2009 / Paperback

Blogger Templates

Anyone who has a blog has to decide between Blogger and Wordpress? I don't think so. I like them both. And blog on them both. So here's my very short list of great Blogger templates. The best thing about free templates is that you can use those that are in the GPL to learn how to develop your own themes and templates.

1. WP - Polaroid
2. Vinery
3. Japanese Fleur 
4. Astro
5. Zanblue
6. Google Chrome
7. Andreas02
8. Andreas07
9. One Column
10. Binary Bonsai

If you want more templates I just picked my favorites from this list @ instantshift

Emergency Internet Access

Here is a short action plan to get emergency internet access in places like Haiti and other war torn areas of this world.

http://www.vsat-systems.com
http://www.vsat-systems.com/haiti-satellite-internet/

http://www.siliconsolar.com/solar-panels.html

Summer School

http://www.edubuntu.org/
http://doc.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/edubuntu/handbook/C/ch01s01.html

Edubuntu is an operating system designed with education in mind. It is based on Ubuntu, a complete operating system that uses the Linux kernel and is freely available to anyone. As an education-driven operating system, Edubuntu provides a complete solution for:

• An organization or Education Ministry that is wanting to take full advantage of the benefits that open source software offers to the educational environment.
• Educators and school personnel who would like to set up Edubuntu in a networked learning environment.
• Home users who would like to have a standalone computer system that focuses on education for the younger members of the household.

We are is entirely committed to the principles of open source software development; we encourage people to use open source software, improve it, and pass it on.

Edubuntu is meant for anyone who wants a computer laboratory that makes good use of free software and the widest variety of hardware. It is designed to be easy to administer and is well documented.

It can run on inexpensive, 10-year-old IBM-compatible computers as well as brand new I64-based systems. The growing Edubuntu community is working together to share ideas and solutions for bringing computing and communications power to teachers, students and community members everywhere.

One of the key technologies included is the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) which allows you to boot thin clients from an Edubuntu LTSP server. For educational environments, LTSP lowers hardware costs by enabling the use of older or less powerful machines as thin clients, as well as reduced administration overhead by having only to install and maintain the software on the server.

When a workstation fails, it can simply be replaced without data loss or reinstallation of the operating system.

http://www.toondoo.com/
use: story boarding & writing tool click here for an example
Great for Internet Safety Month

http://play.ekoloko.com/ekoloko/index.html

A virtual "kid nation" (CBS TV show) like online sim (simulator): teaches basic sociology

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

http://www.answers.com/

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html

http://geekteach.synthasite.com/index.php

• National Library of Virutal Manipulatives
• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
• http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx
• http://readwritethink.org/index.asp

For very old students like me!

http://www.archive.org/details/education

• http://www.archive.org/details/arsdigita ArsDigita University was a one-year, intensive post-baccalaureate program in Computer Science based on the undergraduate course of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
• The majority of the instructors were professors from MIT and the program was tuition free. After running from September 2000 through July 2001, seeing the first class to graduation, the program was forced to shut down.This library of open educational resources includes lectures and coursework from the ArsDigita curriculum. These university level materials are available for free download.