OLPC deployed to a school in India… worth looking at
wiki.laptop.org/go/Khairat_Chronicle
Class assignments that matter:
www.physorg.com/news113071167.html
Instead of giving people an assignment that is just going to be graded and thrown away, get students to do things that keep giving. Write wikipedia articles, document software, create a web application, moderate a news group, etc. The article linked above tells about one such experience with assigning wikipedia articles to written as an assignment.
Google OpenSocial is live:
mashable.com/2007/11/02/opensocial-now-live/
code.google.com/apis/opensocial/code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/
code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/firstgadget.html
code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/tutorial.html
code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/bestprac.html
code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/readwrite.html
code.google.com/apis/opensocial/faq.html
20+ Tools To Sell Your Photos and Templates Online
mashable.com/2007/11/02/sell-your-photos/
9 Great tools for achieving your goals
mashable.com/2007/11/02/achieving-your-goals/
10 Effective Ways to Increase Your Energy Levels
www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/10-effective-ways-to-increase-your.html
Actually, the Dumb Little Man , looks like a good self help site… I’ll have to check back on it…
Open Hardware
www.buglabs.net/
Modular, open hardware platform…worth looking into if you like to build electronic things…
Look like their products page:
www.buglabs.net/products
Free classes on starting a small business from the SBA
www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html
Free Audio Books online
www.podiobooks.com/index.php
236 Open Courseware Collections, Podcasts, and Videos
www.dumblittleman.com/2007/09/236-open-courseware-collections.html
80 Sites to Help you Live Green
www.dumblittleman.com/2007/08/80-sites-to-help-you-live-green.html
Instant domain search (trying to find the new name for that site… use this!!!)
instantdomainsearch.com/
Disposable Phone Numbers
www.dumblittleman.com/2007/06/free-disposable-phone-numbers.html
numbr.com/
Disposable email addresses
www.dumblittleman.com/2006/06/disposable-email-addresses.html
www.pookmail.com/