Mag Cloud by hp - Meagan Laird

Mag Cloud is a new online magazine publishing and printing resource that can be utilized by anyone! All you have to do is upload your pdf and Mag Cloud-hp takes care of the rest (like printing, mailing, subscription management, etc.).
The cost is quite minimal when you think about it. You are not charged to publish the magazine on MagCloud, but it costs 20 cents per page to buy it plus shipping. The company advertises that you can actually make money by doing this! You set your issue price and all proceeds that go above the base price (20 cents/page) goes to you.
And you can also browse and purchase other magazines made by other people.

This would be beneficial for students to utilize for public relations or for a class project!

http://magcloud.com/

Lesson Planner-Meredith Gilbert

Lesson Planner from Echalk is a way to connect teachers and administration to ensure the best curriculum for students. Teachers can submit their lesson plans to principals and superintendents to get feedback and let them know whats going on in your classroom. It allows teachers to align their lesson plans to what will best benefit the students. It's an interesting thought but with everything that teachers are responsible for it would be interesting to see if this software could really work.

Digital Storytelling-Meredith Gilbert

A new technology that is popping up across the nation is digital storytelling. Teachers use this teaching method to teach historic events or teach about another specific topic. There are several different software varieties that you can use to create a digital story to show your class. In agriculture, it might be interesting to use this to introduce a topic or use as an interest approach. It could be something that you could use year after year as a simple introduction.

Hydrogon Vertical Hydroponics- Tara Z

Want to explore the world of hydroponics with your students? Want to baffle their minds that plants can grow without soil? Of course you do! There are several vertical hydroponics systems available from Octagon Hydroponics. These growing centers help save space in their design and would be ideal for learning about horticulture. There are several layouts available, some geared toward taller vegetables like tomatoes, others for low growing veggies like lettuce. The design includes nutrient delivery systems, including Ebb and Flow, NFT, and Drip and Mist systems. Students could conduct experiments on plant nutritional needs and which system delivers the best amount of nutrients to a plant. Plus, how cool would that be to go to your hydroponics station, pick your lettuce and tomato, find an unfortunate pig and have a BLT?

Virtual Pig Dissection- Tara Z

Presenting... the virtual pig dissection lab! This online tool allows students to see the inside organs of a fetal pig without the mess. It is a free online tool, compliments of Whitman College. This application could be used as an introduction to monogastric digestion or animal systems in general, letting students explore a virtual model before digging into a real one. Or, if you wish to save time and money, not to mention the smell, you could use this tool as a substitution for the real squeal. Also included on the website are study guides for each system of the body, from digestive to reproductive, how to sex the fetal pig, and other anatomical references. There are also quizzes included.

Nuvi 880- Katie Day

A navigation syaytem that has pre loaded maps, yea okay, but a navigation system that can tell you the weather or movies that are showing in the movie theater, now that is just crazy. There is now a new navigation system that will tell you all of this. This navigation system has oice-activated navigation, preloaded maps, hands-free calling and an FM transmitter — plus real-time local weather, traffic, movie times, gas prices, stock information, local news and events.

Pet Waste Disposal System- Katie Day

The pet waste disposal system was used to be a self sustaining system. This contraption would use rain water to clean, literally scrub the yard after the pet uses it as a toilet. To charge the system, you do not plug it into the wall. The contraption has solar panels on it so you do not have to plug it into the wall. This machine will cost you nothing, except for what you spend yo buy it.