Fun Stuff – Norton News https://blog.oaknorton.com Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:27:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 7865306 The Salmon Khan Academy https://blog.oaknorton.com/the-salmon-khan-academy/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/the-salmon-khan-academy/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:18:33 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=293 Many of you have probably heard of the Khan Academy before. A few years ago I sent out an email about it when it was a lot smaller but still very cool. Today’s Khan academy could be one stop shopping for almost all your child’s math needs.  With over 2,000 videos teaching everything from basic […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/the-salmon-khan-academy/feed/ 2 293 Building Teamwork Through Marshmallow Towers https://blog.oaknorton.com/building-teamwork-through-marshmallow-towers/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/building-teamwork-through-marshmallow-towers/#respond Sun, 23 May 2010 04:22:45 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=269 Neat concept.

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/building-teamwork-through-marshmallow-towers/feed/ 0 269 World’s Coolest Software – Picasa 3.5 https://blog.oaknorton.com/worlds-coolest-software-picasa-3-5/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/worlds-coolest-software-picasa-3-5/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:43:35 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=204 Last night we transferred a few thousand of my daughter’s photos (she’s a picture taker and filled her last hard drive–it was admittedly small and old) from a Windows XP machine to a Windows 7 machine. (This isn’t about Windows 7 but I am really liking it) We’d put Picasa 3.5 onto the machine and […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/worlds-coolest-software-picasa-3-5/feed/ 0 204 Halloween scavenger hunt activities https://blog.oaknorton.com/halloween-scavenger-hunt-activities/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/halloween-scavenger-hunt-activities/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:25:34 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=198 If you’re looking for a fun Halloween scavenger hunt activity, can I recommend a product I made and not have it sound like a self-advertisement? 🙂 Several years ago my wife and I came up with an idea for a product that would let parents have an easy way to do fun activities with their […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/halloween-scavenger-hunt-activities/feed/ 0 198 American Revolution Sacrifices https://blog.oaknorton.com/american-revolution-sacrifices/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/american-revolution-sacrifices/#respond Fri, 08 May 2009 03:29:10 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=84 What a great short video about the sacrifices of our patriot fathers.  David McCullough has a great storytelling voice doesn’t he?  If you want to read some additional really cool stories about little known patriots of the Revolution, pick up a copy of Unlikely Heroes by Ron Carter from Amazon.  It’s an amazing book about […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/american-revolution-sacrifices/feed/ 0 84 Model Rocketry https://blog.oaknorton.com/model-rocketry/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/model-rocketry/#respond Thu, 07 May 2009 04:52:52 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=74 I loved model rocketry as a kid.  I got started when I was in cub scouts and my Boy’s Life magazine had ads in it for Estes and Century rocket kits.  I think my first rocket was the Alpha 3, a simple starter kit with the plastic fin unit so you didn’t have to clue […]

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