I've previously written about avatars for teaching and learning online. I just discovered Noah, the latest animated character technology - seems quite intriguing for e-learning applications. The Noah avatar is billed as the latest innovation for web site enhancement since graphics, audio, video, interactive exercises and simulation games. I might find a spot to try my own personalized speaking avatar somewhere on my web site.

For a list of cool tools, visit kk.org. A cool tool here is any book, gadget, software, video, map, hardware, material, or website that someone has recommended for its superior usefulness. Click on the learning link to read about tools for language learning, how-to videos, a cloudspotters guide, and more. Under Media tools, find a reverse dictionary, a PB wiki, and a television eliminator. Browse through Inner Space to learn about the MindMap book and how to make a journal of your life. Visit other parts of Kevin Kelly’s website to learn that he’s the chairman of the All Species Foundation that’s trying to catalog each living species on earth and give every organism its own web page. The reading will be endless.