Podcast number 92 – July 6th 2009
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50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/28/50-free-resources-that-will-improve-your-writing-skills
Learn Python – National Computer Science School
http://challenge.ncss.edu.au/
NECC 2009 Details
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/search_results.php?selection_id=48104148
Microsoft Teacher Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/education/teachertools/
Reading meets web2.0
http://techtoolsforreading.wikispaces.com/
Digital Story Telling by 2 Aussies
http://www.curriculumpress.edu.au/main/goproduct/12843
Newtube for NSW
http://thand.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/newtube/
Search twitter and google - http://twoogle.browsys.com/
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/literacy/findresources/graphicnovels/section/intro.asp
Ultranet tender confirmed
http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/minister-for-education/victorian-schools-a-step-closer-to-the-ultranet.html
Gmail – Ninja’s – http://www.google.com/mail/help/tips.html
Page Speed – http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/
A browser for kids – http://www.kidzui.com/
Chop Youtube movies - http://www.tubechop.com/
Feedback from listeners
Tom Wursthorn – http://www.visionmapper.org.uk/
Andrew Jeppesen
http://www.pdftoword.com/Default.aspx
http://pixelpipe.com/
Events
Virtual World Conference – 27th July
http://vweducation.ning.com
Bloggers Feast in Melbourne – with Julie Lindsay, contact Sue Tapp - @sujokat