Podcast number 119 – March 22nd 2010
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Format Factory – one kewl conversion app!
http://www.pcfreetime.com
Evom – Make ipod movies on the Mac
http://thelittleappfactory.com/evom/
Online School Portal goes live – http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/online-schools-portal-goes-live-20100315-q9nd.html
Education Minister Bronwyn Pike promises Ultranet will transform the way students learn?
From Camilla Elliot – ACEC 2010 Australasian Media Awards
Link for entries is http://acec2010.info/ACCE-edsoft-media-award
Registration on the site is required to nominate.
Kindle Reader for Macs
Article: http://digital.venturebeat.com/2010/03/18/amazon-releases-kindle-ebook-reader-application-for-macs/
Actual link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_mac_mkt_lnd?docId=1000464931
Google Set Top Box & Google TV
http://gizmodo.com/5495856/a-google-tv-set+top-box-is-coming?skyline=true&s=i
http://mashable.com/2010/03/17/google-tv-2/
From Jane (Hart) Knight
http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/03/scribble-maps-draw-on-google-maps.html
Scribble Maps
http://www.scribblemaps.com
10 Levels of intimacy online
http://loichay.tumblr.com/post/178728159/10-levels-of-intimacy-in-todays-communication
Via @sujokat Sue Tap
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/videos/ipod-touch-therefore-i-teach
Is it a little too late – why not wait for the ipad?
Free Burning Application for Windows – just updated :: A must for your
tool kit
http://www.imgburn.com/
Tip of the week is how to manage multiple logons to the same site
Start a “New Incognito Window” in Google Chrome!!!
Word – Excel – Free on the web
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/enterprise/word-excel-powerpoint–free-on-the-web-20100315-q7g7.html
Feedback from listeners
Via Tom Barret on Twiitter
http://www.abcya.com/index.htm
rpowling & mrbps
http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_114_use-google-documents.html
John Pearce - How Google Search works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNHR6IQJGZs&feature=player_embedded#
Kids Search Poster
http://mobile.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=blog&blog_id=1340000334&blog_post_id=20051802
Wayne Eglington
Digital Citizenship
http://digicitizenship.wikispaces.com/ &
Collaborative Mind Maps
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/03/nine-tools-for-collaboratively-creating.html
Narissa Leung
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Wes Kriesel – How to create a graph
http://fallbrooktechcoach.org/how-to-create-a-graph/
http://www.wallwisher.com/
Events
Games Based Learning Conference 2010
http://www.gamebasedlearning2010.com
Apple ITSC – events for Apple enthusiasts. http://www.apple.com/au/education/itsc/venue_dates/
Scratch Day 2010 – May 22, 2010: http://day.scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch Conference in the US- August 11, 2010 – August 14, 2010
http://events.scratch.mit.edu/conference/
ACEC Conference 2010 – April http://acec2010.info/
Computer Games Boot Camp – Andrew Owen
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/promotion/games-boot-camp/
Over 500 students attended the event last year and a number of teachers.
