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Ed Tech Crew 68 – Links and Sites we think you will like…

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:29:55 +0000

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Feedback:
Adrian Bruce’s Teach Toolbox
http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/

Tristan Mether -http://www.tristanmether.com – recommended:
http://www.thinkgos.com/gos.php
A google focused OS running off the back of Ubuntu with a dock just like OSX.

Mr Robbo’s mobile blogging projecthttp://vceoes.wordpress.com
The kids used utterli to cross post to the class blog while they were away on camp at the grampians.
Tool used: http://www.utterli.com/

Links

FOSS Conference in Sydney
http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au

Does you blog reveal your character?
http://www.typealyzer.com/

SuperClubs plus – site to check out for teachers and students – online safe social network https://www.superclubsplus.com.au/
Read about Lois’ experiences with super clubs plus:
http://loisath.edublogs.org/2008/10/24/online-safety-taught-well-in-superclubplus/

DVD capture (Mac only app)
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16324

admin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:15:44 +0000

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Links

iphone pricing – http://www.numbersinaflash.com

NSW Education mail email deal:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/google-enrolled-for-schools-email-deal/2008/07/29/1217097291695.html

Lotus Symphony: free office suite for windows & linux
http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/products.jspa

50 Awesome Search Engines Every Librarian Should Know About

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

Sprout
http://sproutbuilder.com

Google Streetview
http://maps.google.com.au/

Technology topic – Downloading and converting flash video.

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:28:09 +0000

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Links

Search Engines
New search engine: http://www.cuil.com
Also … 13 more …
http://www.smashingapps.com/2008/07/18/13-most-unusual-search-engines-you-should-remember.html
Including http://www.deligio.com & http://www.pdf-search-engine.com

Feedback:

Camtasia competition – do we have winners? Yes! Congratulations:
Sue Tapp & Ms Riggins

A free virtualisation tool you can use on the Mac and other OS to run other operating systems:
http://www.virtualbox.org

Jenny Luca suggested (http://jennylu.wordpress.com/):
http://wiki.idebate.org Welcome_to_Debatepedia!

Do you know copyright? Good one for libraians and educators
http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/

The Pirate’s Dilemma :: Copyright – video from lauren Ogrady:
http://ogrady.globalteacher.org.au/2008/07/01/another-perspective-on-copyright/
YouTube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE5QsT5tJWs
What are you….. fight the rebellion or become part of it ……!

Nasa Images – archive of images from nasa: http://www.nasaimages.org

Microblogging tools
http://laconi.ca/ & http://identi.ca/

Western Metro Region conference.
WMR NOW online Conference
The WMR Ultranet Coaches, are delivering an online conference, using Elluminate, in October this year.