Ed Tech Crew 113 - Asperatus

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Podcast number 113 - February 8th 2010

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Scratch 2.0
http://dmlcompetition.net/pligg/story.php?title=241

Useless followup - Android names

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/01/google_renames.html

Tech Tools for Teachers: Email Sign Up Form by Simon Collier & Kathleen McGeady
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEREZ3JkNVktU3BPUUxOVW9WYXBYVEE6MA

General topics of interest & In the News week
A second apple device: http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/01/apple-tablet-os-x-ipad/

The Google Pad or what ever it is called:

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/computers/google-tablet-to-give-apple-a-touch-of-its-own-medicine-20100203-nc8u.html

iiNet and Copyright Case

Link to ruling from the case - http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2010/24.html?source=cmailer

Feedback from listeners
Tom Wursthorn

Online collaborative drawing tool

http://cacoo.com

Twitter for classrooms - http://www.edmodo.com

Writing with writers

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/

Writing with technology
http://www.thewritingsite.org/resources/technology/default.asp

John Pearce

Facebook - http://mashable.com/guidebook/facebook/

Youtube download - http://www.3outube.com/

Wave for students

http://onlinedegreeprograms.org/blog/2010/the-ultimate-google-wave-guide-for-students-100-tips-tools-and-tricks/

The complete guide to searching
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-complete-guidebook-to-web-searching-pdf/

Twitter Tools - http://oneforty.com/

edtechtalk & cchamberlain

http://www.ecampusnews.com/2010/01/13/barnes-noble-unveils-textbook-rental-service-for-colleges/

Andrew Sartori - http://capzles.com/

Website of interest:

Google Labs items you might not know

Google Fusion Tables - http://tables.googlelabs.com/Home

Google Audio Indexing - http://labs.google.com/gaudi

Google Code Search - http://google.com/codesearch

http://sixrevisions.com/resources/15-fantastic-finds-on-the-google-code-repository/

Google Browser Size - http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/

Roadmap for the future - from Hey Jude - http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/2010-a-roadmap-for-the-future/

Back facing cameras
http://itmadesimple.com/product_info.php?products_id=161

Events

ACEC - 2010 Conference t-Shirt design competition has opened.

You can design an entry yourself or you could get your class to design a tshirt - details about the competition and prizes are available online at: http://acec2010.info/

Richard Olsen - ideasLab - online course around Kodu starting Feb 15th - http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu

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.

Ed Tech Crew Calendar

We have created an Ed Tech Crew Calendar to list events and activities
- http://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/itmadesimple.com/embed?src=fceepisipmhn0qmkfodn4poc28%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Australia/Sydney

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