Ed Tech Crew 138 - Never Mind the Bullets

Podcast number 138 - October 12th 2010

[Running time: 48:14 mins, size: 33.3 MB]

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News & General Websites of interest:

Follow up from last week

HTML 5 Comic
http://www.nevermindthebullets.com

Google Reader - bookmark bar http://www.google.com/reader/view/#overview-page

101010 - How to read binary http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Binary

Twitter gets a make over ... a bit like the ipad app. http://twitter.com

Windows XP Still The Most Widespread Windows OS
http://www.techi.com/2010/10/windows-xp-still-the-most-widespread-windows-os/

Microsoft to buy Adobe: http://www.news.com.au/technology/flash-asset-microsoft-eyes-buying-adobe-in-recruitment-drive-to-fend-off-apple/story-e6frfro0-1225935796519

http://www.ubuntu.com - 10.10 is out! The Maverick Meerkat
A review at: http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/34866/Ubuntu-1010-Maverick-Meerkat-released-to-rave-reviews

NAPLAN cheating
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/seven-queensland-schools-cheated-in-naplan-tests/story-e6freuzr-1225932767190

Global Student website to go? http://globalstudent.org.au/2010/10/08/moving-house

A good resource: From John Pearce as well
http://www.digitalcitizenship.nsw.edu.au/

A blogpost from John Pearce
http://johnp.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/new-chrome-extension-adds-your-evernotes-to-google-search-results-google-chrome-browser/

Rapportive
http://rapportive.com

typewithme - Etherpad alternative
http://typewith.me/

A bigger list here: http://etherpad.org/etherpadsites.html

Yahoo Correlator
http://correlator.sandbox.yahoo.net/index.php

Feedback from listeners:

Roland Gesthuizen - Manage your Twitter account
http://manageflitter.com/

How to Break Down the Barrier Between Your iPhone and Computer
http://lifehacker.com/5656574/how-to-break-down-the-barrier-between-your-iphone-and-computer

Clay Leben - Open Source conferencing
http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/

OpenMeetings is a free browser-based software that allows you to set up instantly a conference in the Web.

Shelly Terrel - A list of all web2.0 lists
http://www.web20searchengine.com/web20/web-2.0-list.htm

Wes Kriesel - Keyboard Mac shortcuts
http://www.danrodney.com/mac/

John Pearce
Customised Google Search Engine

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/offer-custom-search-engine-fueled-research/

Andrew Jepperson from last week
http://www.onedayonearth.org/

Apps & Software:

Corkulous for the ipad
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/corkulous/id367779315?mt=8

Friendly - Facebook Browser app for the ipad
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/friendly-facebook-browser/id382011064?mt=8

App shopper
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/appshopper/id387037496?mt=8

Maverick Meerkat for the netbook :)
http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook