Ed Tech Crew 97 - Hunting the endangered Octopodes

Podcast number 97 - August 17th 2009

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News

IWB Health issue
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=lv&&catcode=ss_lv_saf_hs_03&rid=12898
http://www.wordsharksupport.co.uk/iwb_safety.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/03/interactive_whiteboards_education_eyesight/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6253410.stm

Science Week - this week
http://www.starhunt.net.au/survey/do-the-survey/
Get involved - http://www.scienceweek.gov.au/Pages/EventsMap.aspx?state=vic

Websites

GeoCaching
http://www.geocaching.com
Interesting Ways to Use Search Engines in the Classroom
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_343dhkvp4ds

Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_8323t58h3ft

Information Literacy resource - Fake sites & Tree Octopuses.
http://www.philb.com/fakesites.htm

Feedback from listeners

Movie Clips that Ilustrate & Inspire
http://www.wingclips.com/

John Pearce
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/teen-social-media

http://www.cio.com/article/499049/Twitter_Tips_How_to_Write_a_Twitter_Policy_for_Your_Employees
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/all-right-to-copy/index.htm

Tom Wursthorn
http://www.eduhound.com/

Other Links

From the Tom barrett Presnetation 10*10
http://www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html

Another Search site - Blind Search
http://blindsearch.fejus.com/

Loisath's Blog on SAM
http://loisath.edublogs.org/2009/08/11/sam-animation/
http://www.samanimation.com/

Wetpaint NOT ad-free for Educators
http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/Ad-Free+Education+Wikis

Wiki for maps ...
http://openstreetmap.org

Dead Easy Podcasting
http://mrrobbo.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/dead-simple-podcast-hosting-with-drop-io/

Back Google Docs
http://gs.fhtino.it/gdocbackup

Games
100 Games resources
http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/24/top-100-learning-game-resources

Twitter links from - @rgesthuizen
Wiki Visual blooms
http://visualblooms.wikispaces.com

Time lapse sky
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4505537

Lucy Barrow @lucybarrow
http://www.wordsift.com/

Wayne Eglinton@wayne7272
Gartner publishes 2009 "Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/26257/gartner-publishes-2009-hype-cycle.phtml#comments