At last – this is great (if it works) November 7, 2009
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I’ll start off by saying I’ve not tried this yet but …
If you are upgrading to Windows 7 and want to install all your favourite apps it can take ages.
Go to this website, say what you want and let it get on with it – WOW. It also acts as a great reminder of some top applications that are out there for free
Simple and great November 7, 2009
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So easy – just does 1 thing but does it so well. Compare the size of really small things
(drag the slider under the picture)
Computer Science for Fun May 1, 2009
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Love ‘computers’ – hate all the boring bits ….
I’ve not delved deeply yet but the ‘first brush’ is very encouraging. This sites offers a magazine but also many routes through the content – a feature I particularly welcome.
I stumbled on this page where you could design your own noughts and crosses AI using a logo like language “Go Top Centre”. A great ‘filler’
Great conversion April 19, 2009
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I’m sure that most readers will be aware of the totally excellent ZamZar website – the website that offers free online file conversion. Well today it has a new addition to the convertion options that might be really handy.
Zamzar has recently added text to speech conversion to its massive list of file conversion capabilities.
Here’s how it works. Just upload a Word, PDF, TXT, Wordperfect, Works, or OpenDocument Text doc to Zamzar and select MP3 as the output format. Enter your email address and after a few moments Zamzar will send you a link to an MP3 file with a digitized voice doing a passable but somewhat awkward reading of the text you uploaded.
Need an Avatar? April 13, 2009
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by Jane Hart
With DoppelMe you can create a graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or any group of people for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and almost anywhere else on the web.
It’s free and there are no Flash, ActiveX controls, downloads or toolbars needed – just your browser and a few mouse clicks. That’s it!
Google for Educators March 30, 2009
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If you feel that some of the Google technology has passed you by then there is hope.
Google has some great applications like Google Maps, Earth, Sky and the like as well as Google Apps and Sketchup. The trouble is keeping up to date with it and thinking how it can be applied in the classroom. Well Google has helpfully created a page just for this.
This page give simple descriptions on how to use the various technologies in the classroom (or even at home).
Worth a quick look – even if just to say “Yep – knew that, knew that, didn’t know that”.
Screen Toaster March 24, 2009
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There are many screen recorder utilities available these days including the popular ‘Jing‘.
Screen toaster is another but this one is web based so doesn’t need installing AND records video. Output is in .mov file format so that those youtube videos now become readily playable. It has a quick upload option as well.
