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I have recently discovered a great WordPress plugin called Anthologize. It was built as part of the One Week One Tool project. It essentially allows you to create electronic texts from blog posts. You can create texts in ePub, pdf, TIE, or RTF formats. It also allows you to create chapters to organise your content. This [...]

The  ’1 to 1′ netbook project journey continues! This week we are looking at the free and open source mind mapping tool called FreeMind. You can download FreeMind for Mac, Windows and Linux. In this video I give a brief introduction to some of the features available when using FreeMind. You can also download the [...]

As part of the ’1 to 1′ netbook project, I have been working with a number of schools to look at how Google SketchUp can be used in the classrooom. And while there are plenty of good videos to show how to get started with the tools, I wanted to try out a new screencasting [...]

Podcast number 3 March 22nd, 2009. [ICTGUY0903.mp3 Running time: 24:52 mins, size: 11.5 MB] Download it here! Links Rob Sbaglia: http://lmultranet.wikispaces.com Rob’s Twittering: http://twitter.com/sbaglia 1 to 1 project: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/ictsupportservices/netbooks/ DEECD wiki: http://netbooktrial.wikispaces.com Loddon Mallee Region Ning: http://one2onelaptops.ning.com

Podcast number 2 February 19th, 2009. [ICTGUY0902.mp3 Running time: 10:37 mins, size: 7.4 MB] Download it here! Links John Pearce: http://johnp.wordpress.com Tom Barrett’s Blog: http://tbarrett.edublogs.org 1oo ideas: http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2009/01/26/100-interesting-ways/ Tom’s presentations: Google Earth http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_175fp5qg9d3 Interactive Whiteboards http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_106c9fm8j Google Docs http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_8323t58h3ft Pocket Video http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_6tv55j7g9 Netbook links http://netbooktrial.wikispaces.com http://one2onelaptops.ning.com Local Events – Podcasting Session http://www.vitta.org.au/trainingevents/id/49/title/

Podcast number 1 February 3rd, 2009. [ICTGUY0901.mp3 Running time: 14:51 mins, size: 8.6 MB] Download it here! Team Building http://www.teampedia.net BBC News article on  BETT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7830431.stm Skype in Schools http://skypeinschools.pbwiki.com How to embed http://www.labnol.org/internet/how-to-embed-in-html-webpages/6365/ WOW’s http://mrsleung.edublogs.org/2008/12/18/wow-website-of-the-week-posters World Without Walls: Learning Well With Others – Will Richardson http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age-technology-will-richardson iPod touches / iPhone Apps http://www.iphoneandkids.com 50 iphone [...]