Archive forDecember, 2009
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What happens in the last week of school in our Library?
December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Here is what is happening in ours • Students finished Friday lunchtime followed by staff lunch to farewell staff leaving • This week – Meetings and planning with teaching and Library staff, HODs etc • Professional Learning sessions- cameras, turnitin, referencing, making posters, using copiers, blogging, netbooks, implementing one-to-one model in Departments, rewriting units • [...]
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Kindle for PC – access thousands of books without buying another device
December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Amazon offers free Kindle software app for PCs, with Apple version on its way. Brennon Slattery (PC World (US online)) 11/11/2009 reports Amazon released a Kindle for PC app, available as a free 5.17MB download for Windows 7, Vista, and XP. Much like the Kindle for iPhone, Kindle for PC allows e-book downloads and shows [...]
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Digital storytelling – Authorstream
December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Thanks to Marita who suggested using Authorstream as an alternative to Slideboom – here is a test to see how Authorstream compares to Slideboom with retaining powerpoint sound and animation. The example in this post uses Authorstream. Examples using Slideboom are in previous posts – skip 2 posts or so, to find the Snowboarding or [...]
