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A powerful video that was part of Sherryl’s presentation at Expanding Learning Horizons 2008.

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Got my hands on very interesting little gadget this week; the FLIP video camera. Not available in Australia yet (thanks Teresa for organising a USA pick-up) except on e-bay (which I’m never going to use again after their recent paypal fervour) this little gadget is about the size of pack of cigarettes (remember them?), [...]

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A while ago now I remember talking with an educator who was keen on the possibilities of students creating animations and videos using engines from games such as the SIMS.
Apparently these games have powerful tools that can be modified to create your own content, rather than just playing the game. I seem to remember seeing [...]

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Google are saying that the new Google Australian Federal Election site is a first for them; actually creating a page that centralises links to lots of information about a forthcoming event, rather than just aggregating other news data as they do with pages such as their News Australia site. The site integrates neatly with the [...]

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I’ve been leading a committee at school called Online Safety and Ethics which consists of a group of students and teachers working together to establish some clear outcomes, and some age-relevant activities for students to undertake during home group time. This YouTube video, against Cyberbullying, might be a resource we could use with Middle School [...]

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This disarmingly simple little video does go a long way to help explain the potential of wikis in plain Engish.

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