Ed Tech Crew

Ed Tech Crew 106 – A Mind Expander

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:37:30 +0000

Podcast number 106 – November 10th 2009

[EDTECHCREW106.mp3 Running time: 56:48 mins, size: 44.8 MB]

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Virtualisation on the mac:

New VMware version 3
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

Paralells verison 5
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

3.10 of Virtual box is out for Snow Leopard as well
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

iphone virus
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/aussie-behind-iphone-virus/story-e6frgakx-1225795802203

Great installer! For Windows

http://ninite.com/

Twitter Lists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iGVmYUcEMg&feature=player_embedded

Bookmark syncing and password syncing

http://www.howtobemobile.com/index.php/how-2s/49-software/598-sync-your-bookmarks-and-passwords

Follow up results from the NetSafe poll held in conjunction with the UlEarn conference in NZ recently:
We appreciate your time and input. There were 513 votes in total with the following results:

Behaves ethically – 100 – 19%
Critical thinker – 75 – 15%
Confident and capable – 58 – 11%
Uses ICT to participate – 50 – 10%
Shows integrity – 48 – 9%
Relates positively online – 47 – 9%
Manages digital footprint – 43 – 8%
Manages challenges – 40 – 8%
Respects privacy – 24 – 5%
Respects copyright – 16 – 3%
Respects freedom of speech – 12 – 2%

UltraNet news – a blog response from helen otway
http://helenotway.edublogs.org/2009/11/06/ultranet-ready/

Video site for students and teachers

http://schoolwaxtv.com/

Feedback from listeners

Brian Riley – programming with grade 6

http://www.bluej.org/

John Pearce
http://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic

Create a Mii
http://www.myavatareditor.com/

Darrel and Mrbps

http://completewaveguide.com/guide/The_Complete_Guide_to_Google_Wave

Camilla Elliot

http://www.utechtips.com/50-educational-apps-for-the-ipod-touch/

Heather Baillie
http://sites.google.com/site/ahsgform/

Andrew Williamson

Making Movies – http://kynanrobinson.globalteacher.org.au/2009/11/01/movie-making-and-literacy-skills/

Sue Tapp

http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/11/apps-on-my-iphone/

Andrew Jeppeson
http://www.readcloud.com/Home

100 Blogs Every New Teacher Should Read
http://www.onlineschools.org/2009/10/20/100-blogs-every-new-teacher-should-read/
100+ Google Tricks
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/10/25/100-google-tricks-that-will-save-you-time-in-school/

Get wrong before you Google
http://lifehacker.com/5386722/get-it-wrong-before-you-google-to-learn-it-better

HBO Imagine
http://www.hboimagine.com/

Google Dashboard
http://www.google.com/dashboard

Video’s of interest:
Googled- a futuristic movie based on Google being everywhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HvF96LB0i8

Games

New iPod/iPhone Game Settlers – First island – http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.itunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewSoftware%253Fid%253D335029050%2526mt%253D8
Great board game

Events

Internatinal digital Entertainment Festival
http://www.idef.com.au via Andrew Owen

3in6 Competition
Further information about the competition and registration details can be found at the 3in6 website – http://www.3in6.vitta.org.au
Vitta Conference 2009 – Slide to Open
http://www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo/cid/1/parent/1/pid/1/t/conferenceinfo/title/vitta-annual-conference-2009 registrations are currently open

ACEC 2010 Digital Diversity conference – Hosted run by ICTEV
http://acec2010.info/

Registrations are currently open.

4th Annual Forum of Australian National Schools Network (ANSN)
The Education Revolution – two years on
17 November 2009, Old Parliament House, Canberra ACT
http://www.ansn.edu.au/4th_annual_national_forum_2009_the_education_revolution_two_years_on

Innovation in Education One-Day Conference – London, UK – 9 November

http://www.guardian.co.uk/innovation-education

Clay Leben
http://editlib.org/talks/CEDMEDIA+2009

Ed Tech Crew 105 – The big bad episode and bring back JUNG!

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:38:31 +0000

Podcast number 105 – November 2nd 2009

[EDTECHCREW105.mp3 Running time: 1:01:44 mins, size: 28.2 MB]

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Happy World’s Teachers Day! for last Friday

Interview with Glenn McMahon
Education officer (Curriculum and Learning Technologies Officer)
Sandhurst Catholic Education Office

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ceosandhurst

Blog: http://www.sandhurstictnetwork.globalteacher.org.au
Wiki: http://sandhurstkidsconference.wikispaces.com

Links

ABC Good Game
http://www.abc.net.au/goodgame
Bring back Jung http://www.savejunglist.com/
Sign the online petition: http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/31631.html

Tell a web2.0 story
http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways

New ubuntu – Karmic Koala – http://ubuntu.com
Netbook remix http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook

Windows 7
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/
And Aussie pricing
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26245515-5014239,00.html

Follow up Drupal in American government
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15005/open_source_obama

Education Revolution Faltering?
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/education-revolution-faltering-expert-20091101-hrn0.html
And in need of a reboot
http://www.theage.com.au/national/pms-computer-revolution-in-need-of-reboot-20091031-hqtn.html

Ed Tech Crew 104 – An Interview with Tom March

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:02:24 +0000

Podcast number 104 – October 27th 2009

[EDTECHCREW104.mp3 Running time: 59:18 mins, size: 51.3 MB]

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Links

Research and Development from the feds http://bit.ly/1Ap00R

Comic links

http://www.slideshare.net/shend5/tap-into-the-world-of-comics via @joycevalenza Joyce Valenza

8 steps to creating awesome super hero comics with sound track via @will42 on twitter – Andrew Williamson

http://willie42.globalteacher.org.au/2009/10/25/super-hero-comics/

Guest Speaker – Tom march
http://www.tommarch.com/ozblog/
Blog Post: http://www.tommarch.com/ozblog/2009/10/18/nml-debrief/

Feedback from listeners
Darren Murphy
http://www.pcworld.com/article/172802/google_docs_adds_studentfriendly_features.html

Via @willie42 Andrew Williamson

DEECD Twitter list
http://tinyurl.com/ylxnojxBlog Posting: maths class How to handle inappropraite situations – a very good blog post
http://mathsclass.net/comments/handling-the-inappropriate/

Qld’s new social Network rules
http://mixmysalad.blogspot.com/2009/10/teachers-banned-from-contacting.html
News Source: http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26252941-5014239,00.html

Interesting Game development coming: http://atmosphir.com/

Apple iPod/iPhone App:
NASA - http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=334325516&mt=8

Ed Tech Crew 103 – Apple slip and Twerbose OvertheTop

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:30:36 +0000

Podcast number 103 – October 19th 2009

[EDTECHCREW103.mp3 Running time: 40:49 mins, size: 18.7 MB]

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Links

Clean My Mac
http://macpaw.com/cleanmymac

Shared Google Folders
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=158074

Google Wave
http://wave.google.com

Double Twist
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/big-bother-dvd-jon-has-steve-jobs-in-a-twist-20091009-gpu7.html

The software can be found here: http://www.doubletwist.com/

Snow Leopard bug
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/10/11/major-bug-in-snow-leopard-deletes-all-user-data

Feedly for Safari
http://blog.feedly.com/2009/07/31/experimental-feedly-for-safari/

Stemming the tide of cyber bullying
http://www.smh.com.au/national/stemming-the-tide-of-cyber-bullying-20091012-gu1x.html

Longer Twitter posts

https://twerbose.com/

NMLs Conference Debrief – Blog Post from Tom March
http://www.tommarch.com/ozblog/2009/10/18/nml-debrief/

Feedback from listeners

Sue Tapp … Social bookmarking and annotating

http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/Social-Bookmarking-and-Annotating#SharedAnnotationRolesHandou

John Pearce … 100 Green iPod apps
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/more-than-100-iphone-apps-for-green-shopping-eating-travel-and-fun.php

Video’s of interest:
Google Wave Video – Pulp Fiction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxF9oz9Cu0

Events
International digital Entertainment Festival
http://www.idef.com.au via Andrew Owen

3in6 Competition
Further information about the competition and registration details can be found at the 3in6 website – http://www.3in6.vitta.org.au

Vitta Conference 2009 – Slide to Open
http://www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo/cid/1/parent/1/pid/1/t/conferenceinfo/title/vitta-annual-conference-2009 registrations are currently open

ACEC 2010 Digital Diversity conference – Hosted run by ICTEV
http://acec2010.info/
Registrations are currently open.

4th Annual Forum of Australian National Schools Network (ANSN)
The Education Revolution – two years on
17 November 2009, Old Parliament House, Canberra ACT
http://www.ansn.edu.au/4th_annual_national_forum_2009_the_education_revolution_two_years_on

Innovation in Education One-Day Conference – London, UK – 9 November

http://www.guardian.co.uk/innovation-education

Ed Tech Crew 102 – Free Internet, dumb ISP’s and much more!

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:08:19 +0000

Podcast number 102 – October 14th 2009

[EDTECHCREW102.mp3 Running time: 40:30 mins, size: 34.6 MB]

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Links

Free Internet for Victorian Schools

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/minister-for-education/free-internet-for-victorian-government-schools-in-2010.html

Feedback from listeners

Rob Sbaglia – Loddon Mallee Ultranet Coach http://sbaglia.com/

http://www.walkscore.com

John Pearce
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Conversational Search engine
http://www.backtype.com/

Blog posts on the future of learning

http://onlineschool.net/2009/10/08/100-must-read-blog-posts-on-the-future-of-learning/

Via Darrel & Rhondda – rpowling on delicious

New educational blog platform

http://eduperience.com/

Best of Oz Educators Diigo Group via Sue Tapp
http://groups.diigo.com/group/oz-educators

Design the school of the future, but do it now (GPS)
http://tsheko.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/design-the-school-of-the-future-but-do-it-now-gps

Website of interest:

STAQ
http://ict-in-science-education.wikispaces.com/

The aim of this wiki is to provide a useful set of ICTs and other tech tools for Science Teachers to utilise in their classrooms.

10 Myths of copyright

http://betch.edublogs.org/2009/10/06/copyright-or-copywrong/

Video’s of interest:
http://www.60secondrecap.com/

Events

Internatinal digital Entertainment Festival
http://www.idef.com.au

via Andrew Owen

3in6 Competition
Further information about the competition and registration details can be found at the 3in6 website – http://www.3in6.vitta.org.au

Vitta Conference 2009 – Slide to Open
http://www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo/cid/1/parent/1/pid/1/t/conferenceinfo/title/vitta-annual-conference-2009 registrations are currently open

ACEC 2010 Digital Diversity conference – Hosted run by ICTEV
http://acec2010.info/
Registrations are currently open.

4th Annual Forum of Australian National Schools Network (ANSN)
The Education Revolution – two years on
17 November 2009, Old Parliament House, Canberra ACT
http://www.ansn.edu.au/4th_annual_national_forum_2009_the_education_revolution_two_years_on

Innovation in Education One-Day Conference – London, UK – 9 November
http://www.guardian.co.uk/innovation-education

eMug Users Group 2nd Meeting – 29th October, Mooroolbark Secondary College

http://easternmacusersgroup.ning.com/events/event/show?id=3595447%3AEvent%3A2405

Ed Tech Crew 101 – Here comes the Wave :: Google Wave!

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:37:48 +0000

Podcast number 101 – October 6th 2009

[EDTECHCREW100.mp3 Running time: 42:08 mins, size: 19.3 MB]

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Links

Darrel’s Scratch Moodle course final sees light of day

http://www.smsn.vic.edu.au/ictguy/index.php/2009/10/01/still-scratch-ing-an-itch-with-a-moodle-course/

Google Wave
http://www.penn-olson.com/2009/09/06/5-videos-to-ease-your-google-wave-excitement/

Google Chrome Frame
http://www.penn-olson.com/2009/09/23/google-wave-coming-next-week-ie-users-be-prepared/

Eric Marcos – interviewed by BTN
http://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/

Cybersafety Survey Ulearn09

http://bit.ly/iwAXR

Google Sidewiki – http://www.google.com/sidewiki/

Software alternatives – http://alternativeto.net/

Open Culture – Smart Youtube collections

http://www.openculture.com/2008/03/youtubesmartvideos.html

iPod Touch assessment app

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/09/23/individualized-assessment-on-an-ipod-touch-using-google-docs-via-gwhiz-mla/

100 blogs to follow

http://www.onlinecourses.org/2009/09/13/100-best-blogs-for-tech-savvy-teachers/

99 Fire-fox extensions
http://www.onlinecourses.org/2009/09/28/99-awesome-firefox-add-ons-for-educators/

Great Quotes about learning and change…
http://www.flickr.com/groups/858082@N25/pool/show/with/3948886994/

47 ways to fine tune your brain
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2009/09/47-ways-to-fine-tune-your-brain.html

New and emerging technology symposium – bubblus
http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=397854&pw=yafETfitqcNL2MTlNQTF4dXBYcmN6Yw

Blogging Guidelines

http://ulearn.netsafe.org.nz/blogging-guidelines/

Tag Clouds

http://tagul.com/

Garage Band for the Web

http://mashable.com/2009/09/16/aviary-myna/

NSW DET

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/156528,nsw-seeks-to-build-unhackable-netbook-network.aspx

Feedback from listeners

Russel Montgomery
Rubrics - http://www.cybraryman.com/rubrics.html

Pocket Video
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_6tv55j7g9

John Pearce

iphone, ipod, itouch ning - http://ieducationappsreview.ning.com/

RU Connected Podcast
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=323042625

Marie Salinger - Whitefriars College about their participation in the PLP project.

http://plpatwfc.globalteacher.org.au/ &

http://indoorlaneway.youthedmusic.com.au/

Games

iPod Games - Geo Swarm
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=326563285&mt=8

Events

Linux Conf in New Zealand via @kattekrab

http://www.lca2010.org.nz/wiki/Miniconfs/Education

Ed Tech Crew 100 – Voices of the Ed Tech Crew

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:09:01 +0000

Podcast number 100 – September 21st 2009

[EDTECHCREW100.mp3 Running time: 1:31:03 mins, size: 50.8 MB]

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Links

Via Jo Mcleay – The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/documents/mysteries/divmysteries.htm

Harris Burdick Project movie from Brian Crosby
http://learningismessy.com/HarrisBurdickProjectMovie.mov

Word Press worm
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/old-wordpress-versions-under-attack/

A-Z Media on twitter
http://fanbloodytastic.com/top100/media/a-z/

Video Clip for this episode: Red Riding Hood by Engeeniers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54ABqSOScQ

Interviews with:

Andrew Churches

blog: http://edorigami.edublogs.org/
wiki: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
Episode 60 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/09/02/ed-tech-crew-60-educational-origami-with-andrew-churches/

Chris Betcher

Twitter: @betchaboy
IWB Revolution ning: http://iwbrevolution.ning.com/
Blog: http://betch.edublogs.org
Episode 40 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/04/15/ed-tech-crew-40-interview-with-chris-betcher

Darren Murphy

Episode 57 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/08/12/ed-tech-crew-57-google-teacher-academy-with-darren-murphy/
Episode 72 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/12/15/ed-tech-crew-72-christmas-special-our-titter-group/
Twitter: @darrenmurphy

Debra Hicks

Twitter: @taradcat
Wiki: http://debsplace.wikispaces.com/
Episode 17 -http://www.edtechcrew.net/2007/09/11/ed-tech-crew-17-marco-intel-deb-is-back
Episode 72 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/12/15/ed-tech-crew-72-christmas-special-our-titter-group/

Eric Marcos

Twitter: @mathtrain
Web: http://mathtrain.tv & http://mathtrain.com
Episode 49 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/06/09/ed-tech-crew-49-get-on-board-the-math-train
The forum Eric is attending:
http://www.childrennow.org/issues/media/edmedia_2009.html

http://www.childrennow.org/issues/media/edmedia_2009.h

Glenn MacMahon

Blog: http://sandhurstictnetwork.globalteacher.org.au
Twitter: @ceosandhurst
Episode 70 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/11/28/ed-tech-crew-70-vitta-darrels-award-and-guest-vistors/

Jarrod Robinson

Blog: http://mrrobbo.wordpress.com
Twitter: @mrrobbo
Episode 77 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2009/03/05/episode77/

Jo Mcleay

Blog: http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com
Episode 33 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/02/26/ed-tech-crew-33-a-conversation-with-jo-mcleay/
Twitter: @jomcleay

John Pearce

Blog: http://johnp.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @mrpbps
Episode 90 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2009/06/19/ed-tech-crew-90-interview-with-john-pearse/

Krystie Alleamue

Sharepoint templates http://icttoolkit.wikispaces.com
With One Work: http://www.withonework.innov8collabor8.net
Episode 78 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2009/03/11/ed-tech-crew-78-an-interview-with-krystie-alleaume/

Mark Richardson

Mac Network: http://www.macschools.net
Episode 24 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2007/11/14/ed-tech-crew-24-kids-congress-guest-speaker-and-other-ict-topics/
Episode 72 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/12/15/ed-tech-crew-72-christmas-special-our-titter-group/
Twitter: @ictedservices

Richard MacLemale

Website: http://richardmac.com
Moodle sites: http://learn.pasco.k12.fl.us
Episode 80 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2009/03/25/ed-tech-crew-80-an-interview-with-richard-maclemale
Twitter: @richardmac
Songwriter/musician: http://richardmac.com

Will Richardson

Episode 51 – http://www.edtechcrew.net/2008/06/23/ed-tech-crew-51-an-interview-with-will-richardson
Powerful Presenting Practice – http://plpnetwork.com/details.html
Blog: http://weblogg-ed.com
Twitter: @willrich45

Ed Tech Crew 99 – What’s in the box?

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:22:48 +0000

Podcast number 99 – September 8th 2009

[EDTECHCREW099.mp3 Running time: 49.11 mins, size: 23.7 MB]

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Texting Video – a must watch for all adults and students with licences or about to get them…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rdV9ADjpcg

Google Apps for Non-profit and Education
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=72223&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bitly&utm_campaign=non-profit-apps

Simply Box
http://www.simplybox.com/

The Digital Education Revolution in NSW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-T71zmupiA

Interesting Photo tool – good for classes
http://compfight.com/

More images – http://www.arkive.org/

Open Atrium – A customised drupal install with lots of features

http://openatrium.com You can always use MAMP and XAMPP to try it out!

Wiki Smart
http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/

Feedback from listeners
Darren Murphy
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25966890-2862,00.html

John Pearce
Mahara from Alison Miller
http://eportfolio.vetsa.net.au/view/view.php?id=23

100 people to follow on Twitter
http://ithinkmedia.com/Blog/Articles/100-Educators-to-Follow-on-Twitter

Online Interactive Resources
http://www.curriculumbits.com/categories.php

Word Press tutorials
http://www.antsmagazine.com/2009/04/250-super-cool-wordpress-tutorials-newbie-to-pro/

Google Tutor
http://www.googletutor.com/

iphone ipod touch Apps for Education
http://web.me.com/dowd/Touch/Welcome.html

http://tweetmic.com/ & http://screenr.com

Tom Wursthorn
http://computerkiddoswiki.pbworks.com/Web-20-Browser-Tools

http://www.short-stories.co.uk/

Andrew Jepperson – 23 pojects
http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/2009/08/back-to-school-23-things-project.html

Darrel’s free web2.o Moodle course:
http://moodlecommons.org/course/view.php?id=14

Recordr
http://recordr.tv/

Camilla Elliot
http://www4.eanesisd.net/~vietnam/

Heather Baille
http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2009/08/01/on-the-wire-education-videos/

Andrew Sartori
http://tilestack.com/

Mark Richardson
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hIxczAI35znN0uwcSRzb2Q4SlsgQ

From Maryna on twitter
http://www.fontcapture.com/

Visualisation Tool
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_best_tools_for_visualization.php

Events
The MQUncon 09 is a FREE event for educators to connect and share ideas and solutions around using educational technology in learning and teaching.
http://mquncon09.pbworks.com/

Ed Tech Crew 98 – An Interview with Adrian Bruce

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:37:10 +0000

Podcast number 98 – August 24th 2009

[EDTECHCREW098.mp3 Running time: 53.34 mins, size: 36.9 MB]

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NSW Win 7 Netbook Article : http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25910722-15306,00.html?

4 Corners Cyber Crime
http://bit.ly/mDAXW

Web: http://www.adrianbruce.com/

Twitter. @adrianbruce

Pageflakes – http://www.pageflakes.com/hey_ad.ashx

Blog: http://code-samuel.blogspot.com/

Sploder: http://sploder.com

Ed Tech Crew 97 – Hunting the endangered Octopodes

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:29:43 +0000

Podcast number 97 – August 17th 2009

[EDTECHCREW097.mp3 Running time: 46.59 mins, size: 21.5 MB]

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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/10×10.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

Ed Tech Crew 96 – Down and Dirty in the Terminal

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:19:37 +0000

Podcast number 96 – August 11th 2009

[EDTECHCREW096.mp3 Running time: 46.19 mins, size: 31.9 MB]

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PLP (Powerful Learning Practice) links
http://plpnetwork.com/project-resources-research/
http://plpnetwork.com/2009/07/06/australian-virtual-learning-showcase/
http://plpnetbooktrial.wikispaces.com/

Skype threat …?
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/biz-tech/shock-threat-to-shut-skype-20090731-e3qe.html

Camtasia for the Mac to be released 25th August
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/08/camtasia-coming-to-mac-on-august-25th/

National Science week is coming up 15th 23rd August
http://www.scienceweek.gov.au/Pages/index.aspx

ABC Science Site
http://www.abc.net.au/science/

Star Hunt
http://www.starhunt.net.au/home/

RU connected podcast
http://ruconnected.globalteacher.org.au/

Python Programming
http://challenge.ncss.edu.au/

Mind Mapping
http://associatedegree.org/2009/07/27/50-useful-mind-mapping-tools-for-college-students/

Mind Mapping Survey – please link and fill in:
http://bit.ly/cmTr5

Tom Wursthorn – link
http://reading.ecb.org/index.html

Andrew Jepperson
http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=989

Rob Rankin
http://animoto.com/education/features

Andrew Williamson
100 Music bloggers
http://mustech.net/2009/01/01/a-bold-new-year-the-official-list

25 online websites for creating original artwork
http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/3442983

Links & website of interest

TED video to watch – Janine Benyus shares nature’s designs
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html
Associated site: http://www.asknature.org/

50 Fun iPhone Apps to Get Kids Reading and Learning
http://onlineultrasoundschool.com/2009/50-fun-iphone-apps-to-get-kids-reading-and-learning/

Digital Story Telling 2.0
http://jakes.editme.com/DigitalStorytellingTwo

Microsoft Deramspark – free software?
https://www.dreamspark.com/

Twitter Links – **New**

A great Flickr photo stream care of Wil Richardson @willrich45
http://www.flickriver.com/groups/809956@N25/pool/interesting/

a report from the UK about top social networking sites for students – thanks to judy oconnell @heyjudeonline
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/young_times/article6747799.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742

Ed Tech Crew 95 – Creative Commons Explored

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:48:42 +0000

Podcast number 95 – August 4th 2009

[EDTECHCREW095.mp3 Running time: 47.20 mins, size: 21.7 MB]

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Ahrash Bissell from the Creative Commons Organisation:
Blog: http://creativecommons.org/weblog
Twitter: @creativecommons
Websites: http://creativecommons.org.au, http://creativecommons.org,

Are there any specific resources eg videos, documents, websites etc where people should go to learn more?

What are the best places to go for educators looking for CC licensed materials?

Events for this week ….
http://21clearning.globalteacher.org.au/

Ed Tech Crew 94 – Better late than never

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:42:28 +0000

Podcast number 94 – July 23rd 2009

[EDTECHCREW094.mp3 Running time: 41.42 mins, size: 19.1 MB]

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New Firefox 3.5.1
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html?from=getfirefox

New ‘twitter’ search video
http://commoncraft.com/twitter-search

Feedback from listeners
Darren Murphy
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23717390-details/iPhone%20that%20shows%20you%20the%20closest%20Tube/article.do

Heather Bailie
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/07/10-things-teachers-should-know-before.html

Rob Rankin
A powerful editing tool and photo manager. Formerly fauxto.
http://www.splashup.com/

Twitter Education
http://twittered.wetpaint.com/

Digital Literacy via Brodie Ralli
http://www.inanimatealice.com/

Pascoevale PS – A whole unit on the
http://pascoevale5-6.wikispaces.com/Digital%20Literacy%20-%20Inanimate%20alice

Note Taking
http://www.distancelearningnet.com/blog/2009/50-tools-and-tricks-to-revolutionize-your-notetaking/

Not taking wiki
http://www.springnote.com/

Games
Parachute Panic for the iPhone and ipod touch

Ed Tech Crew 93 – Postini and the Never-ending Podcast!

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:55:05 +0000

Podcast number 93 – July 17th 2009

[EDTECHCREW093.mp3 Running time: 56.06 mins, size: 38.6 MB]

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Links for this week.

The real creator of PHP
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/phps-creator-rasmus-lerdorf/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Lerdorf

Retweeting followers
http://mrtweet.com/

Survey site
http://www.obsurvey.com/

Microsoft Education
http://www.msteched.com/australia/Public/networking.aspx

Microsoft’s Cloud strategy for office
http://www.marketwatch.com/story//microsoft-unveils-office-fuels-google-rivalry

Wirelesss Tablet
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/apple-tablet

Educator site for Scratch
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/

Web apps on netbooks
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10263267-2.html?part=rss

Image site
http://fotoglif.com/

Feedback from listeners
Tom Wursthorn
Cyber Safety
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD..PC/pc=PC_311800

Also from ACMA – Click and connect: Young Australians’ use of online social media
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311797

Interesting ways to use wordle, DS etc
http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2009/06/11/interesting-ways-to-use-voicethread-wordle-and-the-nintendo-ds/

World Meters
http://www.worldometers.info/

Music site for kids
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

IWB resources
http://iwbteachers.wikispaces.com/Literacy

Jo Mcleay
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/glowscotland/

Andrew Jeppeson
http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/

Clay Leben
http://www.webenabled.com/

Rob Rankin
http://www.noteflight.com/login
http://www.screenjelly.com/

Website of interest:

35 Tips Tricks To Manage and Handle Multi-Author Blogs
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/35-tips-tricks-to-manage-and-handle-multi-author-blogs/

Games
Games based learning series
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/ictineducation/gamesbasedlearning/sharingpractice/guitarhero/introduction.asp

Events
The Virtual World Educators Conference – July 27th
http://vweducation.ning.com/

Addendum - Late breaking news!

Google Message Security for K-12 schools
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/todays-day-signups-open-for-free-google.html

Augmented Reality — Available Now, w/o Goggles
http://www.tuttlesvc.org/2009/07/augmented-reality-available-now-wo.html

iPhone Apps in the demo above
http://www.acrossair.com

Ed Tech Crew 92 – Almost Kodu & Slammin’ the spammer

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:43:44 +0000

Podcast number 92 – July 6th 2009

[EDTECHCREW092.mp3 Running time: 41.19 mins, size: 18.9 MB]

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Links for this week.

Zotero – http://www.zotero.org/

Kodu – http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/

50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/28/50-free-resources-that-will-improve-your-writing-skills

Learn Python – National Computer Science School
http://challenge.ncss.edu.au/

NECC 2009 Details
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/search_results.php?selection_id=48104148

Microsoft Teacher Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/education/teachertools/

Reading meets web2.0
http://techtoolsforreading.wikispaces.com/

Digital Story Telling by 2 Aussies
http://www.curriculumpress.edu.au/main/goproduct/12843

Newtube for NSW
http://thand.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/newtube/

Search twitter and google - http://twoogle.browsys.com/

Graphic Novels and Comics
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/literacy/findresources/graphicnovels/section/intro.asp

Ultranet tender confirmed
http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/minister-for-education/victorian-schools-a-step-closer-to-the-ultranet.html

Gmail – Ninja’s – http://www.google.com/mail/help/tips.html

Page Speed – http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/

A browser for kids – http://www.kidzui.com/

Chop Youtube movies - http://www.tubechop.com/

Feedback from listeners
Tom Wursthorn – http://www.visionmapper.org.uk/

Andrew Jeppesen
http://www.pdftoword.com/Default.aspx
http://pixelpipe.com/

Events
Virtual World Conference – 27th July
http://vweducation.ning.com

Call for papers – http://k12onlineconference.org/

Bloggers Feast in Melbourne – with Julie Lindsay, contact Sue Tapp - @sujokat

Ed Tech Crew 91 – Transformed!

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:29:28 +0000

Podcast number 91 – June 24th 2009

[EDTECHCREW091.mp3 Running time: 36.44 mins, size: 25.3 MB]

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http://tweetpsych.com/

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/06/ten-more-ways-to-provoke-a-geek-argument/

Darrel’s FreeMind Screencast
http://www.smsn.vic.edu.au/ictguy/index.php/2009/06/24/introduction-to-freemind/

Digital Nation
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/education.html

NECC – Birds of a Feather
http://ieducation.wikispaces.com/

Feedback from listeners
Wayne Eglington
http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/

Rob Rankin
http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2009/06/16
http://unite.opera.com/

John Pearce
Aussie Creative Commons pack
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/13982

TED Demystified
http://www.historyteachersattic.com/2009/06/ted-talks-demystified-for-teachers/

Online courses for Aussie School drop outs
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25653991-5013040,00.html

100 Brain storming ideas
http://www.forensicsciencetechnician.org/?page_id=27

Free Art Rage Pro
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2716
Must sign up here: http://www.artsonia.com/

Ed Tech Crew 90 – Interview with John Pearce

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:07:29 +0000

Podcast number 90 – June 16th 2009

[EDTECHCREW090.mp3 Running time: 50.39 mins, size: 23.2 MB]

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*Enhanced Podcast with Chapters – WOW

Guest: John Pearce
Blog: http://johnp.wordpress.com/
Mr P’s Test Blog http://mrpbps.globalstudent.org.au/
Online Presentations on My Other Blog http://johnp.wordpress.com/online-presentations
Tutorials: http://johnp.wordpress.com/tutorials/
My earliest education based blog was Mr P’s SMARTBoard at http://mr-p-iwb.blogspot.com

John’s Book – Technology Toolkit: Introducing Web2.o

Order form is on his blog http://johnp.wordpress.com

Twitter: @mrpbps

Links to the John other sites:
http://blogsetc.pbworks.com/FrontPage a general look at some of the main Web 2.0 tools and apps including examples
http://digistories.pbworks.com/ examples of some of the ways that you can work with students to create and showcase digital stories
http://projectingpassionately.pbworks.com/ a record of the use of blogs as a vehicle for online projects for grade 5-6 students
http://iwb4middleyears.pbworks.com/ a look at the use of Interactive Whiteboards in the middle years of schooling, (years 5-10)
http://scienceandict.wetpaint.com explores some ways in which information and communication technologies can be used in science
http://5escience.pbworks.com/ a look at teaching science using the 5E’s, Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate
http://dsme2009.pbworks.com/ a presentation for a group of 2009 DSME students at Melbourne University

Other websites mentioned:
Pete and Byrons films, (the kids with the Flash animations etc), can be found at http://pnbfilms.globalstudent.org.au/

BradJoe98 has his movies at
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bradjoe96&view=videos

General topics of interest & In the News week
Facebook name URL’s – have you claimed yours?
http://facebook.com/username

Feedback from listeners
From: Delicious user amarrinan
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/imovie_09_stone.html

Website of interest:
Computer tutorials in pictures via a tweet from Danny Nicholson
http://inpics.net/

Alternative Search Engine Options – A new Top 100 Alternative Search Engines list!
http://www.altsearchengines.com/2009/06/15/a-new-top-100-alternative-search-engines-list/

50 resources from Educause
http://www.educause.edu/node/645/tid/33438?time=1245148043

TeachersTV
http://www.teachers.tv/good

Ed Tech Crew Group on Diigo
http://groups.diigo.com/groups/ed-tech-crew

Ed Tech Crew 89 – The Massively Huge Link Show

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:25:22 +0000

Podcast number 89 – June 4th 2009

[EDTECHCREW089.mp3 Running time: 51.50 mins, size: 35.7 MB]

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Youtube TV
http://www.youtube.com/xl

Feedback from listeners
http://wallwisher.com
http://websites.kahoks.org/safeweb/
http://www.slideshare.net/edvibesproducer/visual-definitions-of-web-20-1446578
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation_inequality.html
http://offisync.com/
http://www.printfriendly.com/
http://www.scribblemaps.com/http://www.abc.net.au/usmob/
http://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/

Google sketchup resources
http://www.youtube.com/user/bonnieroskes
http://www.3dvinci.net/teacherguide/Teacher_Guide.htm

Search
Wolfram Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
http://mashable.com/2009/05/30/wolfram-easter-eggs-mashable/
http://mashable.com/2009/05/17/wolfram-easter-eggs/
http://mashable.com/2009/05/17/better-wolfram-easter-eggs/
http://mashable.com/2009/05/21/wolfram-alpha-firefox-add-ons/
Bing
http://www.bing.com/
Google Squared
http://www.google.com/squared/
———————

Google Wave
http://mashable.com/2009/05/31/google-wave-features/
http://wave.google.com/

37 sites for free stock images
http://www.graphicfetish.com/37-places-to-get-free-stock-images/

Long URL
http://www.longurlplease.com/

Evolutionary Leaders on Twitter
http://www.stephendinan.com/blog/2009/05/shift-list-evolutionary-leaders-on.html

Scottish teacher investigated over Twitter use in the classroom
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/24301/scottish-teacher-investigated-twitter-classroom.phtml

Top TED talks
http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2009/05/top20tedtalks.html

80+ tech and media videos
http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1480

IWB activities
http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart.htm

Meeting tools
http://todaysmeet.com/
and via Jarrod http://tinychat.com

Games – Natal
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/microsoft-announces-motion-controller-for-xbox-360

Events

Virtual World Conference
http://vweducation.ning.com

Call for presenters ACEC conference.
http://acec2010.info/

Ed Tech Crew 88 – ICTEV 2009 Conference Interviews

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:46:33 +0000

Podcast number 88 – June 3rd 2009

[EDTECHCREW088.mp3 Running time: 48.18 mins, size: 22.2 MB]

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ICTEV – http://www.ictev.vic.edu.au/

ICTEV Conference Links – http://www.ictev.vic.edu.au/event/2009_Conf_Abstracts.htm

Live blogs from the conference:
http://starnott.edublogs.org/2009/05/30/79/
http://starnott.edublogs.org/2009/05/30/speed-sharing-at-ictev09/

Prezi – http://prezi.com/

Australian Computers in Education Conference 2010 – Call for papers http://acec2010.info/

Ideas Lab – http://ideaslab.vic.edu.au/

Ed Tech Crew 87 – Interview with Andrew Owen

edtechcrew@gmail.com (Darrel Branson & Tony Richards) — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:23:22 +0000

Podcast number 87 – May 25th 2009

[EDTECHCREW087.mp3 Running time: 1:02.57 mins, size: 28.9 MB]

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Interview: Andrew Owen – Monash University
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/Andrew-Owen

Games Boot camp
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/events/2009/games-boot-camp.html
Step IT Up Link
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/events/2009/step-it-up.html
I also run this
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/promotion/competitions/it-challenge/

Some games we talked about:

Bridgit Game
http://www.chroniclogic.com/index.htm?bridgeit.htm
Age of Empires
http://www.ageofempires3.com
Puzzle Quest
http://au.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/puzzlequestchallenge/index.html

Events
ICTEV Conference May 30th
http://www.ictev.vic.edu.au

We will have a live feed from the conference from about 12:30 EST
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ICTEV-Conference-2009

Western Region – Mac Network meeting this week – Thursday May 28.
The agenda for the meeting is around tech support for Macs and Free Mac PD for your staff. This will be a great meeting for catching up with people and chatting about all things Macintosh. Don’t forget they have a registration process for this meeting. To register go here,
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/347894562

Ed Tech Crew

Ed Tech Crew 106 – A Mind Expander

Podcast number 106 – November 10th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 105 – The big bad episode and bring back JUNG!

Podcast number 105 – November 2nd 2009

Ed Tech Crew 104 – An Interview with Tom March

Podcast number 104 – October 27th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 103 – Apple slip and Twerbose OvertheTop

Podcast number 103 – October 19th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 102 – Free Internet, dumb ISP’s and much more!

Podcast number 102 – October 14th 2009

Design the school of the future, but do it now (GPS) http://tsheko.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/design-the-school-of-the-future-but-do-it-now-gps

Ed Tech Crew 101 – Here comes the Wave :: Google Wave!

Podcast number 101 – October 6th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 100 – Voices of the Ed Tech Crew

Podcast number 100 – September 21st 2009

Ed Tech Crew 99 – What’s in the box?

Podcast number 99 – September 8th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 98 – An Interview with Adrian Bruce

Podcast number 98 – August 24th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 97 – Hunting the endangered Octopodes

Podcast number 97 – August 17th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 96 – Down and Dirty in the Terminal

Podcast number 96 – August 11th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 95 – Creative Commons Explored

Podcast number 95 – August 4th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 94 – Better late than never

Podcast number 94 – July 23rd 2009

Ed Tech Crew 93 – Postini and the Never-ending Podcast!

Podcast number 93 – July 17th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 92 – Almost Kodu & Slammin’ the spammer

Podcast number 92 – July 6th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 91 – Transformed!

Podcast number 91 – June 24th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 90 – Interview with John Pearce

Podcast number 90 – June 16th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 89 – The Massively Huge Link Show

Podcast number 89 – June 4th 2009

Ed Tech Crew 88 – ICTEV 2009 Conference Interviews

Podcast number 88 – June 3rd 2009

Ed Tech Crew 87 – Interview with Andrew Owen

Podcast number 87 – May 25th 2009

Design the school of the future, but do it now (GPS)
http://tsheko.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/design-the-school-of-the-future-but-do-it-now-gps