Useful Links (weekly)

idlebackup.nl Idlebackup can make a backup during idle time when set to automatic mode. It can also shutdown the machine after the backup is finished and can perform synchronized or sequential backups. Quotepad – free notepad that can save the text selected on the screen. QuotePad lets you save selected text together with the URL of the [...]

Inky Award winners 2009

The Inky Awards were announce this morning. It would have been wonderful to be there (stocktaking however must go on!)  but I am very pleased with  he winners anyway. These awards are a celebration of the best in Young Adult literature as voted by the YA readers.  The Golden Inky (for the best Australian title) winner was: [...]

The Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody

I have been working on our library stocktake most of the day. Having a look on tweetdeck, I saw a reference made to this video by Alain van Heerden. It is a good way to finish the day and certainly brought a smile to my lips.

Useful Links (weekly)

Scientific Calculator AIDLT ~ A new voice in ICT Education Site of Australian Institute of Digital Learning and Teaching Google Image Swirl A new way to search through Google Images, with a nice interface that let’s you look at images grouped by similarities 4Teachers : Educator’s Resources Resources from 4Teachers. Can be used to assist in developing lessons, [...]

Top Tools for Learning

It is that time of the year again. There are lists popping up everywhere. I started reading this last week and it coincided with some discussions about digital tools in other forums at work. The Jane Hart has compiled her annual list Top Tools for Learning. It is always interesting to note the changes, what is up and what has [...]