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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=045122702-08122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>As a cheap method of mass storage I have looked into an
application called FREENAS it is an open source network address storage device.
it runs on virtually any old PC I have used it on a 300MHZ machine with over 1TB
of storage. Great for streaming movies and media at home.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=045122702-08122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=045122702-08122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Andrew</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Roland
Gesthuizen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 8 December 2006 1:13 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 12
Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailing
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 IPM] AV software
recommendations??<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Sad thing (not widely advertised fact) is that resources uploaded are
stored in their proprietary format, DRM by the back door. Dont get me wrong, I
fully understand the reason for this is to copy protect their main video library
collection. I am less certain why it is imposed the format and left out an
export path for copyright free school videos such as our student productions
etc. My suggestions of mp4 exports that can play on iPods, Linux desktop client
etc were politely ignored. There are competitor products out there that provide
these (enough plugs, you can do your own detective work to dig these up)
<BR><BR>Our eagle eye librarian picked this up and now keeps a DVD backup copy
of any school videos and content that we own. Earlier this year, I met some
hobby enthusiasts at a local community radio station who did themselves from
'off the shelf' components. I might explore some options with my students for
creating our own media and podcast server to better serve our long term needs
that we can use in addition to a one click video collection (what you are really
buying with their product is a video library with an option to add
content.)<BR><BR>I must add that I quickly discovered the reasons in the mid
1990's why I stopped regularly nailing my students to a chair for a full period
to watch a video. Letting them shuffle the play and stop buttons on a computer
or take it home spreads out the torture. Teasing them with appropriate
5-10 min snippets in a lesson with interruptions to think and reflect is
more interactive and fun but of course, represents more work for teachers. :-)
<BR><BR>Regards Roland<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 07/12/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Stephen
Digby</B> <<A
href="mailto:digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</A>>
wrote: </SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">We
have trialled ClickView video storage and found it excellent (not only<BR>for
delivery, but for hanging teaching docs to videos, delivering specific
<BR>segments on demand, allowing students to take segments home to
view<BR>themselves....)<BR><BR>============================================================================<BR>==========<BR>Stephen
Digby, Learning Technology Manager <BR>mailto:<A
href="mailto:admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au">admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au</A><BR>Cheltenham
Secondary College <A
href="http://www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au">www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au</A> Ph: 613 955
55 955 Fx:<BR>9555 8617
<BR>============================================================================<BR>==========<BR><BR><BR>I
believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
Garrison<BR>Keillor, American humorous writer and broadcaster (1942
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On<BR>Behalf Of Jenny Antcliffe <BR>Sent: 07 December 2006 03:45 PM<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:ipm@edulists.com.au">ipm@edulists.com.au</A><BR>Subject: [Year 12
IPM] AV software recommendations??<BR><BR>Hello and Merry Christmas to you
all, Our AV technician here is researching <BR>the delivery of DVD and/or CD
and/or (shock, horror) videotaping resources<BR>to individual classroom
monitors, TVs and/or Whiteboards. Does anyone have<BR>first hand experience of
any soft/hardware they can recommend or suggest we <BR>do not touch???
regards, Jenny<BR><BR>Ms Jenny Antcliffe<BR>Fintona Girls' School<BR>79 Balwyn
Road<BR>Balwyn 3103<BR>Ph: 9830 1388<BR>Fax: 9888
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