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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Is anyone considering using the Google tools that are now
available to use in all the SACs for next year except the database one?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>This year I started with a Google account. I began with Gmail,
Gtalk, and Ggroups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>This lead into using Blogger, Google images and Picasa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Then came the online versions of a word processor, spreadsheet
and web page creator programs as part of Google docs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Timelines were developed in a rough sense using Google Calendar
and Google docs spreadsheet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Add to this a start of using PBwiki, YouTube and Google toolbar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>It seems like most of ITA in 2009 could be covered using Google
tools and be completely online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Regards, Bill Oldham (sessional teacher at Chisholm TAFE and VU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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