Speaking of movies, I decided to try out the AtomicLearning series of flash based video tutorials. Their collection is impressive, covering a lot of the standard software stock but I spotted a huge swag of FLOSS or open-source software tutorials that we use at our school including OpenOffice, Moodle, Gimp and more. I was able to configure to directly launch / login these from Moodle :-)<br>
<br>Rather than ye olde commercial stuff that often gets repacked from the USA and pushed on Austrlalian schools, this Oz/UK based group seems to have fresher content with accents that are familiar and easier to understand for our ESL students. My suspicition is that they employ teachers to assemble the lesson plans and I think I have spotted an Australian amongst the team. (grin)<br>
<cite> <a href="goog_1241390973695">http://movies.<b>atomiclearning</b>.com</a></cite><a href="http://movies.atomiclearning.com"><br><br>http://movies.atomiclearning.com</a><br>They offer a free demo subscription that is worth asking for.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/2 Davies, Brett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bdavies@woodleigh.vic.edu.au">bdavies@woodleigh.vic.edu.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Apologies if this has been made known to the list before but Microsoft is offering free software to students/teachers through Dreamspark. Some of the software is readily available anyway but there is some that's not, in particular, game studio and expression. There is also heaps of training videos and certifications etc.<br>
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We asked for 50 licences and got them sent to us instantly. Check it out, hope its of use to someone<br>
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<a href="https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/" target="_blank">https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/</a><br>
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Cheers<br>
Brett<br>
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