[Year 12 IT Apps] Dreamspark

[Roland Gesthuizen]

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 :-)

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)
    http://movies.*atomiclearning*.com <goog_1241390973695>

http://movies.atomiclearning.com
They offer a free demo subscription that is worth asking for.

Regards Roland

2009/5/2 Davies, Brett <bdavies at woodleigh.vic.edu.au>

>
> 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.
>
>
> We asked for 50 licences and got them sent to us instantly. Check it out,
> hope its of use to someone
>
> https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/
>
> Cheers
> Brett
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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