The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that the Resources in Focus tab on the National Site in Glow has recently had some additions. LTScotland, along with JISC, has negotiated access to a wide range of reference materials which will enhance any school resources.
Oxford University Press (OUP) on line includes Grove Art online, Grove Music online, [...]
Entries from October 2008
New reference resources available in Glow
October 30th, 2008 · Comments Off
Tags: GLOW · Learning and Teaching · Software Information
IPR – Intellectual Property Rights
October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Just a wee word of warning about IPR. I recently read an article in Computer Active Magazine (issue 277) from a guy concerning IPR. He was responsible for doing the publicity for a family day organised the amateur theatre company he was a member of. He used an image from Google images in the publicity [...]
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Little Big Planet
October 20th, 2008 · Comments Off
Here is the latest offering for the PS3 console – Little Big Planet.
http://www.mediamolecule.com/games.html
It has “sandbox” potential similar to Endless Ocean, but with a more creative slant. The idea is to create areas and levels for games, using a toolset and realworld physics, that can then be shared and played by others. Although it can be played [...]
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Easi Speak Microphone
October 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
We have recently purchased Easi Speak Microphones at the ICT Support Section. These dinky little devices and very easy to use and connect to your PC using a USB connection. I’ve used them to record a voice and then add the recording to a Voki and uploaded it to my GLOW page. Great fun!
Tags: Web 2.0 · interactive technology