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V by 5

Five useful technologies you can learn about in five minutes apiece

I: Wikis

  1. reader-edited website
  2. students create learning and extra-curricular resources
  3. easily accessible
  4. you have control
  5. many service choices such as Wikispaces.com and advertising-free wikis for classroom use

II: Dropbox

  1. file syncing
  2. file sharing
  3. online backup
  4. web access
  5. mobile access

If you use this URL, you’ll get a bonus of 250 MB of free space—and so will your humble servant. Once you’ve got your account, you can invite your friends to join with the new link you’ll be provided, and you’ll both get bonuses of up to 8 GB.

III: LogMeIn

  1. access from any web browser—and from iPod touch & iPhone
  2. access to Windows and Mac OS computers
  3. remotely control computers
  4. remotely run applications
  5. copy and paste between computers

IV: OpenOffice.org

  1. free, reliable, safe
  2. reads/writes Microsoft Office files
  3. fully fledged equivalents
  4. Word → Writer
  5. Excel → Calc
  6. PowerPoint → Impress
  7. Access → Base
  8. plus Draw
  9. complete tools for students
  10. available for Windows, Mac OS & Linux

V: iTunes

  1. iTunes U
  2. podcasts
  3. live radio
  4. free song every week
  5. powerful media organizer

What’s next?

If staff are interested in workshops to experiment and practise with any of these technologies, I’d be happy to oblige.—Mike

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