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2007 September Archive at dougbelshaw.com

Monthly Archive for September, 2007

Wikispaces now has widgets

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The excellent Wikispaces is now even easier to use thanks to ‘widgets’. Simply click on the type of content you’d like to add and a link to it, and Wikispaces does the rest! I’ve been embedding YouTube videos on my GCSE History wiki and it works very well. More on the widgets here. :)

Google Docs made simple

Google’s products usually tick all of my boxes:

  1. Free
  2. Easy-to-use
  3. Useful

Google Docs is no exception - especially now that they’ve added presentation features. If you don’t understand what all the fuss is about and how you can use it with your students via Google Apps for Education, check out my post (What Can I Use Google Presentations For?) over at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk and this great video:

If you’d like support with Google Docs - either remote or local - then get in touch! :D

Amazon MP3 launches, not for UK

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Amazon.com have launched a Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free online music store. Unlike Apple’s iTunes music store, music can be played on any device and, wait for it… it’s actually cheaper per song! Although the number of tracks available is currently somewhat limited, more music is likely to be added soon.

I’d love to buy music from Amazon MP3, but I can’t. It would seem you have to be a US citizen to purchase music in this way as I was unable to using my current credit card billing address. Hopefully it will be extended to Amazon UK soon. Continue reading ‘Amazon MP3 launches, not for UK’