Monthly Archives: August 2008

Picnik

Have you ever wished you had a simple way to edit photos? Is Photoshop too expensive and complex? Picnik is your answer and it’s free. * Fix your photos in just one click * Use advanced controls to fine-tune your … Continue reading Continue reading

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Dealing with Copyright

Technology & Learning has a helpful article on Dealing with Copyright. As teachers are responsible for helping these media savvy students to understand and follow copyright guidelines, this quick guide to copyright will be of assistance. The guide also covers … Continue reading Continue reading

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Professor Proposes Taking Open Education Beyond Posting Course Materials

By Jeffrey R. Young These days many professors make their lecture materials and even recordings of their class sessions free online for anyone beyond the campus to learn from. But a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas hopes … Continue reading Continue reading

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Archives aided by anti-spam tools

Crumbling texts and books are being digitised thanks to anti-spam tools. To thwart spammers many websites force visitors to transcribe obscured words or characters before they get access. Now instead of random words many sites are taking text from old … Continue reading Continue reading

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Fixing video with Photographs

From Crunchgear: Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene from pro on Vimeo. This system, by students at the University of Washington, uses still photographs or one single frame of a video scene to automatically improve video. The … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Periodic Table of Videos

This is from Neatorama: Periodic Table of Videos is neat beyond belief. Martyn Poliakoff, a professor at the University of Nottingham, and video journalist Brady Haran, put together a periodic table where each elements is a link to a video … Continue reading Continue reading

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It Sounds Sweeter with Two

Ever recorded a podcast or lecture with two or more speakers? How ’bout the sound? Everyone spoke at the same level, right? Really? No quiet talkers and they all talked in to the mic. I wish. Afterwards, have you tried even … Continue reading

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