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This is a fun program! Think of the carnival’s “House of Mirrors” where your features are distorted! Also, you can do different types of artsy effects, for example, ala Andy Warhol prints. Must have iSight though…
Will a USB camera work? I really don’t know. I have been trying to find a way to get my [...]

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www.boinx.com/mousepose
Check out this program! I think it’s a good AND simple program for teachers and other presentors. What it does is it transforms your cursor into a spotlight and then darkens the background.

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Today, we learned about Garage Band. Here are a few pointers…

apple-delete to delete instrument/track
click on eyeball on bottom left
pan- let speaker on top, right below
green file is a midi file whle blue is wav file
metronome is found in the control menu
earphones become microphones when inserted in input! (cool!)
Unfortunately, you cannot print out music you have [...]

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A nifty way to upload your podcast to iTunes…
FOR PODCAST UPLOAD (using PodcastMaker)
Go to: harddrive-library-web server-documents
Also, go to: system preferences-sharing-check personal web sharing
Back to the podcastMaker program, click on: load, when done, click “copy feed URL” instead of “done”
Then, go to: itunes-advance-subscribe to podcast-paste copied URL and it will appear!!!
OR, you can upload it to [...]

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This is a cool suggestion from Adrian (our Camp@Apple who is a high school teacher in Singapore who is smiling right at you!). He suggested that when assigning internet research on a certain topic, instead of saying “research on butterflies”, say “list down the top 5 sites on butterflies and explain why you ranked them [...]

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I have always wondered about what the shortcut for “force quit” was. Couldn’t remember it, even if my life depended on it. I know I could look at the shortcut keys every time I look at the “apple” menu — but, I don’t know what the first and third symbol stands for — until Camp@Apple. [...]

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Why is it amazing?
Because it is such a timesaver. All you need to do is register (it’s free!!!!!) and then plug in all the blog sites you want to keep an eye on!
How good is it? Well, only one way to find out — try it! Go to http://www.bloglines.com.

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Don’t believe in the saying that it is hard to “teach old dogs new tricks.” On the contrary, sometimes it is harder to teach “pups” new tricks! Yes, I am talking about my 6th grade World Geography class. Teaching these kids a news skill is like sticking a round peg into a square hole! [...]

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Very interesting class we are having today on blogging. I have been blogging for a couple of months now and am very happy with the few features I am using. Today, Rolly taught us the difference between posts and pages. The main difference I see is that “POSTS” eventually go to archives while “PAGES” stay [...]

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Yesterday, our 8th graders used the handheld, for the first time, to type in their Bill proposals. A lot of them were very excited and amazed by the capabilities of the handheld. So there they were, merrily typing away, until it was time to go…
Only one of them finished and was able to print her [...]

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