Kids to get E-books 29/10/2010
Mick Rooney alerted me to a new initaitive by Pearson publishing to give school kids access to ebooks... Sound Design 21/10/2010
Sound brings emotion, drama and life to animated film and computer games... here's David Collins showing us how its done...Enjoy 2 Comments If schools could buy e-books... 18/10/2010
... then parents would only have to purchase an e-book reader instead of numerous books ... Children could then use the e-book reader in primary school right up to third level. Schools would only have to purchase the books once, and pay a small fee for any e-amendments to the books... trees would be saved... children would no longer be burdened by the weight of heavy school bags... thereby avoiding back problems. There would be no more dog-eared books passed from one class to the next. Students would be more likely to open their books because its a 21st Century experience... A comedic novelist takes the laurel 13/10/2010
Howard Jacobson's "The Finkler Question" beat off the competition to take the Man Booker 2010 prize... if you want to know what humours him check out his profile at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/07/howard-jacobson-life-writing http://gu.com/p/2kb42 Make a Video 06/10/2010
Better Together want a 2 minute video showcasing what you do... The video needs to show what your organisation does, why you think it is better to work together and how the public can support your work. The video will be hosted on www.bettertogether.ie where it will help to raise the profile of your organisation and attract new supporters, donors or volunteers. The public can vote for their favourite clip, and the creators of the three best clips will win €3,000 each for their organisation." The closing date for entries is 15 November and the winners will be announced at a special ceremony in Dublin on 25 November. Contact Gert Ackermann at gert@wheel.ie or on (01) 454 8727 for further information . Below is an ad that captures exactly what Match.com is all about... Could you capture the essence of what ...a laptop and a projector per classroom can only be a start. However with more than €3bn cuts expected in the forthcoming budget it's unlikely that each child will be given an iPad anytime soon. But if the government could persuade education publishers to back e-publishing perhaps parents could purchase an e-book reader instead of paying out hundreds for school books each year bringing our classrooms into the 21st century and encouraging students to open their books. Podcasts 28/09/2010
Why produce a podcast? Most people nowadays are too busy to read... by creating an audio file... they can listen to your podcast while they continue to work on their computer... Attend a Media4NonJournalists course in Podcasting... contact me to set up a time to suit you.
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