14.02.10

Date: 14 February 2010
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ETRU Weekly #58

Attendees:

 * user:dajbelshaw
 * user:misetak
 * user:nickdennis
 * user:robthill


 * Apologies**:

user:grumbledook Away seeing family user:johnmayo Heading back to Dublin user:leoncych It is St Valentine's day user:zoeross19 Family stuff tonight - sorry!

Agenda:

 * 1) Which is the best Flash memory Camcorder?
 * 2) Green screen technology Best tools for the job? Not best tools, but have had a lot of fun with moviemaker (!), a bit of blue cloth and some free backgrounds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L78_GEx9Fhs http://www.freestockfootage.com Can't get to results on school network to show you, but kids in space / time travelling is quite fun. Adobe premier is more sophisticated as is imovie, but moviemaker is free & several of my students have been trying it out at home which is great user:zoeross19
 * 3) Beyond Windows Movie maker; recommendations? Can't be there tonight, but Pinnacle videospin http://www.videospin.com/Redesign/ is the only free alternative I've been able to find - intuitive & works well ("update" reminders perhaps a little annoying) user:zoeross19
 * 4) Apps for the mobile teacher
 * 5) Mobile learning the next big thing?
 * 6) Best affordable laptops for student and teacher use?
 * 7) Essential software for a base student/staff image install Some good wikis set up by @digitalmaverick and @mwclarkson to look at user:gideonwilliams
 * 8) Is there anything good about teaching OCR nationals?? user:misetak That's fighting talk - woulD love to join in this conversation and might be able to sneak out inbetween courses of my romantic valentines dinner (now there is commitment!) user:gideonwilliams

(who put number 1-7 on the wiki? thanks!) user:dajbelshaw

Next ETRU TeachMeet? user:dajbelshaw