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Next Generation Investment

11 February 2010

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In the UK there is a new grant scheme available for low-income families with children aged 3-9, to get access to a computer and the internet to get online at home. If you are a low income family in receipt of certain…

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MobilizeThis09

27 October 2009

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MobilizeThis09

Mobilize This09 being held on Friday the 30th of October, brings together those pursuing the active use of mobile technologies and associated digital literacy in their daily lives, teaching and work related duties. The event will be held at Charles Darwin…

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Jokaydia’s New Outpost

11 October 2009

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I am pleased to see that  the community of Jokaydia have embraced and developed a new outpost on Reaction Grid, which is run on the OpenSimulator platform. Jo Kay reports on her blog that the community of educators will be meeting up…

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Making sculpted chair for secondlife part 2

23 August 2009

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Following on from part 1, in this episode we finish modeling our chair, then bake the sculptmap, texture and preview them in opensim. Watch it below or watch it on youtube. Visit Archive.org and download the Ogg video or Avi. Download Making sculpted…

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Teachers Without Borders on Secondlife

28 July 2009

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I wandered around Teachers Without Borders space on Secondlife and recorded a video of it that you can watch below or watch on youtube. You can also download it from internet archive. Read more about Teachers Without Borders. I hope Konrad Glogowski doesn’t mind…

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Linux Educational Comicbooks

25 April 2009

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Hackett and Bankwell is an educational comic/cartoon manual designed to teach readers how to get started with Linux-based operating systems. You can download copies of the ebooks here. New users often feel overwhelmed by all of the new information they need to…

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Cyberpsychology

12 September 2008

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Nottingham Trent University have introduced a Cyberpsychology masters degree, the first of its kind in the UK. The course is open to postgraduates and will look at online gaming and gambling, social networking as well as online dating. Dr Monica Whitty, who’s…

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Makehuman and Blender using Ubuntu Hardy

26 August 2008

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Makehuman Wikipedia article: MakeHuman is a software application that generates 3D humanoids; similar to Poser or DAZ Studio. It is written in C++ and Aqsis is necessary to produce a render. The MakeHuman team work towards correctness both in programming (using…

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