Being a bit of a gadget addict I watch the Gadget Show on Channel FIVE. Although this show presents a number of products each week that don’t necessarily have an appropriate use in education from time to time they come up trumps! For example in the past the presenters have demonstrated gadgets like the iPhone, iPod Touch, the Flip and Busbi cameras, and a number of really useful online tools with candid reviews of each item.
My point is that sometimes we need to look for alternative sources of information in places where educationalists wouldn’t normally consider. Why not spend 12 minutes watching BBC Click over a cup of coffee or surf through the Gadget Show website?
Two brilliant free service websites mentioned recently on the Gadget Show were:
AlternativeTo helps you find the alternative software for your computer or mobile phone.
Rather than search numerous sites looking for alternative or free software just use this one site.
You can search for alternative solutions by operating system or by the product you want to replace. I ran a quick search to find an alternate to Power Point and AlternativeTo gave me eight options.
youconvertit helps you convert media file formats i.e. documents, images, audio, video and units of measurement into your required format without buying or installing anything on your PC.
It is important to note that youconvertit doesn’t support Microsoft Office 2007 formats (.docx, pptx, xlsx etc) at the moment. Still this is a really useful tool, which is free with no registration required, simple to use and fast!
To use youconverit simply select your preferred option from the tabs at the top of the screen browse to the file or URL you wish to convert, select your preferred output file format and add your email address. Then wait for an email which contains a link to download your converted file.
If converting from text document to an mp3 file is something you need to do in a hurry and for free why not try http://www.robobraille.org/Text-to-Speech. Fantastic!!!
My point is that sometimes we need to look for alternative sources of information in places where educationalists wouldn’t normally consider. Why not spend 12 minutes watching BBC Click over a cup of coffee or surf through the Gadget Show website?
Two brilliant free service websites mentioned recently on the Gadget Show were:
AlternativeTo helps you find the alternative software for your computer or mobile phone.Rather than search numerous sites looking for alternative or free software just use this one site.
You can search for alternative solutions by operating system or by the product you want to replace. I ran a quick search to find an alternate to Power Point and AlternativeTo gave me eight options.
youconvertit helps you convert media file formats i.e. documents, images, audio, video and units of measurement into your required format without buying or installing anything on your PC.It is important to note that youconvertit doesn’t support Microsoft Office 2007 formats (.docx, pptx, xlsx etc) at the moment. Still this is a really useful tool, which is free with no registration required, simple to use and fast!
To use youconverit simply select your preferred option from the tabs at the top of the screen browse to the file or URL you wish to convert, select your preferred output file format and add your email address. Then wait for an email which contains a link to download your converted file.
If converting from text document to an mp3 file is something you need to do in a hurry and for free why not try http://www.robobraille.org/Text-to-Speech. Fantastic!!!
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