After 2 support sessions, the year 5 and 6 children at Sussex Road School are nearing completion of their first Radio Show.
To sneak a listen copy the following feed address into iTunes:
http://www.sussex-road.kent.sch.uk/podcasts/Sussex140907144931/rss.xml
You will need to delete, unsubscribe and re-subscribe to download the completed show once it is uploaded.
To download the file directly without subscribing:
www.sussex-road.kent.sch.uk/podcasts/Sussex140907144931/Episode1.mp3

After 3 support sessions, the children from the Slade Podcast group are proud to announce that Slade Radio is now live... well almost... The first programme is finished and available for download.
The feed for their Podcast is: http://www.podiumpodcasting.com/~182318/Slade140907100448/rss.xml

Simply click on 'Advanced' in iTunes, then 'Subscribe to Podcast', then paste in the feed address.
To download the file directly without subscribing:
www.podiumpodcasting.com/~182318/Slade140907100448/Episode1.mp3

More details here: www.macliveexpo.co.uk

Check out the launch of a recent balloon flight taken by my wife.

(Hosted on YouTube... so sadly not accessible within the KCN)

To add another string to your online editor bow, head over to www.blibs.com/editor/ to add Warhol and other effects to your photos.

Picnik is a really easy to use, and really responsive web browser based image editor. It offers basic image correction, some special effects, resize and rotate. For quick adjustments or a bit of fun, it is great. Who needs photoshop!? www.picnik.com

If you visit http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/ , you will be able to pick up a paint brush and create a masterpiece in no time at all. It's great fun and your work can be added to the gallery.

Around six years ago, my computer, with around four year's worth of data - hundreds of digital photos, emails, docs etc. died - taking the hard drive and all of its data with it. It was not backed up.

Since then, I have been very careful to back up my own personal laptop - with online storage for the most valuable photos and a rotation of three external hard drives.

My second laptop - supplied by the cluster - for cluster support & conference presentations also has a whole load of important data on it. Many hours of video. Presentations that I have given. Feedback forms. Support notes etc. It is not backed up.

The hard drive died this week - without warning. Ouch!

Learn from my mistake.

www.iaza.com is a free image manipulation website. The interface is simply a list of text based options. It has some interesting special effects.

www.webresizer.com is a FREE online image resizer. It can add a border to the uploaded photo and perform some basic colour correction.
In the time that it takes Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to complete its initialisation you can upload an image, resize and download the finished file.
This very screenshot was resized online.

Forgotten when your support booking is? Looking for an available slot? Check out the project support calendar HERE.

This week saw the start of an exciting development. I will be providing out-reach support for primary schools in the Tonbridge cluster.

The projects to be supported include: Digital video editing, Stop frame animation, Podcasting, Website creation and possibly some photography.

The projects got off to a really positive start with a morning at the Slade school, working with a group of year 5 and 6 children.
Their teacher Tracey Houghton will be taking the project on further with the children over the coming weeks.

The feed for their Podcast, which is currently 'work in progress' is: http://www.podiumpodcasting.com/~182318/Slade140907100448/rss.xml

Simply click on Advanced in iTunes, then Subscribe to Podcast, then paste in the feed address.


Note. If you do subscribe to the partly finished Podcast episode, you will need to delete the Podcast completely from iTunes and resubscribe to get the finished version when it is published.

If you wish to download the first radio show directly without subscribing to the Podcast click HERE.

Take a look at the seriously cool movies you can make in minutes from a collection of uploaded photos and a selected backing track. The clever site servers do all the hard work for you at the click of a button.
http://animoto.com/
Sign up required.
Free movies limited to 30 seconds.