Techno Babes » Resources http://technobabes.edublogs.org Technology, Education, and whatever else we find in the moon Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Internet Tools for Nothing or Next to Nothing http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/internet-tools-for-nothing-or-next-to-nothing/ http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/internet-tools-for-nothing-or-next-to-nothing/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:58:47 +0000 Barbara http://technobabes.edublogs.org/?p=14 Sometimes we just need simple tools to check or fix things. I ran across this web site that has links to tools that are either free, or almost free.  I don’t know about you, but I am definitely downloading them when I get home tonight!

http://tech.msn.com/downloads/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=8772825&GT1=40000

Prepared to be pinged!!!!!!

]]> http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/internet-tools-for-nothing-or-next-to-nothing/feed/ 0 Do As I Show You… CamStudio http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/do-as-i-show-you-camstudio/ http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/do-as-i-show-you-camstudio/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:39:05 +0000 Barbara http://technobabes.edublogs.org/?p=13 You’ve all heard of the nifty little software for creating tutorials, right?  Camtasia?  The thing is, you need to buy it.  Well, this little program was just too good to be true.  Sooooo…… someone created an open source version.  Meaning, it’s free!  Oh, NOW I have your attention.  Okay, here’s the details:

CamStudio
http://camstudio.org/

It records both video and audio on your computer and compresses the files to .swf files (meaning you can upload them to YouTube!!!).  Hurray open source!

Okay, while you are looking at the web site, I’m going to play with my CamStudio.  See you in YouTube!!

]]> http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/do-as-i-show-you-camstudio/feed/ 0 Editing Images for the Web – Online http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/01/04/editing-images-for-the-web-online/ http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/01/04/editing-images-for-the-web-online/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:49:55 +0000 Barbara http://technobabes.edublogs.org/2008/01/04/editing-images-for-the-web-online/ Hmmmm. You mean I need graphics software, too? Nope. Not now. You can do simple edits to prepare your images for the web. There are many online websites to do this, but here’s one that is very easy to use:

http://www.pixer.us

Simply upload your image via their online tools, edit, and download the result. That simple.  The Toto in all of us is thankful we’re not in Kansas anymore.

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