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Useful websites to gather resources and information. Send your ideas for this site to n.crawford@auckland.ac.nz

=Resource links from Dylan Owen, National Library School Services= A great directory of websites. Click the National Library logo to view.

I liked the look of this newspaper clip creator. Not sure how much text you can add to your clip but it seemed to be quite a bit. You can alter the name of the paper and the date as well as your headline and text. Then you simply click a button to download the picture. Click on the newspaper to go to the website. ||
 * [[image:newspaper.jpg link="http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp"]] || =Newspaper clip creator=

=Economics teachers= Richard Blogg WBHS recommends this site to Economics teachers, [|Ecoteachers] Use it to keep in touch and share resources with other NZ teachers. The site is a discussion forum in which you can view all of the postings but you can only reply or ask questions if you are a member of Google Groups. You can register free here

=Recommended reading= Geoff Harris from Tikipunga High School recommends this reading from Tessa Grey (ex ICT Advisor with Waikato University now ICTPD National Facilitator with CORE Education Ltd). A great article. Well worth reading.

=Visual search engine= Try [|Quintura] instead of Google to search the internet. This is described as a visual search engine and makes searching more like creating a mind map.

=Online file conversion= Use this site to convert youtube videos into movie files that you can save to your computer and view without connecting to the internet. In step 1 click on 'url' and paste in the web link to your youtube video - you will find the link beside the video. Then in step 2 choose the format you want the video to be saved in (mov for Mac and avi for PC's). Step 3 enter you email address and wait for Zamzar to convert the video and email a link from which you can download it.

=Desktop recorder= **CamStudio** records screen activity from your Windows Desktop into standard AVI movie files. It is an ideal tool for developing videos to demonstrate features of a new software or any other task that requires the capture of desktop activity. The program is easy to use, and you can select an area or full desktop for recording. You can adjust the video quality settings to reduce file size, use custom cursors and add a soundtrack through your microphone or speakers. Furthermore, you can add screen captions to your desktop while recording.

=Revision material= Denise Phelan from Whangarei Boys' High School recommends this UK revision site as a student resource for nearly all subject areas. Obviously it is based on the UK exam system but there is still plenty of good material. [|http://www.s-cool.co.uk]

=Online Surveys= The free account allows you to create a survey of up to 20 questions and receive up to 50 responses over a 10 day period, beginning when you start creating your survey. If you go over any of these restrictions then your results will still be collected and stored but you will be unable to view them until you upgrade.

One of the most popular survey sites on the web.