The LaValley’s Blog

Technology in the classroom & home!

by Jean on Jul.20, 2009, under Jean's Ramblings

Angie is now using the video camera tape her students speeches. She then comes home and uses my computer to “download” them to the PC and either “upload” to her class youtube account or convert to a WMV and give back on a USB card.

Personally, not my first choice sticking 15-20 different USB drives into my brand new PC every 3-4 days, But… it’s a true test to see how “robust” Norton Anti-Virus truly is in the long run.

Time will tell.

On a side note, my Blackberry storm is holding out pretty darn well. I’ve got google maps that acts like tom-tom (with directions). I’ve got an app that shows me the closest “insert yellowbook” query here. I’ve got an app (like the iPhone) that allows me to take a click with my camera and send to amazon and look for similar products…. that was really a cool feature my brother in law had with his phone.

AND I have an app that shows me known speed traps (that links with google maps) and buzzes whenever I get near them. I can either confirm or deny that there was a cop sitting in the “known” speed trap. It’s a real time “flashing your headlights” to other users of the app. So far been pretty accurate. It’s called Trapster (of trapster.com), take a look and see if they have the app for your blackberry or iphone.

That’s all for this week. Till next week…


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