John Behan – IT Educator & Consultant

Over at smartphonewars Brian Hall has written, what can best be described as a rant, against Google – http://brianshall.com/content/google-are-pussies I’ll leave it to you to make your own mind up on this one, but have a read through the comments as some of them are very interesting and show that support for his stance is [...]

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I recently started using Google Plus, the new social network from Google. I like to buck the popular wisdom of not putting all my eggs in the one basket and like the convenience of using one provider for the web apps that I use. Currently my Google account gives me access to Gmail, Calendar, Docs, [...]

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I’m working with my Grade 12 students on their year DVD and a small problem came up. They are going to use Windows Movie Maker to edit the video but many of the files they have are in the MOV format. So I was given the task of converting them to AVI. I’m a huge [...]

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Sit back and relax as I breakdown some of the wonderful free apps you can get to grips with. Here are some of the applications that I have used with my students this year. The great thing about them is that they all are free or have a free version.  I use many of them [...]

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I’ve started getting my students to work with a new way of creating presentations. We’ve used Powerpoint and Google Apps to create some traditional ”slideshow” presentations in class. These have come off pretty well with the students creating some attractive and interesting pieces of work. But there’s a new player in the field of presentations – prezi.com [...]

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Here’s a really great photo-editing technique that I showed my grade 8 students today. It allows you to add real drama to a photograph and will be sure to impress your friends as they marvel at your new found skill. You know those really cool black and white photos that have just one colour showing [...]

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Whilst going through my Facebook account’s settings I came across an option to download all the content I had put on Faebook since joining it. Cool, this should be interesting, so away I went and requested my data. I was told it would take some time to prepare and I would need to pass a [...]

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I recently upgraded my Toshiba Satellite laptop to … another Toshiba Satellite laptop. The new laptop has 4GB RAM, 320GB HD, 15.6″….blah blah blah Anyway it also has(had) Windows 7. At first I was of the opinion that I’d use Windows 7 for a few days just to see what it was like and then [...]

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SInce moving back to Thailand I’ve missed a few things Guinness (It doesn’t travel well) Taytos The cold But TV from home especially sports has been something I’ve missed more and more. I was never a huge sports fan but ever since Angela and Ber McCormack educated me about Ossie Ardiles and Spurs I’ve called [...]

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It’s been a big year so far. Earlier this year, in April, my family and I moved back to Thailand. I’m now living and working in Bangkok, and long may it be so. I suppose it’s customary at this stage to insert a nice picture of smiling Thai people pushing boats around at the floating market or [...]

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