I often get a blank look when I refer to “the blog”, yet people know what I mean when I say “our website”.

I stumbled upon the following video which does a pretty good job of explaining, without resorting to technical jargon, what a blog is. 

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Colleagues over at the Teaching Ideas and Resources blog often refer to the Innovative Teachers Network. This is “a global community of educators who share a common interest in enhancing teaching and learning through the use of technology”.

Please click here to learn more about this free Microsoft-sponsored teachers” resource.

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Two teachers based in the UK, now working with Microsoft, have just started a new blog: Teaching Ideas and Resources.

It might be worth checking out the site and adding the RSS feed to your favourite aggregator.

You might also be interested in the Microsoft UK Schools News Blog.

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I suspect Hyper-V is something we”ll here more and more about over the coming months; it’’s certainly caused a great deal of discussion here at Schools ICT.

Gareth Hall, Windows Server Product Manager for Microsoft UK, explains how to get the most out of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Please click on the image below to link to the video.

Video: How to get the most out of Windows Hyper-V

For the serious techs out there, you can find out even more by clicking here.

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I”ve no doubt you”ve already seen Photosynth from Microsoft Live Labs as it’’s made its way around the blogosphere in the last few days. For those who haven”t, please take a look at the video below.

Video: Photosynth: How to Make Your Own Synth

Microsoft UK Schools News Blog is running a Photosynth contest, as Ray Fleming (UK Education Industry Manager for Microsoft) explains:

“I know that many of you will have been busy changing things in your IT systems this summer, and some of you will be the proud owners of new servers, networks and equipment. I’ve also been busy over the summer – building up my stocks of goodies. And I’m prepared to give away a bag of goodies – including a handful of 4GB memory sticks and a little pile of software boxes, for the best synth of either your server room or your school atrium. Grab your cameras, build the synth, and then post the URL as a comment (and email me too).”

Please click here to view the full post. If you decide to enter a synth into the competition (and I”ll let you consider the implications of publishing a virtual tour of your server room), please don”t forget to post a link in the comments section beneath this post.

I”ve embedded a video below in which, back in March 2007, Blaise Aguera y Arcas (co-creator) explains the whole Photosynth concept. Please be warned that this clip contains lots of “ooohs” and “ahhhs”.

Video: Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Photosynth Demo

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