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Turn your voice into a QR code which is then read back to you after you scan it

"Soundation - a powerful online music studio with recording, effects, virtual instruments and over 600 free loops and sounds."

Lots of podcast interviews with new book authors on all kinds of subjects. iTunes. Useful for lesson source material.

A great podcast on the place of the Internet in society and how it needs to be separated from behavioural issues.

"Classmint lets anyone create interactive, audible, annotatable and beautiful study notes that can be folded like paper. It also maintains automated revision list to aid in timely revision." [via @rmbyrne]

"My prediction is that if dictation technologies become less expensive and more widely available, and if it becomes normal to use them for everyday writing (such as email and text messaging), then students will grow disinclined to type their writing assignments, preferring instead to rattle off their compositions by voice. Educators will thus be confronting inescapable decisions about how they should respond to students' inclinations to write with dictation technologies."

"This week on Tech Weekly with games editor Keith Stuart we take a look at an emerging trend in games, where smartphones and cutting-edge robotics are used to create more socially inclusive and dynamic games. Joining Keith is Guardian writer Alex Hern; Iain Simons, director of the GameCity festival; and Jonathan Smith, games producer for Lego. The panel discuss why the screen is only a part of the gaming experience - and why small-scale, cheap robotics will open up a new world for developers. Also this week: Guardian tech writer Samuel Gibbs meets Ian Bernstein, co-creator of the robotic toy ball the Sphero, to find out about the evolution of the robot in gaming."

Interesting discussion about the future of gaming beyond 'the screen'.

This would be a great start for anyone with Chromebooks or just using the Chrome browser to get the most out of the experience

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"It's not just free music; it's good music"

Looking to create, build and keep resources for people using http://voicethread.com in their classrooms.