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Total Movie Converter is a handy solution to convert video files of almost all popular video codecs to AVI, MPG, WMV, MPEG, FLV.

This article explains how computer scientists make the software that brings entertainment to the world more efficiently. The software that makes the effects can also help movie makers display their ideas better, thus simplifying communication.

A sprawling consortium of Hollywood content providers, consumer electronics companies, and Internet players said on Sept. 12 that its members are planning to develop a standard that will let consumers buy movies and other digital content once and play them almost anywhere, on any type of device

"Hitchcock from Cinemek is a mobile storyboard composer. For those of you that don't know, a storyboard is a series of panels of rough sketches outlining a scene of a movie or commercial. They are used to help plan out the shots needed before you start filming. "

Storyboarding in your pocket. Hitchcock allows aspiring cinematographers to create movie layouts while on the go. Not free. Could be used for planning student videos for the Flat Classroom Project? Search Cinemek for the iPhone application

This article discusses what and how Android is and how it works. Because of Android, Apple, and other big companies that produce products that can download games, watch Tv, download music and even movies, society today has been affected drastically by technology,

New "social television" - you rate your shows, watch them, "check in" on the show. This is going to be very interesting.

"social television" Definitely worth "watching" This could make for a very interesting movie in the Flat Classroom project.

Here's your handheld projector - as my students and I joke - kids will no longer be texting in the bathroom but watching movies.

Great resources for people inventing things.

Great article on the technologies that will change everything. Wonderful for your movies.

Alternate reality games (ARGs) weave together real-world artifacts with clues and puzzles hidden virtually any place, such as websites, libraries, museums, stores, signs, recorded telephone messages, movies, television programs, or printed materials. ARGs are not computer or video games, but electronic devices are frequently used to access clues. Players can meet and talk with characters in the narrative and use resources like postal mail, e-mail, the web, or the public library to find hints, clues, and various pieces of the puzzle. ARGs open doors into the future of students' professional lives, where they will be expected to solve complex problems by taking necessary raw materials from multiple resources, thinking critically and analytically, and putting their individual skills, interests, and abilities at the disposal of a group dedicated to a common goal.

I love this reflection from the flat classroom conference. This is my favorite movie that I like to share.

This is what happens when students connect online. They learn to trust people.

Posted by Michael Krantz, Google Blog Team Q: What do zippers, baby oil, brassieres and trampolines have in common? A: No, the answer isn't that they're all part of the setup for a highly inappropriate joke. In fact, the above list (along with thermos, cellophane, escalator, elevator, dry ice and many more) are all words that fell victim to those products' very success and, as they became more and more popular, slipped from trademarked status into common usage. Will "Google" manage to avoid this fate? This year has brought a spate of news stories about the word's addition to the Merriam-Webster and the Oxford English dictionaries, an honor that's simultaneously highly flattering and faintly unsettling. Consider, for example, this passage from a New York Times story published last May: "Jim sent a message introducing himself and asking, 'Do you want to make a movie?'" Mr. Fry recalled in a telephone interview from his home in Buda, Tex. 'So we Googled him, he passed the test, and T called him. That was in March 1996; we spent the summer coming up with the story, and we pitched it that fall.'" Now, since Larry and Sergey didn't actually launch Google until 1998, Mr. Fry's usage of 'Google' is as distressing to our trademark lawyers as it is thrilling to our marketing folks. So, lest our name go the way of the elevators and escalators of yesteryear, we thought it was time we offered this quick semantic primer. A trademark is a word, name, symbol or device that identifies a particular company's products or services. Google is a trademark identifying Google Inc. and our search technology and services. While we're pleased that so many people think of us when they think of searching the web, let's face it, we do have a brand to protect, so we'd like to make clear that you should please only use "Google" when you're actually referring to Google Inc. and our services. Here are some hopefully helpful examples. Usage: 'Google' as noun referring to, well, us.

This is how movements now happen! Redefining Beautiful: One Girl at a Time has girls not wearing makeup on Tuesdays. T-shirts and, of course, social media, characterize what these girls are doing (and the guys who support them.) For pundits who think social media is a negative, this is an example of how this generation redefines the world using social networking to spread statements of a generation more quickly than books can be printed.

Read about this trend. It would make a GREAT movie.