Multi-lingual AI driven FREE reading coach available

I am really excited about this latest release from Microsoft of Reading Coach. For anyone wanting to learn or improve their reading skills in any one of 14 languages, this is a fantastic, fun and functional way to learn. New in this release is streaks, something I mentioned in another post as a positive social … Read more

Streaks, Shorts & Subtitles – Premiere Pro

In my previous post I mentioned that the new Social Media Law for under 16 year olds had passed in the Australian Parliament and included some information about the law. It’s a good step and is still a year away so there is time for refinement. While the focus of the law is about preventing … Read more

Simple Floor Plan with PowerPoint and Excel

Creating a floorplan and keeping it up to date is harder than you think. Here is a simple solution that makes use of a Windows 365 Onedrive environment where we have a PowerPoint containing a read only viewable floor plan that links to an excel spreadsheet with the names of people sitting at the desk … Read more

The New Social Media Law

I emphasise that I am sharing my personal perspective here, not my employers… as education departments across Australia have only just started to consider the ramifications of the law. My intention when preparing this was that I wanted to self-inform so that my multimedia storytelling musings in SMOOTHIES shared with teachers and other educators were … Read more