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Great things are happening inside walls of the New Media Institute at the University of Georgia. Students are creating professional quality work, hosting events that influence and benefit real people in the real world, and learning how to use new media to make a difference. In fact, so much is going on in the NMI that some of the most important projects don’t get the recognition they truly deserve. New Media Update is a project dedicated to reaching out to the world and sharing everything that’s going on inside the walls of the NMI. Outreach via video podcast, created with professionalism by students in the very heart of the NMI, will both increase the visibility of the projects in the NMI and help people get involved who might not have previously heard about it. We are doing great things; let’s tell the world about it!
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The official video podcast of the New Media Institute at the University of Georgia.
Episodes
Episode 6: Notebooks: hot, thin, and sexy? | Three ways New Media can up your grades | J&J NMI Classroom Sting!
New Media Update: Episode 6 from newmediaupdate on Vimeo.
In New Media Update Episode 6: Zack compares the Dell Adamo to the MacBook Air, Kiley shows a few new media tips and tricks to help your grades, and Jennifer and Justin take a close look at some New Media Institute classwork.
Show Links:
Dell Adamo Is The New "Thinnest Notebook Available"
Dell Ships Ultra Thin Adamo Laptop
Apple MacBook Air
BlockSite Firefox Add-On
GoogleDocs In Plain English
Text-to-Speech in Windows Vista
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Release Date: March 20, 2009
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To use BlockSite, search for BlockSite in Google. Click on the first link. Click add to Firefox. Choose to install the add-on. Restart Firefox. Click on the Tools menu, then Add-Ons, under BlockSite click Preferences, Click Add, type in the URL you want to block, Click OK, and now you can focus in class without distraction! To turn BlockSite off, just go to Tools, Add-Ons, BlockSite Preferences, Click the URL you blocked, then click Remove. Click OK and now you can get right back to Facebook Stalking!
To use GoogleDocs, open your Gmail account. In the upper left corner, click on the Documents link. GoogleDocs will open, click on New to start a new document. To share it with classmates, click Share then Share with Others. Add their email addresses as collaborators and invite them. And ta-da, you've got a document you can all access from any computer!
When you're ready to study, just open system preferences, click on Speech, check the "Speak selected text" button. Click Set Key... Hold the keys Command, Shift, and S at the same time. Click OK, and then open your notes in Word. Highlight the text you want to hear, then press Command Shift and S. Then sit back and relax as your computer reads for you!