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=Welcome To Your New Wiki= Hi guys - slight change of timetable now for Tuesdays! Rob will now be taking you in the mornings (A1:14) for Novi's class and I will see you in the afternoons, 12.30 - 3.30pm. See you tomorrow!

=A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies (Free Kindle Book)= media type="custom" key="11470234" align="right"To celebrate 20 years of the //For Dummies// books, you can download A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies for the Kindle for free. It features sample chapters from various //For Dummies// books and includes sections on using **Digital SLR cameras** and **social media**.

Don't own a Kindle device? There are other ways to read Kindle books. Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader Amazon Kindle for PC Amazon Kindle for Mac Amazon Kindle for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Amazon Kindle for Android Devices

=//Friends of Bomaderry Creek// Art and Digital Media Competition= //Friends of Bomaderry Creek// are running an art and digital media competition (with categories for painting, drawing, sculpture and installation, photography and video) between now and April 2012. More information... =Harvey Norman Photo Deals= Harvey Norman Photo Deals. Discounts will be available through the website (no special discount codes required). They advise ordering by December 12th (with store pick up option) to get it in time for Christmas.

=‍Free Software=

Office Software
Microsoft Office Starter 2010 (Cut down versions of Microsoft Word, Excel) Windows Vista or newer Open Office Libre Office

Graphics Software
Trial version of Adobe Photoshop The GIMP John's recommendation. Google Picasa 3 Paint.NET Craig says it's "way user-friendly and better than Photoshop." Sumo Paint (Browser based) Flame Painter(Browser based)

Linda says about Flame Painter, "This is great for making a one-minute work of psychedelic art or just killing some time, it's a program that lets you 'paint' and save the eye-popping flashes and slashes of light you'd usually only see in time-lapse photography."

Multimedia
Apple iTunes Windows Media Player Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 For Windows 7 and Vista only Microsoft Photo Story 3 Windows validation required Apple iMovie For Mac Audacity Free Audio Editor and Recorder Handbrake DVD ripper/multimedia format converter. John highly recommends this.
 * Windows Movie Maker** Earlier versions of Windows came with this included

= Dropbox Deal For Vodafone/3 Customers = Vodafone Customers Can Get 2GB Free On Dropbox Vodafone and 3 customers can get a free extra 2GB storage space on Dropbox by SMSing a number and using the code supplied. [Note: Dropbox is blocked by TAFE servers but you can use it at home.] ‍‍‍‍ =Software Student Licenses= The site for student software (Microsoft Office 2010 & Adobe Photoshop) is [|www.sigroup.com.au] then go to Student Licenses on the left of the screen then TAFE students. Also try ringing up Hardly Normal to see if they do any TAFE student discounts. =To add Photos to your Page= =Social Media Examiner= Social Media Examiner Subscribe to their newsletter! What's new in Social Media = = media type="youtube" key="JHLMGXaR0Io" height="360" width="640"
 * Click on the Edit button - this brings up the Editor toolbar
 * Click on the File button then click on Upload Files
 * This takes you to a dialog box where you find your photo: perhaps in My Documents; My Pictures; on your flash or hard drive
 * To view the photos click on Thumbnails within the View button
 * Click on your photo then Open button
 * When your photo is uploaded, click on the thumbnail of the photo then use the Size buttons to resize
 * You can also add a caption
 * When you're happy with the size, click on X to close then Save your changes