No country for old lecturers...

...so we'll just go home then.

Well, here we go. Greetings from the PE for 2008. How long this (career?, blog?) will last until the RSI really kicks in, I don't know.

Anyway, a few from the BBC that you may have missed over the festive period.

The BBC iPlayer relaunched on Christmas Day in a new streaming incarnation so you don't have to download to watch again. Which is nice. Now works in Mac, Linux & Firefox as well. But don't forget to get your techies to allow that pesky stream to sneak its way through the proxy.

The BBC Learning Zone Broadband site "provides rich audio-visual material for use in primary and secondary schools and colleges. These short videos have been selected to match the curriculum; they can be used in many ways, from the stimulation and engagement of students to the delivery of very specific learning points."
The clips can be embedded into teaching materials, VLEs blogs, websites, etc. Not an awful lot there yet but one to keep an eye on perhaps.

Certainly a wee bit cheaper than the BBC Motion Gallery with whom the JISC have reached an agreement. A trial of this would be useful but then we'd download all we needed and then disappear back into our cave (GlenStrathFarrar) of choice. Still £1200 p.a. seems very little when you realise that for commercial use these clips are £130 a pop.

Best bet for FE? Get an aerial, a USB digiTV stick, an ERA licence & a puckle server space. Build your own TV station & really p*ss those techies off!

Resolution for 2008? Persuade Google / Blogger that I am not a bloody 'bot.