The SurRural Librarian

Here’s an excellent free online tool for converting files from one format to another. An elegantly simple solution for those students who have PCs at home and Macs in school, or teachers trying to share material with each other.

I also like the ability to save YouTube videos to your computer, since it’s tough to project YouTube in class, you never know what comments or other videos are going to come up when you view a vid there. I do wonder about the implications of downloading material to your computer than might be copyright protected, unbeknownst to you. Something to watch out for.

This really is an excellent tool, and free. Awesome.

via Joyce Valenza

Update: I just realized it does not support Appleworks, something my teachers would love. Still, great for many other uses - especially those music files.