If you know about Zamzar, you know what I am saying. If you don't, pray, let me speak. Zamzar is a website that I can go to and request that they convert some digital file I cannot access or run into a digital format I can run. For instance, I want to convert a pdf file into a word processing program. I ask zamzar to convert said pdf file to said word processing program and bingo, it is done. It is free, it is quick, and it is reliable. Zamzar will also convert that word processing file into a pdf. Think about all the pdf files you wanted to alter. Now you can.
Think about all the times a scholar, a colleague, a digital buddy sent you a file you couldn't open because you didn't have the right program to open said file? Yes, Zamzar can convert all of those files for you and your scholars. So when a scholar brings in a word processing program file I can't open, I send it to Zamzar. Presto, I now have a copy we can read. Our scholars are creating video and audio files. Conversion of these files to other formats is important. Consider the amount of money you can save by not having to buy software.
Me and lots of other teachers wish we could access YouTube because of the treasures found there. Alas, YouTube is blocked. So when I discovered I could give Zamzar a URL to convert, I was able to convert a YouTube page to a mov file for Quicktime. When I received the mov file, I uploaded it to our school server and discovered I could run the video clip in school. Further, I could upload a YouTube URL from school to Zamzar and receive a file I can use in school. This is beautiful. Now I am building a digital library thanks to Zamzar.
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