Monthly Archives: March 2007

I wrote about backups and storage a few weeks ago. There were some questions about media and long-term storage. Ad Terras Per Aspera has a nice article that goes through the history of CDs and DVDs and offers suggestions on … Continue reading →

TeacherTube is a free video streaming site that hopefully won’t be filtered by your school’s content filter. There is a limit of ten minutes per video. That should be enough for most student videos but doesn’t match the sixty minutes … Continue reading →

One of the first things I talk to my new students about is online social networking. Almost all of them have posted to one of the popular sites: MySpace, Facebook, Bebo. Some of them have posted things that may not … Continue reading →

I have gotten my share of email spam and phishing messages, but this is a new one for me. Yesterday I had this Skype message pop up. I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn’t something that … Continue reading →

I use Internet Explorer for just about all my browsing. Firefox is just as good, but I prefer IE. It is like my choice in an automobile. I prefer to drive a Honda even though a Toyota is probably just … Continue reading →