Monthly Archives: September 2007
Get the big picture
eSchool News has a series of videos covering a wide number of topics in educational technology. Much of the site operates like an edtech version of CNN showing reporters interviewing high profile figures in education, technology and government. There are sections … Continue reading
Think Before You Post
We don’t watch a lot of television until football season arrives. Over the weekend I saw a PSA from Cybertipline. The add is straight forward and to the point. It deals with posting online and is aimed at teenagers. You … Continue reading
Copyright and Images
Here’s an article in techLearning that talks about dealing with copyright. The article mentions Google Images by name. This service from Google takes advantage of all the pictures “found” by Google’s web crawler. From the image search box, a picture … Continue reading
Vista Virtual Desktops
I ran across Vista Virtual Desktops today. If you find your normal desktop gets a little crowded from too many programs open at the same time, give this program a try. It installs a system tray application that is activated … Continue reading
Bill Gates is the Edtech Guy
The scores are in. According to my classes, the most important person in educational technology is Bill Gates. A distant second was Steve Jobs followed closely by Tim Berners-Lee. When I asked if anyone knew where Bill Gates had taught, … Continue reading