Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

iGoogle Gets Better

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

For the last couple of weeks I have been looking for the ultimate start page for my iPod Touch.  I use Google Mobile http://www.google.com/m but it leaves a lot to be desired.  Yesterday at MacWorld, Google announced a much improved iPhone … Continue reading →

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Doodle

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I have been looking for a scheduling tool that I can use to poll my online students to find out a common time we have available.  I needed something web based and free.  Today I found Doodle. Basic features No … Continue reading →

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Google and TV

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I ran across Google Trends yesterday.  I was reading through my news reader while watching the football game.  I clicked over to Google Trends and made a quick realization. Based on the searches people were doing right now, there were … Continue reading →

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Who Is Important Here?

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

If you could choose three people as the most prominent people in educational technology, who would you select? This is the question I posed to one of my classes. I gave no ground rules. We have no text book with … Continue reading →

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Latest Apple Commercial

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

During the games today I saw Apple’s latest commercials.  One says Leopard is better and faster than Vista and the other focuses on Time Machine, Apple’s new backup software. It’s been a while since I have looked at the trends … Continue reading →

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