Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

BCS Problem Solved

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Like most people in Ohio, I was glued to the TV tonight to find out who the Buckeyes would play in the championship game.  With Fox dragging out the announcement of each of the four BCS games, we were talking … Continue reading →

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Don’t Tell Your Kids They are Smart

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

A Scientific American article says that a focus on effort will make your kids more successful than a focus on intelligence. Our society worships talent, and many people assume that possessing superior intelligence or ability—along with confidence in that ability—is … Continue reading →

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Doodlekit

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

One of my students presented this site as an example of how free web page tools have progressed.  Doodlekit is a free web creation and hosting site.  With a free account you can have a page in the http://yourname.doodlekit.com domain. Pages … Continue reading →

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MIT OpenCourseWare – now for high school

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I talked about MIT’s OpenCourseWare project last year in my eTech presentation.  This is a great resource if you are interesting in the content of a college course.  MIT has placed many (I have heard people say “all”) courses online and … Continue reading →

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Free – SnagIt and Camtasia Studio

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

TechSmith is offering two popular titles as free downloads.  Both SnagIt (screen capture) and Camtasia Studio (screencast capture) are utilities I have used for years.  Now the company is making last year’s versions available for free. These free versions do … Continue reading →

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