Category Archives: edtech

Easy Photography

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

My students are working on a PowerPoint file in class.  I give them all the text.  They come up with the pictures.  All the pictures must be licensed with a Creative Commons license and several of the pictures must actually … Continue reading →

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RemarkableOhio almost 500

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

Over the weekend we did a little travelling.  I promised my wife a night out of town and since we were already going across the state to pick one of the kids up at church camp, it seemed like the … Continue reading →

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FeedReader3

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

Like many other people, I use Google Reader as my main RSS feed reader.  However, I like to keep my class feeds separate.  For years I have used a free piece of software called RssReader.  This simple program keeps all … Continue reading →

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I really want to learn Microsoft Office

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

If you have worked in educational professional development, at some point you have asked your audience this question.  “What technology would you like to know more about?”  I asked this question to my school district in the early 1990s.  Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Dell and Dead Pixels

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

According to Dell, five dead pixels on an LCD screen is OK and with today’s high resolution displays this number is recognized as an industrial standard. Continue reading →

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