Category Archives: edtech

BYO Search Engine with Google

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

If your web site uses a content management system, you probably have a built-in search tool that can find anything on your site. If you created your site using straight HTML, making the sight searchable isn’t as easy.  Now you … Continue reading →

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How did I do that?

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

  If you watched the video I posted yesterday, you may have asked yourself how the movie was created.  Let me explain a couple of things. 1 – I recorded my voice during the eTech Ohio 2008 conference using a digital … Continue reading →

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eTech Copyright Law Presentation

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

It took me a while to get this online. The audio doesn’t sound great, but I think most of it is understandable. I’ll post something tomorrow to explain how I created this video resource.

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reCaptcha

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I have been getting a lot of comment spam on my blog.  I don’t want to restrict posting only to those that have gone through the (sometimes tedious) process of setting up an account on my server.  There is a … Continue reading →

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Cost of Dinner

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I talked about the five minute rule last year, but here is one that deals with the cost of technology. If there is a technology you need (USB flash drive, head phones, software upgrade) that costs about as much as dinner at … Continue reading →

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