Category Archives: edtech

Frontline – Growing Up Online

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

A very informative Frontline aired last night.  You can still watch it online: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/kidsonline Frontline talks with children and families about online activities.  If you have kids at home and they are online, you should watch this show.

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NASA wants a Massively Multiplayer Online Learning Game

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

NASA has released an RFI to develop a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game that creates interactions that foster the creative and problem solving skills of our youth.  An MMO game is one where players interact with other players instead of computer … Continue reading →

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The Commons

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

The Library of Congress has teamed up with Flickr to create The Commons.  This is a new area in Flickr for public collections of photographs. The LOC has added two sets (1930s-40s in Color & News in the 1910s) with a total … Continue reading →

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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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