Category Archives: edtech

I use the same password everywhere

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Alvin Trusty

I am surprised by the number of people who tell me they use the same password for nearly everything. Even if the password is a strong password this is still incredibly insecure and most people do not realize why. If … Continue reading →

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Contrast Contrast Contrast

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Alvin Trusty

CRAP.  Every great PowerPoint has lots of CRAP. Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity All four elements are important in a great PowerPoint, but contrast is far and above the most important component of any single slide.  Without contrast there is no … Continue reading →

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SignCommand Good, PowerPoint Better

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Alvin Trusty

This fall, Liberty-Benton installed an electronic sign in front of the high school.  I was asked to help with the management of the content that is displayed on the sign and to train others who would help with content creation. … Continue reading →

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Ten Years of Scratch

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Alvin Trusty

Ten years ago, I was teaching a multimedia graduate class in which we were looking at different multimedia environments that could be used to develop educational content.  The course culminated with an Adobe Flash project, but we explored other applications … Continue reading →

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PowerPoint the new Microsoft Video Editor

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Alvin Trusty

A long time ago on an operating system far from Windows 10, there was a video editor called Movie Maker.  At some point, someone decided a video editor was too much for most people to handle, and it was removed … Continue reading →

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