Tag Archives: technology

Cyberbullying

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a good video on Cyberbullying.  Give it a watch if you are not familiar with the term. http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullFilm.aspx With technology becoming more ubiquitous among younger children (I know 4th graders with cell phones), I can see how many of … 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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Vista – What is it good for?

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I am still have problems with Vista.  If I weren’t in the middle of a semester, I would dump it tomorrow, but it will have to wait until Christmas. I started making a list of things in Vista that I … Continue reading →

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