Tag Archives: technology

Copyright and Images

Posted on September 8, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Here’s an article in techLearning that talks about dealing with copyright.  The article mentions Google Images by name.  This service from Google takes advantage of all the pictures “found” by Google’s web crawler.  From the image search box, a picture … Continue reading →

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Vista Virtual Desktops

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I ran across Vista Virtual Desktops today.  If you find your normal desktop gets a little crowded from too many programs open at the same time, give this program a try. It installs a system tray application that is activated … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates is the Edtech Guy

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

The scores are in.  According to my classes, the most important person in educational technology is Bill Gates.  A distant second was Steve Jobs followed closely by Tim Berners-Lee. When I asked if anyone knew where Bill Gates had taught, … Continue reading →

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Who Is Important Here?

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

If you could choose three people as the most prominent people in educational technology, who would you select?  This is the question I posed to one of my classes.  I gave no ground rules.  We have no text book with a … Continue reading →

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Penelope aka Eudora

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I remember the first email program I ever had.  It was Eudora running on an old LC II.  That was about fifteen years ago and I have used Eudora ever since. Eudora has helped me avoid every Outlook related problem … Continue reading →

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