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They do better because they take it seriously

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Alvin Trusty

Amanda Ripley is an author and reporter. In this presentation she has some interesting insights as to why other countries have children who perform better on the PISA critial thinking test.

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Final Presentation Explained

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

In the Intro To EdTech class, my students had to present a final project showing two different technologies they had researched during the course. I made an example presentation (here) showing two technologies I had used this semester. I also … Continue reading →

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Google Account Chooser

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

We use Google Apps For Educators (GAFE) in many of our classes at The University of Findlay.  Due to the popularity of Gmail, many students already have a person Gmail account in addition to the GAFE account through The University. … Continue reading →

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The Future of Learning

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Alvin Trusty
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Use Camstudio to Record Screencast of PowerPoint

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

I’m using the CamStudio Lossless Codec v1.4 with Quality set to 90. After recording I ran the video through HandBrake which reduced the file size to about 10% of the original.

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