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Protopage Upgrade

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Sometime yesterday Protopage had an upgrade.  Here is what the site looked like before the upgrade. Below is the same page after the upgrade.  Notice how everything is shifted down about half an inch so that the options tab can … Continue reading →

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Jing

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Jing is a free screen capture tool from TechSmith, the makers of Snag and Camtasia.  Jing runs on Windows or OS X and can be linked to your own server or to a free streaming service called ScreenCast.com. Jing will capture … Continue reading →

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Tyranny of Filtering

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I managed to squeeze in an extra podcast this week.  Teachers Teaching Teachers #95 dives into filtering first hand with the people that run the filters in an assortment of districts.  The panelists ranged from a New York City department … Continue reading →

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Google Docs

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Google Docs is another one of those applications that everyone is clammering about as a Word replacement.  It is a free web-based word processor that has incredible “sharing” features.  Without installing software, you can create a document and then share … Continue reading →

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News

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I’m from Google and my wife is from Yahoo.  Yet we both get the same headlines every day.  Actually she has Yahoo as her start page while I use Protopage as mine.  Her news is right there in Yahoo.  Mine … Continue reading →

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