Tag Archives: online

TinyURL

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I don’t know why I haven’t used this free resource before.  Today I was helping my wife with a presentation she is giving to a group of high school students that are thinking of becoming teachers.  She showed me the … Continue reading →

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Use Common Sense

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

The Christian Science Monitor has an article about teachers striking back against student online activities.  Cyberbullying has received a lot of attention recently, but most of it has focused on student-student incidents.  Not only are students attacking each other, many … Continue reading →

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Yale Open Courses

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Not to be outdone by MIT, Yale has created a set of free online courses.  The “Open Yale Courses” are seven introductory courses taught by distinguished professors.  The topics are Astronomy, English, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology and Religious Studies. … 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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