Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

No Magic Bullet

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

After reading John’s post about “An Inconvenient Truth”, I decided I should give it a viewing.  I did this mostly for professional reasons.  I’m at a point in two of the courses I teach where we will be focusing on … Continue reading →

Posted in edtech | Tagged | 2 Comments

Long Term Storage

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

In my garage I have a filing cabinet with one drawer containing all the important papers from my undergraduate courses.  In the second drawer I have everything from graduate school.  These are all papers and they are approaching twenty years … Continue reading →

Posted in edtech | Tagged | 4 Comments

Video Streaming

Posted on March 9, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

This morning I got a call from a tech person interested in video streaming.  He wanted to setup his own server.  My first question was “are you crazy?”  Google Video, YouTube and a dozen other places will not only stream … Continue reading →

Posted in edtech | Tagged | Comments Off on Video Streaming

Supreme Commander

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I don’t play a lot of games.  When I do, I get way too involved, and before I know it, a whole day goes by.  That’s why I don’t play a lot of games. This week is spring break.  That … Continue reading →

Posted in edtech | Tagged | 2 Comments

More Flickr

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

A couple of my students have had problems getting their geotagged photos to show up on the public map: http://www.flickr.com/map They show up on a private map.  Here is my private map: http://www.flickr.com/photos/proftrusty/map but the same photos don’t show up … Continue reading →

Posted in edtech | Tagged , | Comments Off on More Flickr