Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Next semester I will be teaching a multimedia course.  Most of the course focuses on Flash, but we start with some very basic programs.  Squeak is one of those programs.  Squeak is a graphical programming interface based on the SmallTalk … Continue reading →

http://www.ieforge.com/InlineSearch/HomePage I use Internet Explorer as my main browser.  I have it locked down to prevent any problems and I don’t visit questionable sites.  Steve Gibson uses it.  That’s good enough for me.  Besides, there are several sites that I … Continue reading →

http://www.google.com/educators Google has a nice set of tools the most people know about.  Now they have put all of them together on one page so that an educator can get to everything with one click.  What makes the site different … Continue reading →

Here’s an article from the Mitiri group, sponsored by Cisco. It’s an interesting read showing some real research into the effective use of different technologies in improving student learning.  As you read through the article, you’ll notice that some of … Continue reading →

I was looking for a short video clip for one of my classes when I stumbled across this link. http://video.google.com/ucberkeley.html It looks like Berkeley is using Google Video to post lectures from courses offered on campus.  The production quality isn’t … Continue reading →