Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Trusty’s Noodle Moodle

WordPress was interesting and simple to setup, but lacked some of the content control that I need when doing online instruction. I’ve heard about Moodle, but haven’t played with it for a while. I downloaded the latest version (http://moodle.org/) and … Continue reading

Posted in edtech | Tagged | Comments Off on Trusty’s Noodle Moodle

Firefox

It looks like the browser wars are back. I just downloaded and installed a stripped down version of Mozilla called FireFox. I like it. It has some of the same features as Netscape. One that I use all the time … Continue reading

Posted in edtech | Tagged | Comments Off on Firefox

WordPress

I’ve started my own Blog server. After looking at several different open source servers, I ran across this review. http://www.asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm The review had many more titles than I had looked at. The bottom line was the same. They recommended WordPress … Continue reading

Posted in edtech | Tagged | Comments Off on WordPress

Spyware Blocker

Over the weekend I got one of those calls. It was a friend with a computer problem. All my friends seem to have computer problems. Or is it the other way around… all the people I know with computer problems … Continue reading

Posted in edtech | Tagged | Comments Off on Spyware Blocker

Read/Write Web

Over the summer I looked at several technologies that will drastically change the way I do things on a daily basis. There are several new technologies readily available that enable me to easily create dynamic content in a predefined environment … Continue reading

Posted in edtech | Tagged | Comments Off on Read/Write Web