Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

EveryZing

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a handy tool for anyone interested in finding a podcast about a specific topic.  Everyzing is a service that scans through an assortment of podcasts and converts all that speech into text that is searchable.  You can search … Continue reading →

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Backyard Guests

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

A robin has decided to raise a family in one of the trees in our back yard.  The nest is high enough in a pine tree that I can’t see inside it.  I held the camera up in the air … 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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TrustyETC Googlified

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

A couple of weeks ago, my mail server started making one of those “it won’t be long now” sort of sounds.  It was the kind of noise you hear an eight year-old computer make just before everything goes dark. I have … Continue reading →

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Who Is Important Here?

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

If you could choose three people as the most prominent people in educational technology, who would you select? This is the question I posed to one of my classes. I gave no ground rules. We have no text book with … Continue reading →

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