Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Cost of Dinner

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I talked about the five minute rule last year, but here is one that deals with the cost of technology. If there is a technology you need (USB flash drive, head phones, software upgrade) that costs about as much as dinner at … Continue reading →

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TWEP

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Rappold has posted the first episode of The Web Edtech Podcast.  The topic is Learning Management Systems.  You should recognize a couple of the people participating.

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Crayon Physics

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Years ago I remember a computer game which involved creating a Rube Goldberg sort of contraption to complete an assigned task.  I can’t remember the name of this game.  It was something like The Machine… it’s been a long time. Today … Continue reading →

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I’m telling you for the last time

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Lawrence Lessig gives his Free Culture presentation for the final time on January 31, 2008 at Stanford University.

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Edmodo

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

It’s going to be twitter for educators, or so they say. http://www.edmodo.com See the screen shot here.

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