Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Mary was inspecting a child

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Tonight was the Christmas program at church.  You can always count on a slip of the tongue here or there.  This year Mary was “inspecting” a child.  Kids in the Christmas performance are always so genuine.  This year was no exception.

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Flickr Maps Change… not for the better

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

If you have watched the growth of photos tagged with remarkableohio on the Flickr map, you should have noticed a fundamental change in the way it works. My original plan was to have one page that showed every marker tagged with … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Says Wikipedia Good… Teachers Bad

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia says that teachers who don’t let students use Wikipedia are “bad educators”.  He says that new editing and checking procedures have made Wikipedia more trustworthy. Try to edit the article for Hillary Clinton.  The edit … Continue reading →

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NY Times Retractions

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Just about all the blogs I read have mentioned Linda O’Connor, the New Jersey middle school librarian that has created a campaign against using Wikipedia in schools.  She sites at least two cases of incorrect information in Wikipedia.  In other words, out … Continue reading →

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Bubblesnaps

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I have been looking for a good “bubble” dialog program to use with elementary students during writing exercises.  I found Bubblesnaps today. The picture above is directly from the Flickr account of my good friend John. Bubblesnaps connects to any … Continue reading →

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