Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Troubleshooting

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I have had three “real-world” problems presented to me this week that are a good representation of problems present in the day-to-day life of a technical consultant.  I work with several schools as a consultant and  I end up getting a few … Continue reading →

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Kevin O’Malley: author, artist, all around nice guy

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I had the good fortune of running into Kevin O’Malley at a conference.  We happened to be standing at the same table.  I saw him doodling on a sheet of paper and struck up a conversation.  I found out he … Continue reading →

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Curriculum Based on Critical Thinking

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Linda Darling-Hammond of Stanford University has an opinion article in the Oct 14, San Francisco Chronicle.  It explains how other countries are testing students’ 21st century skills and how NCLB is not helping to prepare our students for the knowledge … Continue reading →

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Colr

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Looking for a color scheme based on the pictures in your project?  Colr.org can help. Upload your picture to Flickr.  Then go to the Colr site and copy the URL of your picture into the color schedule creator.  Mouse-over the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Matters Less???

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Christopher Dawson has an educational technology management blog on the ZDNet site.  In today’s post, he talks about how Microsoft is becoming less important as an operating system vendor.  Christopher is using Ubuntu in the lab in his school with great … Continue reading →

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