Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

WiZiQ

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

If you don’t have money to spend and still want to have an interactive online class with audio, video and a shared whiteboard, take a look at WiZIQ. Membership is free and there is no software to install.  Once you have … Continue reading →

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Happy 25th Mazza Museum

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Today was the 25 year celebration for the Mazza Museum the world’s first and largest teaching museum devoted to literacy and the art of children’s picture books.  The featured presenters were pop-up book artists Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. Here is … Continue reading →

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PhET

Posted on September 29, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I was helping one of my kids with some physics homework today and needed a simulation of projectile motion.  I remembered a nice set of physics simulations I had used a few years ago.  I typed “physics simulations” into Google … Continue reading →

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The GIMP

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Every fall I teach an Internet development online course.  One activity in the class deals with creating simple graphics for web pages: banner, background, transparency, animated gif and graphical buttons. These graphics are placed on a web site developed as part … Continue reading →

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WIPO Does Copyright

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has released its second “Children’s Guide” to copyright.  The title is Learn From the Past, Create the Future. The book is appropriate for a student reading at the nine to twelve year old reading level.  … Continue reading →

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