Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Full Screen

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I’ve been observing my students as they work in our lab.  We have a nice setup with 30 new wide screen iMacs.  The machines have OS X and Windows XP.  The screens are big: 24 inches wide.  The screens are so … Continue reading →

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Office 2010

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

One of my classes has a test tomorrow so my office hours were busier than normal today. One of the students asked a fairly basic question which was followed by a, “because it’s completely different in Office 2007. I learned … Continue reading →

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Tablet In The Classroom

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Last week John R asked that I do a post about how I use my tablet in the classroom.  Here goes. I have a Gateway tablet that’s almost two years old.  This is an actual picture of my tablet (click … Continue reading →

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66% Not Ready For College

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I have seen this data in a few presentations in the last few months.  Now eSchoolNews has an article on the topic.  They state that only 34% of high school graduates are ready for college.  Another scary statistic – only … Continue reading →

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Internet is Complicated Place

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Over the weekend I helped my daughter connect her computer to a large University network.  I expected a few complications, but nothing that couldn’t easily be handled. She has a new computer running Vista and I anticipated any problems would … Continue reading →

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