Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

The Commons

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

The Library of Congress has teamed up with Flickr to create The Commons.  This is a new area in Flickr for public collections of photographs. The LOC has added two sets (1930s-40s in Color & News in the 1910s) with a total … Continue reading →

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How much should we memorize?

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

When I was a fifth grader, I had to memorize the capitals of all fifty states.  It was something we all had to do and students probably still have to do it today.  I don’t think my life has been … Continue reading →

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iGoogle Gets Better

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

For the last couple of weeks I have been looking for the ultimate start page for my iPod Touch.  I use Google Mobile http://www.google.com/m but it leaves a lot to be desired.  Yesterday at MacWorld, Google announced a much improved iPhone … Continue reading →

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Doodle

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I have been looking for a scheduling tool that I can use to poll my online students to find out a common time we have available.  I needed something web based and free.  Today I found Doodle. Basic features No … Continue reading →

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Google and TV

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I ran across Google Trends yesterday.  I was reading through my news reader while watching the football game.  I clicked over to Google Trends and made a quick realization. Based on the searches people were doing right now, there were … Continue reading →

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