Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Who Is Important Here?

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

If you could choose three people as the most prominent people in educational technology, who would you select? This is the question I posed to one of my classes. I gave no ground rules. We have no text book with … Continue reading →

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Latest Apple Commercial

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

During the games today I saw Apple’s latest commercials.  One says Leopard is better and faster than Vista and the other focuses on Time Machine, Apple’s new backup software. It’s been a while since I have looked at the trends … Continue reading →

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PDF Hammer

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Need to edit a PDF file?  Now you can do so without buying software or even installing software.  Go to PDFHammer and upload your PDF file.  Using the online tool you can delete a page, rearrange the order of the … Continue reading →

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Copyright in 2028

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

David Pogue has an article about copyright and the views of different generations.  He poses a list of questions about copying movies or music and asks audience members to raise a hand if the they think the act is wrong. … Continue reading →

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Creative Commons from a professional’s standpoint

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here’s a different view on Creative Commons from Dan Heller, a professional photographer.  Dan sees the downfall of CC resulting from misuse by the little guy.  Here is the simple example he gives: -A pro photographer places a copyrighted photo on … Continue reading →

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