Category Archives: edtech

Remember This?

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

My talk from the 2008 eTech Ohio conference was so well received I did it again this year. The content was copyright, but it was also “how to create a great presentation.”  So it was two presentations in one. I … Continue reading →

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Digital Camera First

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a digital first, and yet another way a digital camera can be used. This picture of Obama was taken with a digital camera and is the first “official portrait” of a president-elect to be taken with a digital … Continue reading →

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Get to know your class

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

On the first day of class I take a picture of every student.  I don’t have a nice plain wall to use as a background.  I pull the projector screen down in the front of the room and have each … Continue reading →

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Taking Attendance

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

Normally it takes me about two minutes to take attendance in class.  I’m trying something different this semester.  Using my point-and-shoot I can snap four pictures covering everyone in class in about ten seconds. Every day I post these pictures … Continue reading →

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Un-Jailbroken iPod Touch

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

My wife wanted a small portable computer for Christmas.  She didn’t want something as big as a laptop.  We looked at the netbooks, but none were small enough to fit in her purse.  I thought the iPod Touch would be … Continue reading →

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