Category Archives: edtech

Google Earth in a browser

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Today Google announced that the ever popular Google Earth program can now be incorporated into a browser.  You will need a plugin, but you will not have to install the heavy application. I captured the inserted picture from my browser.  … Continue reading →

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Sync’ing

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I asked my students how they move files from home to school.  I expected the most common method to be a USB drive, but I was surprised to hear that most still email files. I consider email as a last … Continue reading →

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Canon HG10

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I have moved into high definition video recording.  Through a mini-grant I have received a Canon HG10 hard drive based video camera. I can record about five hours of 1920 x 1080 video on the 40 GB hard drive.  Putting … Continue reading →

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EveryZing

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a handy tool for anyone interested in finding a podcast about a specific topic.  Everyzing is a service that scans through an assortment of podcasts and converts all that speech into text that is searchable.  You can search … Continue reading →

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Backyard Guests

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

A robin has decided to raise a family in one of the trees in our back yard.  The nest is high enough in a pine tree that I can’t see inside it.  I held the camera up in the air … Continue reading →

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