Category Archives: edtech

Detention for Firefox User

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Last week I ran across this scanned copy of a detention notice for an unnamed student.  According to the letter, the student was caught using “firefox.exe” and was given a detention because “firefox.exe” was not closed when the teacher spotted … Continue reading →

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Flickr Fun

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I use Flickr every day.  It is one of those sites that has everything.  I like to browser through the most interesting pictures, but find the 10-at-a-time interface too time consuming.  FlickrLeech is a site that will show all 500 pictures … Continue reading →

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Google Charts

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Need to create a chart and embed it in a web page?  Now with the Google Chart API, you can add a chart using simple HTML image code.  Here’s an example.  The URL for the chart is below. http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=t:0.5,36,5&chs=460×250&chl=Florida|Ohio|Arizona&chtt=Where%20Alvin%20Has%20Lived

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Wii Multi-Touch Whiteboard

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Last month, I saw Johnny Chung Lee’s video that showed how to detect finger movement using a Wii remote.  He summed it up best at the end of the video when he said it was cool, but he couldn’t really … Continue reading →

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Flickr Maps Change… not for the better

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

If you have watched the growth of photos tagged with remarkableohio on the Flickr map, you should have noticed a fundamental change in the way it works. My original plan was to have one page that showed every marker tagged with … Continue reading →

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