Category Archives: edtech

Jimmy Says Wikipedia Good… Teachers Bad

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia says that teachers who don’t let students use Wikipedia are “bad educators”.  He says that new editing and checking procedures have made Wikipedia more trustworthy. Try to edit the article for Hillary Clinton.  The edit … Continue reading →

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Bubblesnaps

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I have been looking for a good “bubble” dialog program to use with elementary students during writing exercises.  I found Bubblesnaps today. The picture above is directly from the Flickr account of my good friend John. Bubblesnaps connects to any … Continue reading →

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Cyberbullying

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a good video on Cyberbullying.  Give it a watch if you are not familiar with the term. http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullFilm.aspx With technology becoming more ubiquitous among younger children (I know 4th graders with cell phones), I can see how many of … Continue reading →

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Doodlekit

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

One of my students presented this site as an example of how free web page tools have progressed.  Doodlekit is a free web creation and hosting site.  With a free account you can have a page in the http://yourname.doodlekit.com domain. Pages … Continue reading →

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MIT OpenCourseWare – now for high school

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I talked about MIT’s OpenCourseWare project last year in my eTech presentation.  This is a great resource if you are interesting in the content of a college course.  MIT has placed many (I have heard people say “all”) courses online and … Continue reading →

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