Category Archives: edtech

Efficiency Tip #35 – Roboform

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

If you find yourself repeatedly entering the same information into web forms, Roboform can save you some serious time.  You tell Roboform your personal information: name, address, phone, fax, email, instant message ID.  When you want to fill out a … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #34 – Start Page

Posted on May 27, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Depending on where you bought your computer, it probably came with a browser that starts at a corporate web site – Dell – Apple – Gateway.  The first thing you probably do when you get to this page is go … Continue reading →

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Why Wikipedia is Better for Education

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Over dinner we were talking about a paper one of the kid’s is writing.  The topic is genetic engineering and the ethical issues involved if parents are able to pre-determine attributes of children. At some point I brought up Wikipedia. … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #33 – Autorun

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Computers are not good at predicting your intentions.  Any time you insert a CD, DVD or USB drive, the operating system looks at the content on the media and gives a “best guess” as to what you want to do.  Then a window pops up listing of … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #32 – Copy/Move

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

When you drag a file from one folder to another, what happens?  Does the file get moved?  Does a copy of the file get placed in the new location?  The computer will automatically decide for you if you do the … Continue reading →

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