Category Archives: edtech

PowerPoint or No PowerPoint

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

You may have seen this post in Slashdot a couple of days ago. It points to an article talking about the research of Australian educator, John Sweller. Sweller developed the “cognitive load theory” which explains how our brains handle new … Continue reading →

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Scratch

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

If you are looking for a way to introduce programming to an elementary class, take a look at Scratch from MIT. Scratch reminds me of Squeak, but with a Lego-like feel. You use pre-made building blocks to create programs. Your … Continue reading →

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Learn Out Loud

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Learnoutloud.com is a nice source for audio and video with many topics that deal with education. There is a mix of free and pay resources. Most are professionally produced. I did a search for “Lessig” and found 125 links to … Continue reading →

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Start Page

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Where does your browser start? Currently mine goes to Protopage. A lot has changed with this free service since I blogged about it almost a year ago. The main thing that I now notice every time I open my browser … Continue reading →

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Yahoo Pipes

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Over the weekend I was looking for a blog with a post that was tagged “edtech” but had “video” in the description. Technorati has an advanced search feature that permits searching either the description or the tags. You cannot do … Continue reading →

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