Category Archives: edtech

Developing Effective Online Content – eTechOhio 2007

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

If the blizzard kept you away from the state technology conference this year, here is one of my presentations. This one deals with developing effective online content to be used when teaching online. The video isn’t perfect. Some of the … Continue reading →

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My First Podcast

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I finally did it.  I recorded my first Podcast.  Thanks to John Rappold from SCOCA for tagging along and supplying the content.  I named my podcast Ed Tech Chatter (sticking with the ETC acronym).  The topic for the first podcast … Continue reading →

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Lessig Style

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

After watching the Free Culture video again, and reading a little more about Lawence Lessig, I have determined that he has his own established “style” of presentation.  He uses a minimalist approach where only one word, or at most a … Continue reading →

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More Lessig and DMCA

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

  Here is an interesting videocast from Cranky Geeks http://www.crankygeeks.com/2006/07/cranky_geeks_special_the_dmca.html Lawerence Lessig talks about the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and how it is possibly one of the worst laws on the books.  As he explains, we are losing more … Continue reading →

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What if class were like a chat

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

This is right out of my eTech presentation. If you have ever taken an online class with a chat component, the video should ring true.  Here are the points I made about chats in online classes. Chats  Inefficient Difficult for … Continue reading →

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