Tag Archives: edtech

Mazza

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

The University of Findlay houses the Mazza Museum which is the first and largest museum of original picture book art. The art of picture books is normally created to be photographed for a book. Once copies of the original art … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #7 – Alt-F4

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

The next time you need to close a few applications quickly, try Alt-F4. Use your left thumb to hold down the left Alt button while your left index finger presses the F4 button. The slow ineffecient way of doing this … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #6 – Ctrl-Enter

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I seem to remember a time when typing the main domain name would take you to the site. I could type “google” and hit enter. Magic happened and all the pieces of the URL appeared. That doesn’t seem to work … Continue reading →

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Elluminate

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I just finished a pilot program using Elluminate. This is an online “classroom” tool. Everyone in a course connects to a web site. For the most part it looks like an interactive chat with a whiteboard. The most important “extra” … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #5 – Shift-Ctrl-Home

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Today’s tip adds more reach to yesterday’s. To highlight a document from the cursor to the first word of the document use Shift-Ctrl-Home. To highlight everything from the cursor to the end of the document use Shift-Ctrl-End. Ctrl-A will highlight … Continue reading →

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