I just learned about an incredibly useful tool that is hidden in MS Word 2008 for the Mac. This is the Notebook Layout view. Looking at the image to the left, it doesn’t look too special, but looks can be deceiving. A friend of mine was looking for a way […]
I used this video by Steve Vai as an example video from YouTube when I was teaching my students how to embed a video into their blog. I fully intended to remove this video at a later time because it didn’t really have much to do with educational technology. After […]
I was just reading Wesley Fryer’s blog Moving at the Speed of Creativity when I found his reference to Silvia Tolisano’s amazing video, Around the World with Skype. This 20-minute video is the ultimate instructional Skype video. It begins with introducing Skype and telling you how to get online. She […]
I am embarrassed to admit but I was just Phished through Twitter. I must admit that I don’t understand how a Twitter Phishing excursion works, but it is a problem. About 2:00 this afternoon, I was having problems sending tweets. It suggested that I wait 60 minutes and try again. […]
Creating a mash-up anytime soon? Watch the video above before reading any further. Animoto may well be your tool of choice. Animoto is an online video production application that was released in 2007. It is simple and effective. Animoto has turned video creation into a 3-step process: Upload photos/videos – […]
Talk about an ego-maniacal professor. This professor has serious issues with student-based learning. Watch the video above and you will see Kieran Mullen, a physics professor at the University of Oklahoma, bathe a laptop in Liquid Nitogen and then shatter the computer on the floor with the threat, “Don’t bring […]
OMG!!! There isn’t much to say about this photo. Just in case you don’t recognize the players, it is an Overhead Projector positioned to shine transparencies onto a Promethean interactive whiteboard. A document camera (left) is at the ready as well. OUCH!! What do you think? Leave your comments below. […]
Image via Wikipedia I have been looking into the formatting differences in the APA Manual (6th Edition) to prepare for the seminar I will teaching this semester on Writing Graduate Papers. I just found that this updated edition has a new and different headings format system. As you may know, […]
Have you ever purchased a research paper? What does it mean when you purchase a paper? Are you too lazy or too rich or don’t you “just get it” about why professors ask you to write papers? I just had a company that sells research papers leave a comment on […]
Citing Wikipedia in APA? Why do we need to know that? NO self-respecting educator would allow students to cite Wikipedia in a research paper! NO professional would try to cite Wikipedia in a refereed journal! Why waste the time and effort to even consider how to cite it? It’s funny […]