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The Gray Water Initiative
Instead of coming home from work and relaxing, or working on the computer, my son and I pump water from the bathtub into a 20 gallon garbage can to water the garden. The good news is that in a few months we’ve reused about 1000 gallons of water. The main reason I’m doing it... »
Online Objectives Builder Tool
One of the things that some new instructors that I work with struggle with, is writing traditional performance-based course and lesson objectives. I know that for myself it wasn’t until I entered my MA in education that I even became aware of their purpose in instruction, so when you consider that many adjunct and... »
Voice enabled online presentations using Bubbleshare
I am always on the look out for easy to use apps that students can use to create and publish narrated presentations/slideshows to use in online courses. I recently come across a good one. It’s called Bubbleshare and though it wasn’t designed with this in mind, turns out to be a very powerful online... »
Unyte: A free skype enabled desktop sharing tool
Unyte is a skype enabled plugin that allows anyone to share their computer screen, or open application, with up to four guests. What makes it unique is that guests don’t have to install it, or download any plugin to participate, nor do they have to have skype: You can send invitations to non skype... »
Skype + Kodak = Kodak Photo Voice
Photo Voice is a Skype plugin that allows two people to talk with one another while sharing a photo slideshow »
Slides Now, a great OS X online presentation builder
I’ve come across a great online slideshow presentation builder for OS X called SlidesNow. »
Last Day of the Fall Term
Finals ended today, and so other than a few calls and emails it's been dead quiet. »
First podcast in over a year
It’s been a little over a year since I last created a podcast.. I’ve been thinking about doing one, but thinking was the problem. The only way I can get myself to actually sit down in front of a mic – is if I remember that the whole reason I chose to work in... »
The jump to using Flash Media Server 2
After months of trying to get Flash Communication Server 1.5 up and running on one of our Linux video servers, I finally jumped ship, if only temporarily, and installed the new version Flash Server 2. »
Coming out of a coma that I labeled a project
So yes, I can say that I am done with "the project", but as a result, I have felt the emptiness that always follows... »