Category Archives: Technology

EDUCAUSE 2006 – Social Software, Teaching and Learning

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Kevin

For my pre-conference seminar I chose to attend Bryan Alexander and Barbara Ganley’s seminar on social software, teaching and learning.  I’ve spoken with Bryan about social software, and seen him present at NLII (now ELI), but I’ve never had the … Continue reading →

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EDUCAUSE 2006 – Uncovering the Science in Computer Science: Challenges for the 21st Century

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Kevin

Brian Hawkins started the conference by telling us that more than 7000 people are attending this year. Vinton G. Cerf was our keynote speaker.  Cerf is currently the Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, but he’s had a … Continue reading →

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Testing Podcasts Recorded on an iPod

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Kevin

I wanted to check to see how voice memos recorded on an iPod with the XTremeMac MicroMemo work when creating enhanced podcasts in GarageBand. I recorded the audio in three quick segments.  When I connected the iPod to my computer, … Continue reading →

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Info Island in Second Life

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Kevin

I spent some time this weekend going through Second Life.  Most of the time I stay on the NMC Campus, but it’s quiet most of the time and after a while I’m looking for something to do.  So this weekend … Continue reading →

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Living the Digital Life

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Kevin

Both of my daughters are now taking dance classes near the University. My younger daughter’s class takes place on Saturday, and I do our weekly grocery shopping while she’s in class. The other class takes place at the end of … Continue reading →

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NaturallySpeaking and iListen

Posted on September 19, 2006 by Kevin

For more than eight years I’ve been working with dictation software in one way or another.  Mostly I’ve been working with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, but I’ve given ViaVoice and more recently MacSpeech iListen a try. Dragon is without question the standard … Continue reading →

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The Changing Face of University Websites

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Kevin

Maish Nichani has posted an article, “The Changing Face of University Websites“. The article takes a positive view of the latest redesigns coming from many institutions. Maish approaches the new designs from the positive viewpoint that institutions in this generation … Continue reading →

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NMC Campus Buzz Session

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Kevin

Last night I attended the first Teachers' Buzz Session on the NMC Campus in Second Life.  The group's focus is on teaching and learning in Second Life.  While NMC is sponsoring the meetings, they're not setting the agenda.  As a … Continue reading →

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Tourist Remover

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Kevin

Here's an interesting new service: Tourist Remover will take the tourists out of your pictures.  If you've got a series of sequential images of essentially the same shot, you can submit them all to the Tourist Remover service and they'll … Continue reading →

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TEDTalks

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Kevin

If you haven't had the chance to watch any of the videos yet, be sure to take a look at TEDTalks.  TED is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design.  It seems to be a very exclusive conference, but this … Continue reading →

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