Archive for November, 2010:


Microfiche, Copyrights, Open Licensing and Academic Journal Paywalls

If you or someone you know contributed a document to ERIC (the “Education Resources Information Center” sponsored by the US Department of Education) which is “currently available only in microfiche,” please complete or have that individual complete the contact form available on the “ERIC Microfiche Digitization Project” webpage. According to the site: ERIC has electronically

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Dreaming of iPad Presentation Apps for the classroom

When I was in Holland, Michigan, recently at Holland Christian Schools, one of the teachers (Dan Vos) shared his dream of an iPad application which combined the functions of Air Display, Air Sketch, and Mobile Mouse Pro. I’m not sure if that will be developed or not, but the way iOS app development is going

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Vote for Our Class Flip Video Scavenger Hunt Entries!

Last Wednesday and yesterday, undergraduate UNT students in my “Computers in the Classroom” course participated in a video scavenger hunt using Flip cameras. Each team was asked to embed their three favorite videos on a blog post. Please take fifteen minutes today to watch these short clips, and rate each team using the rating stars

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Firesheep should get your ATTENTION: Open Public Wifi Dangers are REAL

This may be the most important post you’ll read on my blog from a personal, digital security standpoint. If you use ANY website today which requires a login but does NOT use a “persistent https” secure connection thereafter, you’re at MAJOR risk of having your account(s) hacked if you use open, wifi hotspots in coffee

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Oklahoma Students Deserve Your YES Vote on SQ 744

In this 90 second video, Oklahoma parent and educator, Wesley Fryer, explains why students in our state deserve your YES vote on State Question 744. For additional background on SQ 744, see Wesley’s October 28th post, “The Backstory of Oklahoma State Question 744” as well as November 1st podcast, “State Question 744 and Oklahoma Education

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Podcast362: State Question 744 and Oklahoma Education Funding @YESon744

If you are an Oklahoma voter, take 17 minutes and listen to this audio podcast. Tomorrow on November 2, 2010, Oklahoma voters will go the polls and have an opportunity to approve State Question 744. SQ 744 is a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution which would require the legislature to allocate to education

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