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11 May, 2008

Upgrading Operating Systems

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Funny

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You know.. because I am techie I hear stuff about upgrading every day. This summer we are going to Vista on our campus… perhaps we should just upgrade all the computers. :) For all my wonderful users… Don’t worry……

09 May, 2008

Weblin can make any Web site social

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: School 2.0| Second Life| Social Web

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This could really be useful for classes as they surf the internet… it might be easier than trying to get a whole class into second life… and a bit easier to remember… interesting.
Weblin is a service that allows peo…

09 May, 2008

Automatically post shared Google Items on Blog

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Blogging

So with the recent announcement by the increasingly awesome Google Reader team of a note taking ability for Shared Google Reader items, I have figured out a way to automatically add my comments to posts I read and post it on my wordpress blog.  For those like me that struggle with finding time to blog, [...]

09 May, 2008

Tips For Dealing With Information Overload

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General

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This is a really great article that deserves a read from us. We are all so busy in our lives… and the information overload for educators is even more… balancing university procedures, leadership responsibilities, tea…

09 May, 2008

New Haptic Cell/Epidemic Game

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Haptic

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This is a new haptic game that was just released today that allows users to assemble cells to stop an epidemic… sounds good for young kids learning about cells (feel them) as well as high school kids learning about epid…

09 May, 2008

Mac OS X Multi-Touch Table Created by 17 Year Old

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General| Multi-Touch

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How would you like one of your high school students to work up a project like this in his free time… GIVE THEM SOMETHING THEY CAN SINK THEIR TEETH INTO…

Talk about your hacking ingenuity. We recently linked to
a do-i…

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This really is a big find for educators. When you come across a page in some language, just put it in here, and you can translate it… and with support for so many languages… it just doesn’t get much better! :)
Google…

EQ logoThe summer 2008 EDUCAUSE Quarterly spotlights the complete findings of the 2008 EDUCAUSE Current IT Issues Survey as well as feature articles on open source software in education, a first assessment of a learning studio, and student use of clickers in library presentations. 

06 May, 2008

Automatically Back up your Mac

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Teacher Tools

I am a techie for most of the day, and I can tell you first hand the REAL pain that I have seen when people lose their data. There have long been some PC backup options out there, but today online backup startup Mozy released an automated backup solution for the Mac! Mac [...]

06 May, 2008

Google Teacher Academy – Happy National Teacher Day

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Google| Teacher Tools

I received this e-mail today on a listserv I am part of. Google is accepting applications for their next Google Teacher Academy that starts June 25th of this year in Mountain View California… talk about awesome professional development! You should apply!
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Hello and Happy National Teacher Day,
In 1953, Eleanor Roosevelt persuaded the 81st Congress [...]

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Jeff - I am an Instructional Technologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I love Google, Mac's, and Web Technologies that help us better reach, teach, connect, and prepare students to solve the world's greatest problems.