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Monthly Archives August 2006

Geotags in Flickr

I heard about adding geotags to Flickr images today and had to give it a try. Examine this Flickr link I apologize for the example – it was a picture that existed in my Flickr account from a recent trip and I knew exactly where the picture was taken. If you try the link, you [...]

Posted 28 August 2006 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Google For Education

Google appears to bundling several of their apps (gmail, calendar, chat) and promoting them to educational institutions. If I understand the promotion, it appears that institutions are allowed to create an interface that would feature the school logo, etc. as a way to “brand” the site for the school. The sites will feature the familiar [...]

Posted 28 August 2006 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

College Textbook Followup

The NY Times “Your Money” section carried a piece on ad-supported textbooks. The columns is informative for those interested in the “cost” issue and primarily explores one solution – ad supported texts. Among the other options explained is Pearson’s ebook subscription plan (access is for a fixed amount of time). The Times column seems to [...]

Posted 27 August 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Trying To Keep Up

It started innocently enough. I arrived in class early to make sure that the technology was up and running and I could provide my “old school” lecture. I was able to get the projector system working and connect to the Internet (my lectures are based on web pages so students can view them before or [...]

Posted 25 August 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Book Costs

Disclaimer – I write a textbook. Every time I encounter a piece on the cost of college textbooks I read it carefully. I am interested in the issue and agree that costs are too high. The most recent article comes from campustechnology.com and among other issues seems to be pushing ebooks. I have nothing against [...]

Posted 23 August 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Reality Check! Cindy’s adventures in the real world.

Cindy provides this account of yesterday’s adventure. The schools in our region have agreed to form a consortium in order to secure prof. development resources from the state. They bring in some external “trainers” for some things and rely on local people for others. Cindy was a local person involved in providing sessions on new [...]

Posted 23 August 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Software Patent Epidemic

When I first read that another software provider offering a product within a crowded field of competitors had secured a patent, I thought the message was a spoof of the Blackboard patent. Red Herring reports that Friendster has secured a patent in the “social network” space. Perhaps this situation offers a solution to those who [...]

Posted 22 August 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °