Kevin Gaugler | December 10, 2008
My brother called me last week from Seattle because his desktop computer was declared deceased by a Best Buy employee. Since he knows I dabble in technology he asked me what many do, “Should I buy a Mac or a PC?” Both Apple’s and Window’s marketing campaign have been effective at portraying a never-ending battle [...]
Barbara Lindsey | December 8, 2008
We recently posted our interview with Artur Janc, one of the co-founders of Lingro, an online dictionary built by and for language learners. We thought we would share with you a closer look at some of the unique features of Lingro in a series of short screencasts which you’ll find here. We used Jing, a [...]
Kevin Gaugler | December 3, 2008
In a recent post, I described the current mapping tools available to teachers via Google. A colleague was kind enough to leave a thought-provoking comment, introducing theories of postmodernism to the discussion. I have to say that, when using Google Earth, I often think of Jorge Luis Borges’ De rigor en la ciencia in which [...]
Kevin Gaugler | December 1, 2008
The educational use of PowerPoint, a program first released in 1987 for creating better overhead transparencies, has not changed that much in twenty years. We can now add better fonts, sound effects and new backgrounds but, with the exception of templates for turning your classroom into a game show, I struggle to find truly innovative [...]