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TI calculators are so last year. Especially with the popular (and free) Graphing Calculator application being distributed in the App Store by Gabor Nagy. This app is, basically, a colorful TI calculator right on the [...]

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Dr. Sarah Glasco - Instructor of French, Foreign Languages, Elon University

Background - everything focuses on collaboration. Not just one way learning, but teachers learning from students and students learning from teachers.
The world is changing, and while it has it’s downfalls, it also the ability to bring us together in new ways. Never [...]

25 Jun, 2008

Hiatus

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General

Hi and Welcome to EduTechie.com.  I am avid technology lover and love to research new and evolving technologies… but unfortunately I have about a bazillion things going on in my life right now, so I am going to take a break from blogging for a while so I can focus on the things that are [...]

09 May, 2008

Tips For Dealing With Information Overload

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General

Shared by Jeff VanDrimmelen

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

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…

Shared by Jeff VanDrimmelen

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. 

04 Apr, 2008

Books of the Future Using Twitter and Google Maps

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Digital Learners| General| Web 2.0

This morning I came across an interesting article about book publishing in the future.  Apparently Penguin Books is doing an experiment called “We Tell Stories” with delivering six different books through six different medium channels over the next six weeks.  The first two are already done…  Google Maps for the first week and a  Blogging/Twitter [...]

19 Feb, 2008

Future of Computer Repair… BACK UP YOUR DATA!

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General

Great article today published on our main tech webpage.  The director of the repair center was asked where he saw the future of computer repair going.  He said:
“The whole business model is going to change with the coming of the
solid state hard drives,” said Futrelle. “Hard drives are the most
likely component to fail. The solid [...]

28 Jan, 2008

Backup Your Files

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General

Here is another reminder to backup your files… in more than one location!  As we move to an increasingly online community we have to be wise about these things!


About Jeff

I am an Academic Computing Expert 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.

About Anthony

I am 20 years old, and a Sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My hobbies involve going to the gym, spending time with friends, and messing around on my computer. I am a Computer Science major right now, but there is too much math for my liking, so I am considering a switch to the Journalism School specifically multimedia design).