Check this out!

Not much to say about this... just that I could watch it all day - MSNBC Interactive shuttle launch.

Good Afternoon Everyone

Here's the link to Kim's powerpoint on video conferencing...

The URL is:

http://www.ualberta.ca/~kpeacock/IntroToVCMES.ppt


Cheers

Harv

Interview

Hi there everyone, the Sun wants to interview me as to the technologies that kids are using in schools these days - are they all on PDAs, laptops?? (yeah right) - do they ever unplug the MP3 players? What is the upside to all this kit? Downside? Is there a growing gap between the kids who have the technology and those who don't?

I'm thinking that most kids are pen and paper based - with a few PDAs (laptops are expensive and heavy to haul) - and work on computers after class as opposed to during - outside of class my guess is that the cell phone and "uber PDA" is the king. Thoughts?

The interview is at 10am tomorrow (Thursday) so if you have anything, please get back to me by then.

George's July 24th Power Point Presentation

Hi Everyone

I have posted George's July 24th Power Point presentation at:


http://www.ualberta.ca/~hduff/George_July_24.ppt


You should be able to download it without difficulty. If you should have any problems, please let me know. Contact me at:

hduff@ualberta.ca

Cheers

Harv

George's Presentations from Wednesday July 20 and July 22

Hi Everyone

I posted George's July 20 and July 22 Power Point presentation at:


http://www.ualberta.ca/~hduff/George_July_20.ppt


and


http://www.ualberta.ca/~hduff/George_July_22.ppt


You should be able to download it without difficulty. If you should have any problems, please let me know. Contact me at:

hduff@ualberta.ca

Cheers

Harv

Evaluating Websites

A many of you are going to be doing lots of work with websites - you may want to take a look at this.

list serve password

Hi All
I was trying to get on the listserv that was sent to us about the books. Did anyone give an indication of a password. I tried to sign up and was sent an email that someone was trying to break into our listserv. Any ideas?

APA Style References

I have used a few of these APA references when writing papers. You may find them useful as well :)

Documenting Sources - APA Style (Prince George's Community College)

APA Style Electronic Formats (American Psychological Association)

Crib sheet to the APA Style (University of Minnesota, Crookston)

APA Style Guide (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)

APA Citation Style Guide (pdf format) (Bucknell University)

Formatting Your Paper Using APA

Sample Paper - APA Style (Prince George's Community College)

Psychology with Style - A Hypertext Writing Guide (University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point)

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Tablet PC Blog

Hey all - you might be interested in this Tablet PC Blog.

Firefox Update

There is a new version of FF out 1.06.

USB Headsets

Because you are going to use these for a while, it is worth getting a good set. Logitech makes a nice set and this one is fairly reasonable.

A Special Day for Harvey

I'm sure Dr. Buck could come up with a great metaphor comparing Harvey's marriage to the evolution of technology, but I just wanted to wish Harvey and Mrs. Duff a very happy 37th wedding anniversary today!

All the best from the MES 2005 group!

George's Presentation from Monday July 18

Hi Everyone

I posted George's July 18 Power Point presentation at:

http://www.ualberta.ca/~hduff/George_July 18.ppt

You should be able to download it without difficulty. If you should have any problems, please let me know. Contact me at:

hduff@ualberta.ca

Cheers

Harv

Elluminate Sessions

Hi Everyone

Here are the links, times and dates for the upcoming Elluminate sessions.

The first session is to give everyone a chance to do an equipment and software check. This session will run on Tuesday, July 19th from 7 to 9 PM. To access the session, click on the following link within 30 minutes of the specified time.

Participant Link: https://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp?password=443147096

When you log in, you may be prompted to download Sun Microsystem's Java Web Start (or OpenJNLP for Mac), a pre-requisite to Elluminate Live!. You only need to do this the first time you use Elluminate Live!.

Our main Elluminate session will be on Wednesday, July 20th from 2 PM to 4 PM. The participant link for this session is as follows:

https://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp?password=789174843



We also have three other sessions set up in case we need additional practice or check time. Those sessions are scheduled for:

Thursday, July 21st from 7-10 with the following participant link:

https://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp?password=1213984357

Friday July 22nd from 6-9 with the following participant link:

https://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp?password=1253421762

and Sunday, July 24th from 7-10 with the following participant link:
https://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp?password=1358196559

The last two sessions are there primarily for the out of town folks who will need to check their home machines.


Cheers

Harv

Cool Learning Object

For those of you playing in Flash - here is a game for you to look at - Planarity.