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Archive for January, 2007

geek!ed! – episode 0059

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

- Thanks to all those that have been visiting our website!
- Michael P. rehashes his SketchUp experience and mentions MSU classes.
- Tom listened to the audio book The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman and relates what he heard to the educational institution.
- Ideas about how to change the “way we do business”.
Geek of the [...]

 
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geek!ed! – episode 0058

Friday, January 19th, 2007

- Planning for MACUL.
- Digital Rights – where did they go?
- More about the web push/pull technology that was briefly discussed in episode 57.  This time we go further in depth.  Chris mentions openacademic.org.  We mention IBM, Microsoft, Linux and open source.
Geek of the Week:
Michael shares how he has used Google SketchUp (past GOTW) designing [...]

 
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geek!ed! – episode 0057

Monday, January 15th, 2007

- We received MORE letters! Hurray!
Letter 1 asks about ways for students to program video games. Macromedia Studio will allow students to write video games. Squeek.org – free programming language to write video games.
Letter 2 asks about DVD format wars and the (re)writable media differences. Here is a very techie [...]

 
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geek!ed! – episode 0056

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

Letters! We’ve got letters!
Diane explored MySpace and spent time watching teenage girls use it.
The Elite2 from Diskmaker.
– Saves us time, but can be a hassle…
Geek of the week:
Curly

 
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