2015-02-15 Instructional Technology Newsletter

Instructional Technology  News and Useful Tips. February 13, 2015 Contents: Blackboard reboots, Prezi workshop recording, Google search tricks, and an answer to a Prezi question

2015-02-08 Instructional Technology Newsletter

Instructional Technology  News and Useful Tips. February 6, 2015 In this issue: Prezi Workshop, System Status Access, Updates to the Google Apps Launcher and to Sheets, and an Online Graphing Calculator

2014-12-12 Instructional Technology Newsletter

Instructional Technology  News and Useful Tips. December 12, 2014

2014-12-05 Instructional Technology Newsletter

Instructional Technology  News and Useful Tips. December 05, 2014

Connecting With Your Students Using (primarily) Google Apps For Education

2014-05-20

As part of the A. C. Buehler Library's informational program for Reading Day Spring 2014, I demonstrated a set of tools, based on Google Apps For Education, that help faculty connect more easily, in a more organic manner, with students.  The purpose of this post is to make the recording and my notes public.  My speaking notes are minimal and will serve only to jog your memory if you were there, and to give you an idea of what was presented if you weren't.

These are my notes.

This is the Google Hangouts recording of my desktop.  I knock the microphone off the table twice!  Clumsy or animated - you be the judge.

If you would like further information or assistance in setting up some of the suggestions I make, please contact me at dave.basener AT net.elmhurst.edu.

New Zero-Day Exploit Targets Internet Explorer

(2014-04-28)

The United States Department of Homeland Security is warning Americans to not use Internet Explorer, until a fix is found and disseminated for a major security flaw that was discovered by the security firm, FireEye.  One assumes that other nationalities should be wary as well.

I will go further and state that you should never use Internet Explorer at all.  Part of the reason for this is that since Internet Explorer is based on proprietary, secret software, no one really knows what is going on in the product.  In this situation, as in others, Microsoft has known about the flaw and said nothing until the flaw was found and publicized by FireEye.  No one knows how long they have known and what they are doing about it.

Writing Your Own Websites With Google Drive

2014-04-11

Google Sites are great and let you easily create and maintain rich websites.  But what if you want your very own look and feel, don't want to be limited to Google's themes, or need to demonstrate skills for a class?