Two words quickly come to mind when I reflect on the Internet Technology Summit 2011: Innovation and Inspiration. I was invited to attend the summit by the TechVenture 2011 team, I have been working with to help plan TechVenture at …

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Students who don’t have their books for their fall classes yet might want to see about saving a few dollars with Amazon.com’s latest app. This month Amazon released a free iPhone application called Amazon Student, designed to help students make …

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If you’re content using your shirttails or going around with a grimy screen, Spudz isn’t for you. Spudz is a convenient microfiber lens cloth and hopefully the last one you’ll ever need to buy. The soft microfiber cloth gently cleans …

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Blackboard recently released Blackboard Learn 9.1 SP6 – We now have it installed at Valencia College! I’m very happy to see a few of the frequently request enhancements finally integrated into the LMS; such as interactive rubrics, enhance assessment timers, …

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GoToMeeting recently launched the HDFaces option to make your meetings feel a little more personal. HDFaces enables high-definition video conferencing with one click. I use GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar all the time for my job at Valencia for training and virtual …

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TechSmith (creators of Jing, Snagit, & Camtasia) has released a free digital whiteboard app, ScreenChomp, for the iPad. ScreenChomp allows users to write and draw with their fingers in 12 colors and record their action with audio on the digital …

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