Rod’s EdTech Review

This blog is all about Educational Technologies and how to use them.

Entries from October 2006

furl.net

October 31st, 2006 · No Comments

Furl.net is one of the several social bookmarking tools available on the Web. I have been using it for about a year now and find it very easy to use, useful and it is free. The features I like about it is that when you save a Web-based document or site to your furl archive, [...]

[Read more]

Tags: Free Learning Tools · Free Teaching Tools

ScreenHunter 4.0 Free

October 31st, 2006 · No Comments

One of the most useful utilities that I have been using for a couple year is ScreenHunter 4.0 Free. This tool installs easily and doesn’t require admin privileges to install. ScreenHunter is very easy to use and it allows to you create image files from any portion of your computer screen. I find it [...]

[Read more]

Tags: Free Learning Tools · Free Teaching Tools

In Defense of Cheating

October 31st, 2006 · No Comments

In Defense of Cheating by Don Norman
Don Norman’s essay on “cheating” is actually a very thought provoking reflection on our learning assessment practices and why cheating shouldn’t matter. Essentially, the message I took away from reading this is that we need to make our learning assessments more collaborative because those of the skills required [...]

[Read more]

Tags: Articles