Top 8 from the 8 Blog for 2011

As the year comes to an end, I thought I’d get in the “Tops of 2011″ spirit.  Instead of sharing the top movies or songs of the year as often happens, I decided to share the 8 most viewed posts from the 8 Blog for this calendar year.  2011 was a great year for the [...]

Saving and Sharing with Dropbox

This week’s blog post is going to sound at first like it is simply a file management solution.  Sure, Dropbox is a free, easy-to-use system for backing up your files online. But I think it’s much more than that.  With its sharing capabilities, Dropbox offers unique ways to collaborate with colleagues and students.  We’ll return [...]

Getting Started with Audacity 1.3: A review

I’m not usually a fan of software books.  I’ve only purchased a few in my life and find that my learning style is more suited to just jumping in and playing with things until I figure stuff out.  I realize, however, that some folks prefer having a guide that walks them through different steps.  As [...]

Showcasing Student Teachers

Last Friday, I helped to organize Millersville University’s first Student Teacher Instructional Technology Showcase.  For this event, we selected seven student teachers that were using technology in innovative ways in their classroom.  Our goal was to highlight the outstanding work being done by our student teachers and to showcase their use of instructional technology to [...]

Open Source Solutions: Audacity

Last week, I participated in an open forum discussion with Bryan Behrenshausen from Communications and Theatre, Josh Hartranft from the Technology Support Center and Jesse Holden from Library Services.  The event was planned as part of Millersville’s theme “Remix the Future, Remake Our World” and the group met to discuss the benefits and challenges of [...]