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The ‘Angry Birds’ Guide to Online Lesson Design

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Ted Curran

(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”). A popular reason for exploring gamification in online learning is because we want to increase student engagement with the content. Games are nothing if not engaging, and the … Continue reading →

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Did you know? Your Smartphone is a Powerful Medical Reference Tool!

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Ted Curran

The adoption of Android and iOS smartphones “skyrocketed” in 2010, which means ever more health sciences students, faculty, and staff have access to powerful mini-computers in their pockets. With this rise came a new crop of excellent free medical apps that … Continue reading →

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Jobseekers! Easy Job Multi-Searching with RSS Magic!

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Ted Curran

When you’re looking for work, keeping up with the online job listings is a job in itself. This tutorial will teach you how to automate your job search so you can quickly scan through lots of fresh, relevant job ads … Continue reading →

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Smart Dumb Phones: Cool Uses for Low Tech Cell Phones (NO iPhone REQUIRED!)

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Ted Curran

There’s no denying that the iPhone has become an amazing tool for taking your internet connected life mobile. However, many of its functions are available to even the lowest tech "dumb phones" on the market. This post will show you … Continue reading →

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Broke free of my iPhone/AT&T Bondage!: Road Test for the Palm Pre on Sprint

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image by zoovroo via Flickr Since its debut in 2007, I’ve been a fanatical iPhone jailbreaker and general enthusiast of the device. As more and more iPhones have begun bogging down the 3G network in the Bay Area, Apple/AT&T seem … Continue reading →

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iPhone-style phone number hyperlinks in Firefox [Mac, Win, Linux]

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ted Curran

One thing that grabs people’s attention when they get an iPhone is that phone numbers on websites automatically become hyperlinks. Click on a number, and the iPhone asks you if you want to call that number. Firefox on your computer … Continue reading →

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Offline is the New Online

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image via CrunchBase Web 2.0 has beguiled us to forsake our old offline apps and turn to the online cloud for more and more of our data needs. CNET’s Buzz Out Loud podcast proclaimed that “Offline is the New Online” … Continue reading →

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Evernote– Remember everything!

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Ted Curran

Evernote is a great note-taking application for Mac/PC and iPhone, as well as a powerful webapp. It gives you tons of ways to keep track of all the little bits of information in your life— that cool website you want … Continue reading →

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iProcrastinate: helps students stay on top of their work!

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Ted Curran

Mac/iPhone/iPod Touch Need an easy way to keep track of your assignments? iProcrastinate has been a favorite of Mac users for a long time. Now iPhonies and iTouchers can get in on the fun.

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Use your iPhone to control your computer from across the room? SICK!!!

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Ted Curran

TouchPad Pro turns your jailbroken iPhone into a wireless remote control for your computer, allowing you to mouse, type, and control presentations from anywhere in your classroom, wirelessly. I’m sure there are as many ways to use this as there … Continue reading →

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