Does Your EdTech Fit You Like an Iron Man Suit?
One of the thrilling features of the Iron Man movies is the idea that Tony Stark can step into a mechanized robot suit and...
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March 24, 2023
What’s Different Between the Life of a Classroom Teacher vs. Instructional Designer?
How is the day-to-day life of an Instructional Designer different than that of a K12 classroom teacher? Many classroom teachers are looking to make...
February 10, 2023
The “Attention Method” for Effective Presentation Decks – Updated
This is an update to my previous post, The “Attention Method” for Effective PowerPoint Presentations. My Attention Method™ of presentation design is a philosophy...
August 24, 2022
Microlearning is not a Platform, it’s a Design Choice
One frequent buzzword you’ll hear a lot in the eLearning world is “microlearning”. More often than not, it’s pushed by companies trying to sell...
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Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker for Enhanced Video eLearning in HTML5
Mozilla Popcorn Maker is a free tool for triggering rich web content to pop up as a web video plays. You can import a...
Live Motion GIF Screencasts: With a name like LICEcap, It Has to Be Good
If you make a lot of screencasts, tutorials, or documentation, you probably keep a keen eye out for any tool that can make...
WebRTC: A New Standard for Free, Open Video Chat, File Sharing, and More In the Browser
Everybody loves video chatting with friends, sharing files, instant messaging, and web surfing together. In education, it seems like we always need newer and...
Expanding and Owning my Content at TedCurran.net
I’m very interested in how open source publishing tools like WordPress can empower individuals to own their data, understand and learn from their...
10 Reasons I’m Committed to Android in Education
I may be a zealot proponent for open source software, but I don’t think that clouds my judgement when I say that Android is...
“Own the Means of Production”: What Karl Marx Knew about Opportunity in the Digital Economy
Even though the Internet is often credited for bringing about a “New Economy”, in fact many longstanding economic trends continue to play themselves out...
Downloading YouTube: The Definitive Guide for Teachers
Picture this: You stayed up all last night preparing an amazing lecture, complete with the perfect YouTube video to illustrate the concept for your...
“Can’t Live Without” Apps– Mac & Windows Apps I Install Immediately Upon Getting a New Computer
This week at work, they replaced my ailing but valiant Dell XP laptop with a new HP Windows7 notebook for work, and then surprised...
Open Source or Proprietary LMS? Your Answer, My Friend, Is Floating In the Cloud
A colleague recently asked me if I could explain the distinction between open source and proprietary learning management systems, especially as it might affect...
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