From Now On
The Educational Technology Journal
 Vol 15|No 5|June|2006

The Java Blockade

By Jamie McKenzie

Are your school networking folks blocking all Java sites?




One Liners
Bloggery
and Tomfoolery


By Jamie McKenzie

Are new technologies reducing much of our communication to one liners and brief text mesages? If so, so what?

WYSISWG!

ADIP = Another Day In Paradise
CRTLA = Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym
DILLIGAD = Do I Look Like I Give A Damn
GMTFT = Great Minds Think For Themselves
ILICISCOMK = I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat/Spilt Coffee/Crumbs/Coke On My Keyboard

The Online Professor
Takes an Online Course

By Cindy Emmans

What strategies make for success with an online course in contrast to traditional classes? Cindy Emmans identifies some of the perils associated with online courses and suggests ways to overcome them.

The Technology Treadmill

By Jamie McKenzie

Despite the fanfare, the marketing promises and the hype, new technologies do not always add to the quality of life or schooling.

Credits: The photographs were shot by Jamie McKenzie.

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