Tonia A. Dousay
Scholar | Educator | Leader
Category Archives: Technology
Tweet-a-deedle-dee
Twitter is nothing new…in fact, it should be celebrating its third birthday this year. Admittedly, I tend to think of technology already “old” once it hits three or four. I sometimes forget that not everyone (or everything) moves at speed of change. Still, it’s amazing to me to watch the adoption rate grow and penetrate…
WorldCat
I first heard about WorldCat at a conference last Spring. I can’t recall if it was at TAMUS’ Teaching with Technology or TxDLA’s annual conference. In either case, I remember thinking what an awesome tool it is. Currently, more than 10,000 libraries participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), and as such are tied…
TXT Learning
In an age where technology has taken hold of many facets of daily life, I often cringe when reading an email or MySpace/Facebook message from one of my younger relatives. It would appear that their texting shorthand has trickled over into their normal vocabulary, and frequently makes my brain hurt (and eyes bleed). I present…
Digital Maturity
Have you ever heard the phrase, “digital native”? If you haven’t, let me apologize now for introducing it to you. If you have, I apologize for bringing it up. It’s a phrase that has a growing usage among educators and technologists alike to describe the generations who were born in to the digital age of…
Free Web-Based Tools
While attending TxDLA 2008 last week, one of the better sessions was a review of various free, web-based tools. It was pitched as a “Navigating Web 2.0” session, and had quite a few attendees. In preparation, the presenter, Cindy Smith with UT-Tyler, set up a wiki at http://etxdla.pbwiki.com to list these sites and some brief…
The Best Things in Life are Free
Hey if ‘ol blue eyes sang it, it must be true, right? He must’ve been on to something. The folks over at Adobe announced yesterday that they are now offering a free-version of Photoshop in a web-based edition now called Photoshop Express. I don’t know about you guys, but I certainly find this to be…