jinsungpsu: educator, tinkerer, problem solver

  • Snap by Lectora Quick Review

    I had a chance to play around with Snap by Lectora (http://www.trivantis.com/snap/e-learning-software-for-PowerPoint-Presentations) for a few hours.  It is marketed as a e-Learning Software for PowerPoint presentations with a Roulette guide and strategy.  Their main marketing strategy is presenting themselves as a low cost competitor to Articulate Studio (http://www.articulate.com/products/studio.php) and Adobe Presenter (http://www.adobe.com/products/presenter/).  Since one of…

  • Threaded Comments in blogs.psu.edu

    This is OLD – from 2008, but, blogs.psu.edu can support threaded comments.  Just takes a bit of work – modify the template… just a little copy/paste. http://www.personal.psu.edu/bak147/blogs/brad/2008/10/test-of-threaded-comments.html

  • Adobe Max 2010

    Overall impressions: This year marks the second year Adobe Max was held in Los Angeles, CA. This was my third Adobe Max. Every year, personally, I’ve had extremely different take-aways; however, the main thing that seems to stand out is multiscreen/mobile development.  Next year, Max will also be in Los Angeles. Adobe is out to…

  • Wharton Web Symposium 2010

    The University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA July 21-22, 2010 Overall impressions and takeaways This was an extremely good conference. It was also much more relevant than other technology focused (instead of higher ed focused) conference. I initially went into it thinking it was going to be much like the Penn State Web Conference, but it…

  • Learning Design Summer Camp 2010

    Education Technology Services Teaching and Learning with Technology Penn State 7/14-15, 2010 http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/wiki/LDSC10MainPage http://www.ustream.tv/user/psutltstream Overall Impressions and Takeaways For the price (free), it’s hard to complain about a conference like this. It is well organized and well put together, however, sometimes it does feel like a “local” informal gathering. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with…

  • Web Conference 2010 Notes

    Penn State Web Conference 2010 Penn Stater Conference Center June 7-8, 2010 http://webconference.psu.edu/ Overall Impressions and Takeaways I have been to the web conference since 2005 and I don’t ever regret going to it. Most of the sessions seem to fall under two categories (1. what’s going on at Penn State or 2. technology how…

  • How to reset a password in Mac without a boot CD

    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080414140636495

  • My Adobe Max Agenda for 2009

    Session 1, 10/5 Learn how easy it is to build rich Internet applications with Flash Catalyst — no programming necessary. This session covers the fundamentals of Flash Catalyst, including importing a design, adding interactivity and motion, creating your own components from artwork, structuring your design, the basics of interactive video, and publishing your design as…

  • Angel Notes to self

    A way to link from an external page to the current Angel course and specific content within that course: https://cms.psu.edu/section/content/default.asp?WCI=Goto&WCU=CRSCNT&preview=0&MATCH=some+search+string+separated+by+plus+signs A way to link to associated files within a course: $COURSE_PATH$_assoc/subdirectory/filename

  • Sun VirtualBox.org

    Sun VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) – Just found this one today!! It’s an open source alternative to Parallels and VMWare Fusion.  x86 virtualization.  It’s not just for Macs. Just installed and updating windows xP on my Mac Pro right now… seems a bit choppier than Parallels, but good for the price…