http://hetech.edublogs.org Collections of computer and internet technology tools, news, and demostrations Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:00:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This blog is inactive. Please visit http://heducation.net instead. Thank you. http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/08/27/moving-announcement/ 23 Jun 2008 Internet addiction is a "clinical disorder", says The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper quotes a leading psychiatrist who suggests that "obsessive internet use is a public health problem, which is so serious it should be officially recognised as a clinical disorder". The editorial which sparked this news story ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/internet-addiction/ June 19, 2008A collection of twelve online meeting options for every budget. AIM Pro - A professional version of AIM that allows for web meetings powered by WebEx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebEx that can also incorporate video conferencing. BeamYourScreen - Show your screen to one or many with the ability to hide ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/06/20/medical-news-today-news-article/ Sounds odd to you? According to Becky Smith of American Association for Health Education, professionals in China now have an option to submit their manuscripts to IEJHE in Chinese. They can submit to www.journalsubmit.com, and the journal is on the AAHPERD or AAHE website. Somehow it is a privilege for ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/06/19/articles-in-chinese-published-in-an-american-journal/ http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/06/14/firefox-3/ Talk about pricey CPMs: Internet users don't even see most of the ads on a Web page, particularly if they're below the fold--whether the site is a highly trafficked media property or a niche blog. That's according to new research from MarketingSherpa. The Warren, R.I.-based marketing research and consulting firm commissioned ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/05/25/only-25-of-viewers-see-web-ads-below-the-fold/ A new game, named Foldit, turns protein folding into a competitive sport. Introductory levels teach the rules, which are the same laws of physics by which protein strands curl and twist into three-dimensional shapes - key for biological mysteries ranging from Alzheimer's to vaccines. After about 20 minutes of training, people ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/05/09/computer-game-could-benefit-world-health/ This probably has two things to do. One is explaining what twitter is. Two is how to write an effective instruction that is simple, visible, interesting, and understandable. Here is the video linked from Youtube. http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/05/05/a-video-explaining-what-twitter-is/ 01 May 2008 Six rural Maryland hospitals facing shortages of emergency department physicians will use an electronic monitoring system provided by Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del., to remotely monitor intensive care patients, the Washington Post reports. Under the Maryland eCare program -- the "first of its ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/05/01/six-rural-maryland-hospitals-will-use-electronic-system-to-remotely-monitor-icu-patients-from-delaware/ 30 Apr 2008 In an effort to increase HIV testing among young people, Verizon Wireless, CDC and University of Georgia's New Media Institute are collaborating on a project that transmits videos featuring college couples talking about getting tested for the virus via students' cell phones, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. According to the ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/05/01/cdc-verizon-university-of-georgia-launch-cell-phone-initiative-that-aims-to-increase-hiv-testing-among-youth/ By saying owning a website I mean you have your own domain, you have access to control panel of your website, you install your own web platform software, and you are the top level administer of the website. Here is how. 1. The first thing is about your own domain. You ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/how-to-own-your-own-website/ When Dr. Elbert D. Glover typed his final line in an email to HEDIR list about weeks ago, he must be very proud of himself. He had almost clicked the Send button before he added that line. Because he really wanted to, he added: I am posting from my ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/drglovers-iphone-and-jott/ This website has a page that lists 23 things (or small exercises) that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0. Some popular online applications among the 23 are 2: Blogging 3: Photos & Images 4: RSS & Newsreaders 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati 7: ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/a-website-for-learning-the-basics-of-todays-internet/ [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/LFE2CCfAP1o" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/21/charlie-rose-interviews-himself-about-technology/ Essential tools to help you harness the full power of Twitter without making any dent in your existing marketing budget because these tools are completely free: 1. Twitter Feed - This service fetches new content from your blog (or any site that supports RSS feeds ) and publishes a link in ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/21/most-useful-twitter-services-that-can-help-your-business-grow/ This is a good social network platform for developing community health promotion programs among fellows and promote participation. http://www.zazengo.com/ A social networking site that provides the collaboration tools that enable you to participate in and track the actions and impact you create in your community. You can use Zazengo to invite your ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/zazengo/ Sometimes ago I have listed Zotero in my top list. Here I would like to introduce it again. As its website describes: "Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox and Flock extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/18/zotero/ If you really want to compress your supper size Powerpoint file, "PPTminimizer reduces PowerPoint presentations by up to 96% of their initial size in seconds." It is a desktop application and costs $30. http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/pptminimizer/ About authorPOINT: "You can share your presentations online on the web through authorPOINT Lite, by uploading to authorSTREAM, a free online presentation sharing platform, and to WiZiQ, a free online education platform. authorPOINT Lite is Microsoft® Windows® Vista® compatible and Microsoft Office® 2007 compatible. You can also directly share your ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/authorpoint/ If you have a personal website or blog, these following websites/tools can help you to publish your Excel, Word, PDF files To embed Excel xls spreadsheets: Google Docs or Zoho Sheet To embed Powerpoint PPT presentations: Slideshare.net To embed HTML Webpages inside a blog: Use the IFRAME tag. To embed Word .doc file: Use ... http://hetech.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/how-to-publish-your-documents-online/