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So this is how they do it!

An interesting article from The Chronicle detailing how the RIAA uses Limewire to detect music pirates.

How it does it: The RIAA explains how it catches alleged music pirates

Simroid - robotic dental patient

Very cool.....and a little bit creepy! Be sure to watch the video.

From http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/11/simroid-dentistry-in-the-uncanny-valley-video/

Simroid, a robotic dental patient with an eerily realistic appearance, has been spotted at the 2007 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo. Designed primarily as a training tool for dentists, the fembot patient can follow spoken instructions, closely monitor a dentist’s performance during mock treatments, and react in a human-like way to mouth pain. Because Simroid’s realistic appearance and behavior motivate people to treat her like a human being, as opposed to an object, she helps dental trainees learn how to better communicate with patients.

Is this the end of cursive writing?

An article from The Christian Science Monitor - Is this the end of cursive writing?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1114/p13s01-legn.htm
What do you think?

C.L. Lindsay - Legal expert on Facebook/MySpace

Think no one sees those pictures you posted on Myspace or Facebook? Think again! Come see C.L. Lindsay - the Facebook Guy - Thursday, November 8th, 7:00 pm, 072 Science Hall, on the ESU Campus.

C.L Lindsay is a lawyer who will show you how easy it is to find the information you have been trying to hide.

More information about C.L. Lindsay at http://www.bass-schuler.com/cllindsay.php4

Sponsored by UAC Talks and Topics Committee.

Congratulations to Steve and Sandy - PacifiCorp Finalists!

I just got back from the AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) International Conference in Anaheim, CA. As finalists for the PacifiCorp Instructional Design Competition, IDT students Steve Harmon and Sandy Valenti did a masterful job of presenting their solution.

The competition involved having teams of two students design and develop a detailed written solution and presentation/report in response to a quite complex instructional design case study. The other two finalist teams were from Florida State and Virginia Tech. Here's a press release from the 2006 competition (the 2007 press release isn't out yet, and I couldn't wait to announce this). A pretty good brief explanation - The only thing that changed this year is that the conference was in Anaheim, CA this (instead of Dallas) and that it DIDN'T include a scholarship :( They did get really nice plaques, free conference registration, and recognition at the Research and Theory/Design and Development luncheon, though. http://www.rockymtnpower.net/Press_Release/Press_Release62964.html

More information from the competition website.
General guidelines.
The problem statement that they addressed is here.
This really is a tremendous accomplishment for Steve, Sandy, and all of ESU IDT!
 

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Professor and Chair of Instructional Design and Technology Department
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Is this the end of cursive writing?

An interesting article from The Christian Science Monitor - Is this the end of cursive writing?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1114/p13s01-legn.htm

What do you think?

Posted on November 15th, 2007 at 12:35pm —

Marcus Childress

I've been Simpsonized!

You can be, too! Go to http://www.simpsonizeme.com/

Posted on September 30th, 2007 at 4:36pm — 1 Comment

Marcus Childress

IBM Releases Free Office Desktop Software Suite

NEW YORK, September 18, 2007 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Lotus Symphony, a suite of free software tools for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
Beginning today at…
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Posted on September 28th, 2007 at 11:32am —

Marcus Childress

I AM Tom!

Yes, as you can tell from my profile picture, I succeeded at becoming the Tom of our IDT at ESU Ning site! (Special thanks to Chris Slupianek for his Photoshop skills!)

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Posted on September 4th, 2007 at 4:29pm —

Marcus Childress

Help me become the "TOM" of the IDT at ESU Ning site!

My goal is to have more friends than anyone else on our IDT network!

As of right now, Tom the MySpace dude (MySpace creator) has 198163015 friends - http://www.myspace.com/tom

Help me make my dream a reality?

Posted on August 27th, 2007 at 2:13pm — 1 Comment

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At 3:00pm on March 1st, 2008, Laura Alderson said…
Hi Dr. Childress! The semester is going pretty well. Definitely not as hectic with only one class instead of two. How is everything with you?
At 11:10am on February 26th, 2008, Joy Richmond said…
You're welcome. I look forward to working with you.
At 10:54pm on February 23rd, 2008, Laurisa Condray said…
Fantastic! I'm loving it. It's really intersting to be working for another virtual school - to be able to see the commonalities and differences between the two.
At 10:19pm on February 22nd, 2008, Laurisa Condray said…
Just thought I would say hey!
At 6:09pm on February 22nd, 2008, Sandy Cook said…
Thanks for the welcome. It'll be interesting to see how well this venue does with the renewed prompt to join--if it takes off. It'd be nice if it did!
At 12:08am on January 4th, 2008, Aaron Sumner said…
WHAT A GAME!

And the good guys won!
At 9:30pm on December 2nd, 2007, Aaron Sumner said…
Kansas vs. Va Tech in the Orange Bowl! It's on!
At 7:23pm on December 2nd, 2007, Ange Sullivan said…
Great to be in the loop! I added you as a friend to hopefully make your dream of Tom a reality. I recently watched a webcast about Facebook and MySpace (http://www.starlinktraining.org/). Great webcast done by another guy named Tom from swiftkickonline.com
At 2:50pm on November 28th, 2007, Michael (Mike) Campbell said…
Thought I would share my message with the rest of the group. As you probably already know, the image associated with my website url is a "favicon", and is kind of a pain to create, but I think it is worth the trouble -thanks for mentioning it.
And - your picture of the boy about to have an enlightening experience with the knife & electrical outlet cracked me up; right in the midst of my fellow electical workers :]
At 9:02am on November 24th, 2007, Michael (Mike) Campbell said…
What's up, Doc? I am a little late in responding; haven't checked email in a while. Hope you are having a good Thanksgiving, and are enjoying the games and all of the trimmings. I know I am!
 
 

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