Appearances can be deceiving! Does your children know who owns the websites that they’re retrieving information from? Do you? Do you know how to get the information? In this short video Alan November discloses in a workshop he conducted for parents at the Harvey School who really owns the top website that holds the #1 position for the keyword search “Martin Luther King.” Take a guess who the owner is; you’ll be surprised! In this short video Mr. November will show you how to identify the owner for each and every website online. Be an informed Internet surfer…for your sake and for your children’s. Read the rest of this entry »

Raising our children to be global thinkers in a world that is very different from what we grew up in is what technology guru Alan November believes will best prepare American students for today’s world.

And that’s not the only skill that’s important. Being able to deal with “massive” amounts of information - organizing it, understanding it, adding value to it will all be critical to students in this information-rich society.

Finally, college graduates will also need to be self-directed…not waiting for a boss to tell them what to do, they’ll need to adapt to an ever-changing world that is getting “flatter” by the day and have “very good global communication skills,” noted Mr. November.

Following is a short video of Mr. November’s talk… Read the rest of this entry »

In this fourth of ten (10) videos on podcasting with GarageBand, Dave Brown shows you why in addition to the GarageBand software Preferences, you’ll probably need to alter your computer’s System Preferences before getting started. You’ll also learn how to lay down your first vocal track, add some background music, and do something called “ducking, ” which is needed when you’re working with a couple audio tracks. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the third in a series of ten (10) video tutorials on how to create a podcast with GarageBand. In this video Aussie Dave Brown shows you how to set up the Preferences section of the software. According to Dave, it’s important that you edit the Audio component to reflect your particular set-up. If you’re not familiar with audio set-up, Dave explains what each setting represents so that you’re able to accurately reflect your own set-up. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the second in a series of ten (10) videos that will teach you how to create a podcast using GarageBand v. 3+ on your Macintosh. In this video Dave Brown introduces you to the GarageBand interface. He’ll show you how to start a new podcast and will explain each of the major components that make up the “Podcast” interface for GarageBand. You’ll review tracks, episode info, descriptions, artwork, literally every item on the GarageBand interface. Read the rest of this entry »