We all strive for lab problems that are real life, and sometimes we succeed, often we don't.  A new service might give you a chance to teach it, and your students to pay for their schooling using this support tool.  The tool is called TeamViewer.  It is simply amazing, not in that it does remote control of someone elses PC, but the person on the other end has a very simply click and go to make it happen.

Meet www.TeamViewer.com , their web site plays go between the two computers, takes care of security and making the link thru any type of firewall.

 Here is what the login screen looks like, simply share the numbers on your screen and your connected.  

Have you ever wanted to add more fun to your teaching, but don't know how.  I'd like to suggest a quick study of the 'Unbeatable Banzuke'.  Say what?  Unbeatable Banzuke is a Japanese TV show that involves common everyday people mastering some unique skill or talent.  Consider this one with R/C Helicopters, specially see what common items they used to design the course, add flare and peril all in one.  

Where is the learning?  Where ever there are great problems the course, soon follow great learning.

For teaching email, having a email account that can be accessed via both POP / IMAP and from within another network is very helpful.  Here is a quick tutorial to help your students create a Gmail account that does all that.  

To watch the tutorail, simply click

Wondering how to get that Camtasia produced file to play in Blackboard or other LMS tools. Here are the steps you'll need.

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Cloning Those Technical Gurus and Documentation on the Fly
Tim Tewalt, ElectroMechanical Instructor
Chippewa Valley Technical College
This hour-long workshop will be held at 8:30, 9:30, and 10:30.
Ever wish you could record those keystrokes that fixed your machine? Make a recording of all the detailed settings needed for a system?  Why not record it in a movie or screenshot?  In this computer lab session, you’ll learn how to document your system with video, text and more. If you love to laugh and want to improve communications in resolving problems, this is the session for you.

Looking for the handouts after the session ?  Click here.  

An amazing device for recording lectures, speaches and very easy to use. 

I've used this $60 recorder to capture lectures, todo items, and just about anything one could do on paper.   It has a very long battery life and boast 144 hours recording time.  In the highest quailty mode, it can record over 11 hours!  

Recently I put these to the test for a Jazz Festival.  The judges raved about the quailty and ease of use.  While one will not make top CD recording, it does help give feedback that is on beat.  :) 

Does it seem you lost your inking in Office 2007, well take a look and you'll find the ink well once again!

Inking refers to using your Tablet PC pen in applications, allowing you to write on the document in pen.

Motion's Next-Gen Tablet PC Capable of Up to a Full Day of Battery Life from PhysOrg.com
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