Monthly Archives: October 2015

EdCamp is is an opportunity for learning you cannot afford to miss

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Don Watkins

I became aware of the EdCamp movement over a year ago through one of my Twitter contacts, Christina Luce. Since that time I’ve done a lot of reading about the EdCamp movement and I’ve been very impressed by what I … Continue reading →

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Once again Linux to the rescue of a Windows 8.1 machine

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Don Watkins

A former colleague has a Windows 8.1 computer that had been overtaken by trojans, worms and spyware and was not working well at all. Last week his wife called and asked if I could fix it. I agreed to take … Continue reading →

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If you’re in EdTech You Need to Come to All Things Open Next Year

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Don Watkins

Today while I was at the All Things Open Conference I thought,  “we need more educational technology people here.” There is a wealth of information shared about open source projects and technologies and most of them should be on the … Continue reading →

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Glad to be a part of Opensource.com

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Don Watkins

A year ago I came to All Things Open at the invitation of Jason Hibbets who was the community manager of Opensource.com. At the time I was thrilled to be invited and so I came to the conference with some … Continue reading →

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Solutions for Printing to an HP 1212mfp from Fedora 21

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Don Watkins

Setting up and getting started on Fedora 21 has had it’s challenges and earlier today I needed to setup printing to the multi-function laser printer in my home. I discovered that I needed to use Google and internet search to … Continue reading →

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Running Fedora Linux on my Latitude Thanks to @JWhitehurst

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Don Watkins

In April I bought a Dell Latitude and since I was writing for Opensource.com I wanted to run Fedora. It’s not required but I thought it would be nice. I tried hard to find ways to run Fedora with the … Continue reading →

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The Road to Raleigh and All Things Open 2015

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Don Watkins

In a few days I’ll be boarding a flight that will take me to Raleigh-Durham International and eventually to the All Things Open Conference which is next week. As I was driving home tonight I thought of the journey that … Continue reading →

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The pristine beauty of fall along the Allegany

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Don Watkins

   I love this valley and the view I have of it today. I’ve been blessed to live near here for thirty-seven years. It is the perfect location for my Alma Mater,   St. Bonaventure University. I have often wondered what … Continue reading →

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Simple Screen Recorder – Easy Screencasting on Linux

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Don Watkins

In my spare time I volunteer as a digital literacy trainer in our local library. Recently I put together a training wiki that featured a number of YouTube videos on a variety of topics including word processing. I could not … Continue reading →

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