TechEd 2009 – Luis Von Ahn
Luis von Ahn, professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and named one of the 50 Best Brains in Science by Discover Magazine was today’s key-note speaker at the TechEd conference in Ontario, California. Professor von Ahn spoke about reusing human cycles or harnessing human time and energy to address problems that computers cannot yet solve. In his talk, Professor von Ahn pointed out that in 2003, the world spent 6 billion hours playing solitaire. This was contrasted with the 7 million hours necessary to construct the Empire State Building or the 20 million man hours...
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Welcome to beautiful Ontario (Did I just say that?). Well, I suppose Tech Ed 2009 has gotten off to a good start. The first day was full of breakout sessions, an interesting keynote speaker, and a little Inland Empire smog! There were a few interesting morning and afternoon breakout sessions. It seemed the general theme was authoring tools for teachers. Most of the sessions provided a basic overview of these tools (e.g., Camtasia Relay, podcasting, etc.). A few of the interesting sessions included: Youtube, Itunes, and Google Docs. Save Time and Stimulate– David Sconduto had some...
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