Pedagogy
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Annotating Books and Other Texts
As a child, I was horrified by people who wrote in books. In high school, I’d go through my textbooks at the start of the new school year and carefully erase the penciled…
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Taking Notes
A few days ago an acquaintance spotted me taking notes by hand in a notebook as I read a printed book. They were surprised not only by the way I was taking notes…
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Notes for the Future of E-Campus Report
I wrote this in 2001, as the UCLA Instructional Technology Coordinator for the Humanities division. What I did not say in this report was that already blogging systems were easier ti use for…
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Free Evernote Premium Account for College Students
Evernote is giving giving away premium Evernote accounts good through the end of the school year (June 30, 2012), to US college students with a .edu email address. This is a fabulous offer;…
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It’s Complicated
This is a really smart article by Mathew Ingram: “Our Relationship with E-Books: It’s Complicated“. Ingram quite even-handedly covers the bases on sharing ebooks and ebook annotations, complete with lots of links, in…
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Tenth Anniversary of the Original iPod
My original 5 gig iPod, purchased in November of 2001, still boots, still charges, and still works. October 23 was the anniversary of the initial announcement regarding the then new iPod, and while…
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iPad Tips for the College Student
I’ve written a short article on Peachpit’s site on “iPad Tips for the College Student.” I suggest several useful and time-saving iPad apps for students. None of the iPad apps I’m discussing cost…
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On The Use of Sources, Citations, and Links
As educators, we spend a great deal of time trying to teach students how to research, how to use sources, and, perhaps most importantly of all, how to tell a good source from…
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On Homeschooling
Tony Woodlief has written a thoughtful, and thought-provoking, opinion piece about why he and his spouse have chosen to homeschool their children. He writes, in part: The reason we’ve broken with tradition, or…