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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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Mixing Analog and Digital
I was on campus last week for a campus technology committee meeting, and I ran into one of the faculty I used to perform instructional technology support for. We started talking about the…
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News Aggregators, Teaching and Scholarship
There are a number of useful ways to incorporate news aggregators into teaching. There are lots of classes in English, Social Science, Communication Studies and Journalism departments that ask students to read newspapers…
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Blackboard coaxing WebCT users to Defect
In this press release BlackBoard urges WebCT users to come to the mother ship with promises of “conversion kits.” You know they aren’t doing this out of the goodness of their hearts, which…
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E-Portfolios
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, “More and more institutions are encouraging—or even requiring—students to create “electronic portfolios” that highlight their academic work and help them reflect on their campus experiences.” The…
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On Blogging: What is it, and How May it Serve?
I’ve known about web logs, or blogs, as they are called, for about two years now. I started paying closer attention to blogs, and thinking about their instructional potential, last summer. But almost…