How Clickers are Used
Professor Jeffrey Henriques, Dept of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, has used Clickers since 2004, and shares some approaches: (Full article at: http://bit.ly/91xw58) “Henriques said he typically asks four to six […]
Technology
Go Green: "No print" option in Acrobat Pro
Do you want to share documents electronically, but also save paper, toner, and power by creating a “no print” document? This is very easy to do in Acrobat Pro (the […]
Classroom 2.0 Kickoff/Intro – Feb 4th
The initial meeting for the Title III Classroom 2.0 project is set for Thursday, February4th, 12:15 – 1:15p in the CTL. Lunch will be provided. Faculty and staff are invited […]
21 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade
Land lines, pay phones, PDAs, etc. What do you think of this list? 21 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade Another source adds (uh oh, I think I see some […]
Got SNS?
SNS = social networking site, like Facebook, MySpace, etc. As I contemplate using a Ning social networking module in a Blackboard-based course this Spring, I decided it might be a […]
Wiki established for Classroom 2.0
Often the best way to learn a new technology tool is to use it. With that in mind, A wiki for the Classroom 2.0 project has been set up at […]
Facebook Does First Published Demographic Analysis
One of the controversies surrounding Facebook is that they have been unwilling to open the incredibly valuable social science data available in the interchanges among 350 million people around the […]
Who owns the lecture?
Websites that offer or sell lecture notes are springing up across the Internet. Is this copyright infringement? Does it encourage students to cut class? And who do the notes belong […]
New Research: Texting Promotes Literacy
Researchers in the UK studied 3000+ children 9-16 y.o., and found that those who use social networking tools have higher levels of literacy: “And what about the “LOL OMG c […]
What Would Lincoln Tweet?
This is the first use of Twitter in higher ed that I have seen that makes any sense. The idea excites me.. read on, just a couple of paragraphs. Wired […]
