Martha Burtis, Acting Director, Division of T & L Technologies, University of Mary Washington Steven A. Greenlaw, Professor of Economics, University of Mary Washington Gerald Slezak, Instructional Technology Specialist, University of Mary Washington Session convener: W. Gardner Campbell, Professor of English, University of Mary Washington Abstract This presentation explores the […]
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Michael Burke, Technologies Integration Specialist, The University of Tennessee Susannah Finley, Visual Design Specialist, The University of Tennessee Joan Thomas, Manager, Visual Design Development, The University of Tennessee Abstract The University of Tennessee’s “Podsquad” will demonstrate one path to a successful academic podcasting initiative, including the process of faculty development […]
First-Generation Ubiquitous Computing: Social, Mobile, and Gamelike Bryan Alexander, Director for Research, National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) [In Middlebury College] After three hours my battery is starting to go so these notes may be short… Anecdotes: Encouraged us to view La Jetee, I have not seen it […]
From the site: The Third Annual Robert C. Heterick, Jr., Lecture Since 2003, the NetDay (www.netday.org) Speak Up annual online survey has collected authentic, unfiltered feedback from K•12 students about their use of technology for learning and entertainment. Learn about students’ expectations for technology use and their aspirations for a […]
Today through Wednesday I am in Atlanta at the Educause Learning Initiative conference. Main conference site here here. They will be blogging and podcasting many of the sessions so those interested should trot on over to http://connect.educause.edu/term_veiw/ELI2007 (NB it is not live yet, since the sessions haven’t started!). The sessions […]
J. Scott Turner comments on why academe ought to allow questions about “design” in nature. A few good quotes: I wonder, for example, what demon had gripped a past president of Cornell University when he singled out intelligent design as a unique threat to academic and civil discourse. Aren’t universities […]
Muna Heaven is not just a Penn State grad, she is an SHC grad! Jamaican, Muna Heaven, on Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ (Jamaica) (Photo courtesy of NBC) Muna Heaven, a 28-year-old Jamaican-born attorney from New Jersey has been named among the eighteen candidates for the sixth edition of Donald Trump NBC reality […]
Today we remember MLK and his great contributions to our society and world. I was honored to be asked to speak at the PSU service later today. My remarks are below. After having spent the last several weeks reading Dr. King’s sermons I am keenly aware of how limited and […]
UPDATE: A number of people are coming here from Google’s own blog entry on this topic (which I just realized dates from 9/16/2005!). Let me summarize my point in a single sentence. Since Google will not remove Google bombs they are undermining their usefulness and objectivity as a search engine. […]