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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Digital Media-New Learners of the 21st Century
A while ago, Bob sent out a link to a PBS Frontline series titled, Digital Media—New Learners of the 21st Century. I finally had a chance earlier this summer to watch the program in its entirety, and I think it’s … Continue reading
Follow up on Harnessing the Wisdom of the Crowds: Sharing in the Internet era
In today’s session, 17 learners generously gave up their morning to learn more about tools that allow you to share and find ideas online. Like before, if you’re interested in knowing more about what we did in class, you can … Continue reading
It’s (much) Better Than Moodle – Schoology! (Updated)
I’ve been a Moodle user for several years. I found it to be a relatively good repository for class materials and posting class projects and assignments. I have even used it for my students to upload their assignments so I … Continue reading
RSS—the amazing basket
One of the tools we’ll be covering in tomorrow’s session on Harnessing the Wisdom of the Crowd: Sharing in the Digital Era will be RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication. But you can just call it your magic basket. … Continue reading
Skimming your way to Paperless Nirvana
Marlene recently recommended Skim a great free PDF reader. But that’s really only the tip of the iceberg—Skim is a wonderful tool to bring you one step closer to naperless nirvana. Creating paperless nirvana First, some details on paperless Nirvana. … Continue reading
Upgrade your operating system
Mac OS 10.6.8 was just released today, and since you’ve gotten your computers, a number of other system applications like iTunes have been updated. Your computer should be checking for updates periodically and asking if you want to install them, … Continue reading
What’s up (in the) Dock? Part 1
I got this great text message after John’s How to become a web surfing ninja workshop. “Ok… random thought but I am looking at my computer screen and just realized that I know a LOT about my computer but not much … Continue reading
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Popular free apps for your Mac
Look under the picture at the top of this blog. Those white words are links to other pages of this blog. Check out the Popular Downloads page to see a list of free applications you can download and install on … Continue reading
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Follow up from the Web Ninja Class
Today I had a blast teaching the How to be a Web Surfing Ninja” to 15 wonderfully eager and very patient learners in Jill’s classroom. If you’re interested in knowing more about what we did, I’ve embedded the handout, which … Continue reading
To all the technology skeptics out there – remember the 1990’s?
No, not EMF or Chumbawumba, but do you remember the internet in the ’90’s? Well probably not, since frankly there were very few people aware of the web in the middle of that decade; it simply wasn’t a part of … Continue reading
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