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Teaching Hacks has an article covering how to use RSS to give out homework assignments. The idea here is to build an RSS feed that allows you to send out to your students the homework. I am intrigued by this idea, but it does seem a bit tech heavy. For K-12 the […]

I had some conversations recently with professors who thought they might be interested in teaching a digital game for class, but were concerned about overcoming the technical hurdles. So, I thought I would do a basic write-up, a sort of “Things to think about if you want to teach a digital game” post. […]

This is my new favorite post. (Of course it is contextual, but what isn’t?).

Despite the recent claims about email being for old people, I am always looking for ways to “power-up” (yes, I am on a bit of a digital games kick lately—writing that chapter of the dissertation) email. Two resources are incredibly valuable for this process:

HawkWings: Is the site for all things Mac email. I […]

Ran across this collection of links this morning. It is fairly broad in scope ranging from advice for students to advice to professors, and is not necessarily discipline specific. Worth a look.

Dan Cohen is trying to recruit people to help with Zotero. (Zotero is the free citational manager which Dan promises will soon develop into a great deal more.) Specifically Zotero needs some help from librarians or other appropriate people on campus to become representatives for Zotero (help spread the word), and for some more […]

I am working on a longish post about teaching a digital game in class (sort of a list of things to think about and trouble shooting problems) for those who might be interested in incorporating one of these texts. But in the meantime you can check out Ian Bogost’s new game, Oil God! […]

I was rather surprsied a couple of weeks ago when I logged onto the homepage of the University I am currently attending and it had changed. Now normally this sort of thing would not warrant a post, especially since the changes “seem” to be aesthetic. But actually, the change was much bigger than […]

Having lost a hard drive earlier this year I always appreciate the reminders to back up files. Devon issued a tip on their blog about how easy it is to back up your Devon database. Although I back up my whole hard drive frequently, this back-up is super fast and allows me to […]

Michael over at This Digital Life had a post which intrigued me this week. He wrote about using Instant Messenger to talk with his students. He cites several reasons this is successful. The general philosophy seems one that I support: communicate with students in a medium they are used to. I […]