Archive for March, 2007

I am working on a couple of longer things for the near future (tools for syllabus, some Devon notes, and writing a dissertation), but in the short span here are some useful links from around the web. Two links on the Apple Mailing list. The first is a short review of information management software. The …..

Which school do you think is better preparing its students to be educated readers of media, this one or this one?

Interested in Wikipedia? Go read this.

I have said here before that I think most of what professors want to accomplish online for their classes is easily done by a blog. That’s it no WebCT or Blackboard needed. A blog can handle making a syllabus accessible, updating assignments, providing links to outside information, and with a little creative effort, a good …..

I was wondering when something like this was going to become available: an online white-board. You can sign up for a free account, send people the url and anyone with access to a web browser can watch as you update the space. Think of it as the web’s virtual chalkboard. The interface is a bit …..

This weeks links of fun (okay not so much fun but useful at least). Having trouble writing that dissertation? (No this is not self-referential I am nearly done.) Need help with procrastination? Check out 5 ways to break procrastination. As for me I am a fan of #4, “Advertise and Share the Pain.” Works for …..

Last week Dan Cohen had this to say about textual visualization. Basically Dan argues that textual visualization often gives you the obvious answers, and hides more nuanced analysis, like saying War and Peace is about Russia, or the Bible is about Jesus. Indeed if you run textual analysis on the New Testament, Jesus would probably …..

I received the following email from an Academhack reader. Here’s my situation: I work in education policy, which means I spend a lot of time reading long-ish reports and writing syntheses, papers, policy briefings, etc. What I often find is that Report A will contain potentially useful info about a variety of topics (we’ll call …..

Weblogged points to this site which mobilizes Google Earth to track places in relation to literary works. Want to show your students the places in the Odyssey? Use this. (They have more than just the Odyssey, but I always had trouble keeping track of those place names so this seems like the most useful to …..

The Center for History and Media at George Mason University just launched Digital Campus a website for discussing technology, teaching, and scholarship. It seems that the intent is to drive this as a biweekly podcast. The first of which is now available. I am not really into podcasts (there are a few I listen to …..