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Okay the virtual address of this blog is not moving but my real world (first life) address is. I have recently accepted a post doc position at Georgia Tech University. As of August 1st I will be composing from the rather hot state of Georgia as opposed to upstate New York. So, the blog [...]

It seems like everyday I discover a new use for RSS. The problem with RSS is that is is hard to explain, and even harder to get people to start using (I know I tried). If you are still confused about RSS, or are someone who tries to explain this tech to others [...]

Personally I am a big fan of edublogs, if I did not have my own domain I would host by educational blog there. But if the Wordpress/edublogs format is not for you and you are looking for a blogging option for your class, you might want to check out 21 Classes. 21 Classes [...]

[I am away/lack a good internet connection for this week, so I have lined up a bit of a guest post here. The following advice comes from Matthew who is a Ph.D. candidate at my institution. He and a few other recently-completed-exams candidates held an informal chat about how to pass exams. [...]

Things to distract you from grading final papers:
Trailfire: Lets you create a “trail” through the web, and mark it up, this way you could create a path for students to follow and read related pages on the web. There are many services out there like this, but I like Trailfire for its ease of [...]

Increasingly I find students success, and ability to be media literate, is tied to their ability to use the internet. The problem with this is that reading through a browser posses a different set of problems then reading in print. I imagine something like this occurred in the technological change from scrolls to [...]