Darcia writes to recommend Chatterblocker (Windows or Mac) a piece of software which helps to eliminate background noise. Unlike Noise (my software of choice for this task), Chatterblocker works not by creating white noise, but rather by distoring the current noise (i.e. altering current conversations enough that they cannot be followed.) Because I [...]
SmileonmyMac is offering back to school discounts for educators and students. Normally I wouldn’t mention a software companies sale offers here, but SmileonmyMac has two programs that are useful for academics. The first is Textexpander one of my favorites, and the other is PDFPen which some educators use to grade papers. If you are an [...]
Beginning the semester so not much time to blog lately, especially with the move to Dallas and all. But I thought I would repost something I wrote last year at this time, an article to help the college bound. You can read it below, but click the link as there are user comments [...]
Tech should make teaching easier and more effective, not harder and more frustrating.
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