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Sharing YouTube Video
I found a nice, simple tool that creates a URL for just the part of a YouTube video that you wish to share. Say for example a YouTube video is …
Video college admissions
Michigan State University’s student newspaper states that prospective students now have an option between writing a personal statement or submitting a multimedia supplement to complete the university application. Applicants can …
Bb Tip: Collaborate on projects and papers with Bb groups
https://blackboard.duke.edu/help/groups.html If you want to divide a large class into groups small enough to manage and collaborate on projects and papers, or you just want a private space separate from …
Teach Philosophy 101
In the current issue, the Chronicle of Higher Education profiles a comprehensive online resource, Teach Philosophy 101. The site includes materials on planning a course, creating tests and assignments, creating …
"Graduate Junction" blog for grad student researchers
Graduate Junction has been showing up on other education blogs and looks promising for grad students and postdoc researchers who’d like to network with peers around the world. A description …
Exploring Second Life for language learning
Giuliana Perco, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies – Italian Project Description: Giuliana Perco is using Second Life to explore new ways for her Intermediate Italian students to engage with Italian …
Plastic Logic demonstrates flexible ereader
Plastic Logic has demonstrated a new ereader made of lightweight flexible plastics, giving us a glimpse at the next generation of these portable devices. The ereader, which is expected to …
Drop Everything: drop.io is the Web2.0 dropbox
Sometimes you just want a way to collect a bunch of files all in one place – quickly and easily. A new tool called ‘drop.io’ aims to be the “simplest …
Esquire magazine releases issue with e-ink cover
Celebrating their 75th anniversary, Esquire magazine has released a special “limited edition” cover that features e-ink technology. While the cover is something of a gimmick, the technology itself holds promise …