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Xobni allows me to quickly find email messages, attached files, and contact information for anyone who has ever emailed me. With the large number of students each term as well as various committee responsibilities and other collaborative projects, Xobni has… Read moreXobni [inboX]: Not Just Another Outlook Addin
Even with a whole host of new technologies out there, for communicating with people at a distance, email remains my lifeline. For work email, I use MS Outlook, as I have for years. I always wished it would work how… Read moreSimplyFile: An Outlook Addin
Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone to read to you? Like, that article you’ve been meaning to get to? Or student papers? What if you not only had someone to read it to you, but you could take the… Read moreReadTheWords
One of the things I like about Outlook is the ability to flip through everyone’s schedule to find a likely meeting time. But when everyone isn’t in the same Outlook system, we end up having to find a time via… Read moreScheduling a Bunch of People? Try Doodle.
UPDATED 6/24/2012 Have a tablet? You can go this route instead. There you are in class and you write on your whiteboard (or chalkboard, I hear those still exist) the most perfect explanation of whatever it is you explain. Wouldn’t… Read moreThe Smartboard Alternative for $40
Looking for a new font for your syllabus? Tired of Times New Roman? This is a practical and simple idea. The website Flipping Typical identifies 60 fonts on your computer and displays them all at once. Type in whatever you’d… Read moreFlipping Typical: Preview Your Fonts
I confess that I’ve never quite caught the course management system bug. I used Blackboard (Bb) years ago but since then I’ve found ways to accomplish my pedagogical goals without it. As my college makes the switch from Bb to… Read moreGrade Reports: Merging Excel and Word
I feel like I spend a lot of time typing the same phrases over and over again. For instance, when students send me an assignment via email, I send them back a ‘got it’ message. When I send them their… Read moreScratch the Repetition. Automate.
You’re sitting at home, and you come across an amazing website that you think is perfect for your students. How do you get it out to them? I wait and tell them in class. I email them. I add an… Read moreShare Your Bookmarks: Mmmm…. Delicious!
When most people think of blogs, they think of what you’re reading right now: An individual writing about a particular topic. Blogs, however, have become so much more than that. For instance, I maintain a semi-private social networking site for… Read moreEntering the Blogosphere… in 3… 2… 1…