Dropbox: Get More Space

For those of you who have taken the Dropbox plunge, if you signed up with your edu email account Dropbox wants to double the space you get from referrals. That’s now 500MB per referral. And it’s retroactive. That’s right. They’ll… Read moreDropbox: Get More Space

Discussion Board

I had a student come by my office yesterday. She has a website where she’d like to have a discussion board for her visitors to use. I knew that there must be some discussion board services out there that will… Read moreDiscussion Board

Doodle MeetMe: A Scheduling Tool

My readers know that I’m a big fan of YouCanBook.Me (see this post). In fact YouCanBook.Me has some new functionality since I last wrote about it, which means I owe you another post on that tool. In short, YouCanBook.Me gives… Read moreDoodle MeetMe: A Scheduling Tool

Delicious: Good News!

As many of you know, I’ve been a fan of Delicious social bookmarks for quite a while. (See this post from two years ago.) Its future came into question recently when Yahoo, who bought Delicious in 2004, decided to yank… Read moreDelicious: Good News!

Using Tegrity with Dual Monitors

[UPDATE 10/9/2012   : Tegrity now has dual-monitor support for both Macs and PCs.  When you run the Tegrity recorder, if Tegrity detects more than one monitor, it will ask if you’d like to record the current monitor.  If you want… Read moreUsing Tegrity with Dual Monitors

Dropbox Folder Sync

As my regular readers know, I’m a big fan of Dropbox (see this earlier post). Dropbox adds a new folder to your ‘My Documents’ folder called ‘My Dropbox.’ Let’s say that you’ve created a folder in ‘My Documents’ called ‘Important… Read moreDropbox Folder Sync

Corkboard: New Features

In December 2010 I wrote a post about Corkboard, a virtual bulletin board. They just announced some new features. You’re welcome to play around with this live board. If you have frequently-changing content for your students, it would be easy… Read moreCorkboard: New Features

My Favorite Firefox Add-ons

I’m a Firefox user, mostly because of the add-ons. These are my favorites. Colorful Tabs. I typically have 5-10 tabs open at one time. Having them colorized help me pick them out quickly. The tab I’m currently on is brighter… Read moreMy Favorite Firefox Add-ons

Doodle: Google Calendar Integration

I’ve been a big proponent of Google calendar as a personal calendar clearinghouse, and I’m also a fan of Doodle for finding a time when everyone can get together for a meeting. While you can enter all of your free… Read moreDoodle: Google Calendar Integration

Grading Electronically: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts

Whatever your motivation, switching from grading by hand to grading electronically may take a little extra time until you get down a system that works for you, but it’s worth it. Students use less paper. I write more comments since… Read moreGrading Electronically: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts