Analog Clocks: My Generation’s Slide Rule

A couple weeks ago I was sitting in our psychology lab when a student wandered in. Me: Can I help you? Student: <locating the clock on the wall> I was wondering what time it is. The student is visually impaired,… Read moreAnalog Clocks: My Generation’s Slide Rule

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Create a Bunch of Folders at Once

My students submit their assignments to me primarily as an email attachment. I have ways of quickly filing the email messages in Outlook (see the SimplyFile blog post), and then quickly saving the attachments all at once to my “student… Read moreCreate a Bunch of Folders at Once

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Google Chrome Slowing Down Your Computer?

During winter break I spent most of my computer time on my personal laptop. When I got back on my (older) work laptop this week, I found that it was moving at a crawl. The sensation was undoubtedly amplified by… Read moreGoogle Chrome Slowing Down Your Computer?

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Socrative: New Features

In July 2011 I wrote about Socrative, a web-based student response system. (See the blog post here.) The brief version: The instructor logs into the Socrative website and gets a room number (change to whatever you’d like). Students visit the… Read moreSocrative: New Features

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Is Your Mobile Technology Turning You into a Workaholic?

Scientific American asked their “board of advisers to choose the technologies that they could not live without.” Read their answers here. Having recently read Unbroken, Louis Zamperini’s surviving 47 days on a raft in the Pacific followed by a couple… Read moreIs Your Mobile Technology Turning You into a Workaholic?

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EDUCAUSE Live! ECAR National Study of Undergrads and Information Technology 2011: Liveblog

12/15/2011 11:46am The presentation has moved into the Q&A session, so I’m going to wrap up here. Be sure to check out the report and the 2011 study infographic. As we slide into the winter break, I hope to have… Read moreEDUCAUSE Live! ECAR National Study of Undergrads and Information Technology 2011: Liveblog

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End of 2011: Stuff to Try

As the term comes to a close and you slide into the break for a bit of a breather, consider checking out these tech tools. I know you probably don’t have time now to look at these, although if you’re… Read moreEnd of 2011: Stuff to Try

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EDUCAUSE Live! Web Seminar: ECAR National Study of Undergrads and Info Tech 2011

The ECAR survey folks always have interesting information to present. Free and online. Hope to see you there! For those who can’t attend, but are interested, I’ll be tweeting live during the event. Follow me on Twitter by clicking the… Read moreEDUCAUSE Live! Web Seminar: ECAR National Study of Undergrads and Info Tech 2011

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QTT: Change Comment Color in Word 2010

Quick tech tip: Change the default color of comment boxes in MS Word 2010. In any MS Word document, select the “Review” tab, click on “Track Changes” then select “Change Tracking Options. Next to “Comments” click the dropdown menu and… Read moreQTT: Change Comment Color in Word 2010

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Dropbox: How to Get More Free Space

Dropbox.com provides you with 2GB free space out of the box. If other people who are invited by you join, Dropbox will increase your allotted space by either 500MB (edu accounts) or 250MB (everyone else) up to an additional 16GB… Read moreDropbox: How to Get More Free Space

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