Laura Blankenship at Faculty Academy   How do students do research?  Start in library only 10% of the time. Got to Web – Google OK, but many start at Amazon or Wikipedia. Using social software tools for  research without peer review ,  transparency – commentary on work is important provide a means of feedback built […]
Tagged blogs, laura blankenship, learning, research, searching, TeachingJames Boyle spoke at the Faculty Academy today. During his talk he mentioned both of these sites, The first is a place to share teaching modules. The second is an open-source course management system. He urged teachers and administrators to be more open, sharing of their work that can be used for instruction. Connexions – […]
Tagged connexions, james boyle, moodle, open-source, sharing, TeachingFarm 2 Family We deliver organic and all natural milk, local produce, beef, pork, eggs, cheese and other locally made specialty products to homes in Locust Grove, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg and Southern Stafford. Support local farms by purchasing local products and let us deliver them to your door. (tags: local produce health food) A Place to […]
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Tagged tag cloud, tagcrowd, vinatage ecardsYet another great presentation from TED. In this one, Pattie Maes shows off some of the work of students in the Media Lab described as a Sixth Sense; a way to gain information about items and people in our environment. Great stuff to show in class. Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense | Video on […]
Tagged pattie maes, sixth sense, TEDio-port: Home The informatics portal io-port.net offers fast and convenient access to about one million publications in informatics and related subject areas from all over the world. All information, which up to then had been stored in various data sources, has been consolidated and is now available from one source. All steps required for information […]
Tagged informatics, java, technologyWorld Digital Library Home The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. The principal objectives of the WDL are to: Promote international and intercultural understanding; Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet; […]
Tagged archive, biodiversity, digital library, earth, encyclopediaHow to Get Wilco’s Live Guitar Sound At the heart of Tweedy’s amp sound is a fleet of hand-wired Vox AC-30s, both vintage and reissue. But his signal runs through an impressive pedalboard first. It’s a Pedaltrain Pro board with a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power source to provide the juice for a Moogerfooger analog delay, […]
Tagged 800 phone directory, A Place to Bury Strangers, aptbs, consumer help, email, netequittePossible Applications to Try: List of a lot of compression tools. Mod_GZip Mod_Deflate Information about Website compression: Website Compression at Website Optimization Web Site Compression By Wayne Berry Tools: Web tool that examines the size gains of website compression. Downloadable Website Analyser http://webarchivist.org/resources.htm Below: Some annotated text taken from Web Archiving Resources Office for Information Systems, Harvard University Libraries […]
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Earth 3.0
Scientific American published a special issue on the topic “Earth 3.0.” Here are a few links from the online version. Earth 3.0 Resources in Film and Online: Scientific American From Scientific American Earth 3.0: Games, activities, books and films designed to inspire a greener lifestyle (tags: scientificAmerican green) Clean Up Clean Up the World is […]
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