Month: March 2012

Revisiting the Horizon

  Report that is!  It has been a few years since we reviewed the Horizon Report and I thought it would be a good time to double back take a look at the predictions from 2010 and continue forward to the Horizon Report 2012. Just as a recap, The Horizon Report is published each year as a joint…Continue Reading Revisiting the Horizon

The Pluses and Minuses of Sharing Your Stuff in Google Hangout

It’s not even a year into Google+’s life, and it already has a storied existence of battling Facebook.  But in the social media ruckus, a useful tool seemed to pop out over all the +1s—Google Hangout. Hangout is Google’s take on a conferencing web application—with it, you can create a virtual space to share video,…Continue Reading The Pluses and Minuses of Sharing Your Stuff in Google Hangout

Think green!

As we approach the Sustainability poster competition, held during April – or “Earth Month” – I thought it would be appropriate to have a “green” blog post.  (Plus, even though I’m not Irish, St. Patrick’s Day is this coming weekend!)   So, how can you adopt more environmentally friendly practices into your teaching and research?   There…Continue Reading Think green!