With the incredible proliferation of online tools, tips, resources, and technologies available for teaching and learning today, we at the Technology for Teaching and Learning group often find ourselves playing the role of technology testers and commentators. We would like to take a few minutes every now and again to share a technology that we’ve put…Continue Reading Tools we use – Social Bookmarking
YouTube becomes more Social…Media
Have you ever posted a YouTube video and wished you could control its playback for students watching it at the same time? SocialVision has recently rolled out a new feature (free!) that allows you to watch YouTube videos synchronously with others. Called YouTube Social, this new element allows the person who initiates a social invite…Continue Reading YouTube becomes more Social…Media
Top Pick for Using PowerPoint 2010
From “Top 10 reasons to try PowerPoint 2010” I’m sure you’ve heard the expression, “death by PowerPoint”. I think it should be changed to “death by presenter who uses PowerPoint ineffectively”, but it’s not as catchy. PowerPoint presentations these days have a bad reputation if it’s just bulleted text on the screen. That’s why my top…Continue Reading Top Pick for Using PowerPoint 2010
The iPad apps I Can’t Live Without
I was recently reading The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Prof Hacker Blog when I stumbled across an interesting post entitled 5 iPad Applications I Can’t Live Without (and Why) (http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/5-ipad-applications-i-cant-live-without-and-why/25907). After reading this article I wondered: “If I had to choose, what would be on the top of my App list?”… so here they are!…Continue Reading The iPad apps I Can’t Live Without
Coding the Web With Style
Coding the web with style In a previous post, we covered the basics of HTML, the markup language of the internet. We explored ways to divide content into different kinds of contextual containers using tags, and we saw some rudimentary formatting as a result. But how do really style the web? How do we control…Continue Reading Coding the Web With Style
Slack Water – The Death of Google Wave
It appears that Google has found itself in a bit of Slack Water, the time when the sea becomes still just before or after a tide, as they announced on August 4, 2010 that Google Wave was coming to an end. Google will continue to support the application for end users through the end of…Continue Reading Slack Water – The Death of Google Wave
How to make a web page: HTML
Last week, we posted about the value of understanding HTML, the language of the web. While there are many tools that make website creation possible without requiring you to know any “code,” we feel that having a working knowledge of how the code behind a web page works is tremendously valuable. Today, we’re going to…Continue Reading How to make a web page: HTML
HTML- The language of the web
Many of us here at WPI would admit that the web has become an integral, and in some cases necessary, part of our daily lives. Many of us surf web sites on a daily basis, relying on the web for diverse content ranging from world news to peer reviewed research articles. However, a basic understanding…Continue Reading HTML- The language of the web
Ride the (Google) Wave! The Opening of Google Wave and Google Voice.
This summer has been an exciting time over at Google. Just this past month Google announced the the public availability of Google Voice and of its newest collaboration product, Google Wave. So what are these two new products? Google Voice: Google Voice, the Google reincarnation of GrandCentral, is essentially a phone management system. Users of…Continue Reading Ride the (Google) Wave! The Opening of Google Wave and Google Voice.
Schedule the Chaos
It’s almost Advising Day again here at WPI, which never fails to remind us of the variety of scheduling tools used here on campus and the options that are available in the big wide world. WPI Staff use Microsoft Outlook Calendars, but you may find that faculty and students have a variety of calendar preferences…Continue Reading Schedule the Chaos