Another varied week on ProfHacker . . . and people said we’d run out of post ideas quickly! No way.
- Signs the semester’s in a dark patch: My posts on “Living with your own absence policy” and on gadgets in the classroom & Nels’s on “Developing Policies for Late Assignments.”
- Lots of tools this week: Guest author Heather Whitney reviewed Syncplicity; Amy and Brian suggest using Gmail as the One Account to Rule Them All; I explain how Flickr + Creative Commons = cool pics for all; and George fell in love, first with Doodle and then with Jiffle.
- Things to try: Billie explained how to set up online writing groups, Julie identifies wordles as the “gateway drug to textual analysis” (one of our most-commented posts [chicken]); and Natalie explained how to use Library of Congress subject headings to improve search.
- Worthy of its own bullet: Julie’s eye-opening series on APIs–what they are, why you should know about ‘em, and how to use ‘em–wrapped up this week. (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.)
- In standing posts, Billie gets four meals out of one cooking session, and I pointed to some interesting readings on copyright and a wealth of survey data from ECAR. (Plus video of the 6-yr-old programming a robot!) Also, ProfHacker will post relevant CFPs.
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2 Responses to The ProfHacker Week in Review
Billie - October 26, 2009 at 9:49 am
I think it’s really cool! It would be more interesting with sound, but for a first go: good job! I do wish the software was available for PC. I’d use it.
George H. Williams - October 26, 2009 at 7:22 am
And here’s a silent movie version of “The Week in Review,” created by feeding our RSS into Bee Docs Timeline 3D (which I learned about from Ethan’s post and then purchased last week when it was on sale):
A little dry, but if I were to tweak some options, add a bit of narration and/or music, it would be more interesting. (Be kind! It was my first stab at this…)