Gspace
Last week (or maybe it was the week before) I read about using Gspace as online server space. So...it uses 2GB of a person’s gmail account as backup server space. I’m all about finding spaces for students to save their work; especially when they don’t own their own computer. On the one hand, I like this; however, I think it is worth telling students to email themselves as backup...so it would be redundant to backup via gmail and gspace--ie, if google’s server crashes, both will be lost. So I’m still …
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| April 06 2007 | CommentsPosted in New Tech
Adaptive Blue (& Greasemonkey)
Now that I’ve understood what Greasemonkey does for about two weeks, I’m still trying to find scripts and play with it. This Adaptive Blue seems like another page adapter. Greasemonkey https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748 Greasemonkey is one of the many wonderful Firefox addons. Once you load Greasemonkey on your browser you get a little monkey face in the lower right hand corner of the browser page. Once Greasemonkey is loaded, you can go load a bunch of java userscripts. The java scripts start adapting webpages. So far I’ve been …
...Continued | April 06 2007 | CommentsPosted in New Tech
Sandbox Blog Category--now New Tech
Well, I’ve had my Sandbox series this year. It didn’t end so hot this spring semester. Between my changing calendar and the CTLs new workshop scheduling system...we didn’t see much happening. However, I think the CTL and I got the word out to a number of faculty and staff about some cool tools. In the next month or so I’ll be posting an evaluative reflection thingy in the CTL’s wiki. While chatting with Biray today about our “new" technology FPLC next year I had the epiphany that I …
...Continued | April 03 2007 | CommentsPosted in New Tech
The Net Generation—Richardson part 3
Warning—this message is definitely more of a rant In his book, Richardson spends a little time talking about what Educause, and others, refers to as the Net Generation. Clearly since Richardson is focused on K-12, his audience does fit that category more—at least the middle and upper class school populations. I think many university scholars researching and writing on this subject, again check out Educause’s yearly report on the techyness of college students, also make grandiose statements about the tech savvyness of incoming college students.Folks…drop by …
...Continued | January 26 2007 | CommentsPosted in Reading
Ethics-Richardson Part II
I am again responding to Will Richardson‘s book… …Context: I’m on a plane flying to Corpus Christi for a meeting on an executive committee I accidentally got myself elected to. I’m missing one of our podcasting FPLC meetings and we were going to talk about some chapters from the book. I’m also writing these as my contribution to the discussion…Again, chapter one grabbed me when Richardson started talking about the safety of using these tools. It’s finally gotten me to reflect on the ethics of teaching with these …
...Continued | January 26 2007 | CommentsPosted in Reading
Techs as Civic Duty
Teaching with Web2.0 (read/write web) Techs as Civic Duty—Richardson part 1 As if I didn’t already have enough to do (snort!), this academic year I am participating in MCC’s new Faculty & Professional Learning Communities (FPLC—pronounced fip-lick). Now yes, of course no time (dissertation, what dissertation); however, I feel it is important to demo and contribute to building an environment of scholarship on our campus. So…I’m participating in the one technology focused one, podcasting!Anyhow…all that to say I just finished reading the intro/chapter 1, podcasting chater, and conclusion/final chapter of …
...Continued | January 26 2007 | CommentsPosted in Reading