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20 Tech Tips from PC World

These are worth checking out.

Facebook goes back to school

This Chronicle article discusses a plug-in to Facebook (currently being piloted at Abilene Christian)that interweaves course information to Facebook. While FERPA is a concern, it's becoming increasingly apparent that if we want students to understand, we have to teach them in a way they can learn. They want a portal to their world, not numerous websites they have to visit. Furthermore, they expect push technology - after all, many don't even check their email regularly anymore.

An anthropological introduction to YouTube

Michael Wesch at Kansas State continues to push the envelope and we're all benefitting.

presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the...

"I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop" - via NYT

I was trolling around the internet and found this New York Times article about Photoshop and its increasingly widening appeal.