Services
9/25 Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, 10:30 am to 3 pm
It’s not a coincidence that our symposium has the same name as this blog! Several regular bloggers here are involved and we hope all of you will join us.
Explore teaching with new media through faculty insights, hands-on exploration of four technologies and an overview of new [...]
Online Mashup Voting – Now through April 30
Something fun to share – our annual mashup contest has taken off this year with 33 entries, and for the first time, we are taking online votes and all entries are linked there with descriptions. Online voting closes on April 30 at 10 am.At our awards event this Thursday, we will award prizes to the [...]
Zack Lesser’s Comments on Teaching with Technology
I want to draw everyone’s attention to a recent Almanac article that Zack Lesser, an Assistant Professor in the English Department, wrote about how he chose to use technology in the classroom. Dr. Lesser calls on all of us to think first about why we would use technology before we get excited about the [...]
Open Textbooks
Flat World Knowledge offers a new approach to textbooks: open them up and bundle them with social learning tools. Founded by Jeff Shelstad and Eric Frank, two former textbook industry executives, Flat World Knowledge’s mission statement reads:
We preserve the best of the old – books by leading experts that are rigorously reviewed and developed to [...]
Online textbook rental
“Think NetFlix® for textbooks,” says Christopher Blythe, Founder of Skoobit, a college textbook rental service. According to Skoobit’s website, here’s how it works:
With two million books in its collection, pricing plans begin at $10.99 per book per month for four months. check out Skoobit’s website for more info.
How interesting do you think this service would [...]
