Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Copyright and higher education
Confused about the use of copyrighted material for your class? Take a look at the Yale Center for Language Study Copyright Handbook.
Virtual Geology
According to their website, Geology Labs On-Line was created to "enhance the learning and teaching of earth science from middle school through college classrooms."
Thursday, May 17, 2007
The most enlightening Calculus books
The most enlightening Calculus books (for those who can't wait for the movie version).
Free bibliography creator
BibMe - the fully automatic & free bibliography maker (MLA, APA & Chicago)
Auto-fill feature is a big plus!
Auto-fill feature is a big plus!
Fun with Rate My Professor
Rate My Professor (RMP) has, I think, needlessly become a source of anxiety for many instrucors. If you're unhappy with your rmp ratings, then add some of your own!
After all, a disgruntled student could load your profile with multiple bad reviews, so it's clearly unfair to have anything important depend on these ratings. So, rather than worry about RMP, have some fun with it.
Alternatively, if you'd feel more comfortable with "genuine" comments, borrow some from colleagues at other schools substituting your name for their's. Thus:
"Dr. X is a legend. It was an honor to have her as an instructor"[Borrowed from Joyce Carol Oates' RMP profile]
"If you miss Dr. X's class, you'd do well to open a vein. There's no one on earth who shoots straighter, digs deeper, and years later, I still feel her influence daily. Get your act together, and take her courses.[Borrowed from Camille Paglia's profile]
Dr. X's seminar is an experience more than a class. It's intense and relatively easy if you remember to agree with him. Worth taking just to be in the presence of such a large intellect (and ego)."[Borrowed from Harold Bloom's profile]
(Recycled from previous version of this blog)
After all, a disgruntled student could load your profile with multiple bad reviews, so it's clearly unfair to have anything important depend on these ratings. So, rather than worry about RMP, have some fun with it.
Alternatively, if you'd feel more comfortable with "genuine" comments, borrow some from colleagues at other schools substituting your name for their's. Thus:
"Dr. X is a legend. It was an honor to have her as an instructor"[Borrowed from Joyce Carol Oates' RMP profile]
"If you miss Dr. X's class, you'd do well to open a vein. There's no one on earth who shoots straighter, digs deeper, and years later, I still feel her influence daily. Get your act together, and take her courses.[Borrowed from Camille Paglia's profile]
Dr. X's seminar is an experience more than a class. It's intense and relatively easy if you remember to agree with him. Worth taking just to be in the presence of such a large intellect (and ego)."[Borrowed from Harold Bloom's profile]
(Recycled from previous version of this blog)
Blackboard's Business Model
Blackboard spends $250K on each courseware sale. How do they stay in business?Volume! Volume! Volume!!!
Seen on The Kept-Up Academic Librarian
(Recycled from previous version of this blog)
Seen on The Kept-Up Academic Librarian
(Recycled from previous version of this blog)
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