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Devil in the Details
Sometimes the difference between technology that doesn’t work at all and tools that work great can be really small. A screen capture of the Divvy app for iPhone. On a recent research trip to Chicago I...
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iPads in the Classroom: Using Reflector to Project Displays
Projecting technology has come a long way since candle slide projectors. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. One increasingly common question I get these days is from faculty members who want to use...
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WordPress vs Tumblr: Not All Blogging Software Is Created Equal
I was helping a faculty member set up a WordPress website for his course and we were having a little conceptual trouble converting what he wanted to be able to do into an actual working site. He wanted...
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Why I Want My Kid to Study at William & Mary and Why I’m Eager for the New...
This image of W&M’s historic Wren Building is courtesy of Flickr user K.N.S. Okay, so that’s a strange, non-tech title for an article on an academic technology website, but the College’s new COLL...
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What Can You Do with a 3D Printer in the College Classroom?
My son is graduating from the theater program at William & Mary this year with a focus on theater tech. That means he spent most of his four years of college building props, designing sets, and...
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Project Ideas for Google Maps and the Humanities
Google Maps’s newest iteration attempts to combine qualitative and quantitative data into easy to build and manipulate maps. While faculty and students in the sciences and social sciences have been...
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More on Web-Friendly Mapping: Google Maps vs. Google Sheets
In my last post I discussed some of the new features and cool possibilities of Google Maps for the humanities at the College. After writing that post, I’ve been obsessing just a bit on the various...
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Me and My Google: Why I Can’t Walk Away from This Relationship
Okay, so first off, let me just say I love Google. In fact, part of my anger at Google stems from the fact that Google does so many awesome things. It tells me all the things I want to hear, it brings...
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Seven Life Hacks for Blackboard Grade Center
Okay, so there was just another post by Rachel Kleinsorge about Blackboard Grade Center, but guess what? It’s the end of the semester and grades are on everyone’s minds. I’ve been talking faculty...
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Study Abroad Technology Tips Part One, Preparing for Your Trip
Here’s the first installment of technology tips for leading study abroad courses. For this first post in the series on study abroad technology tips, we’ll begin with before you leave for your trip....
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