ITS Coffee Break Podcast

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On this episode of the ITS Coffee Break hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist discuss Chris Phillips essay “I Hear America Reading: Using Digital Audio to Teach American Poetry”, which appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of Teaching American Literature and announce Moodle Hack/Doc Fest V, which will be held at Lafayette College.

In Tech News they talk about Windows 7 testing, the new Droid smartphone, and DARPA’s new $40,000 balloon hunting challenge. Finally in Help News they take a look at the Powerpress plugin for WordPress and announce a new smartboard workshop being held in just-renovated Scott Hall.

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In this edition of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley take a sneak peak at Moodle 1.9, talk about the survey tool migration from Vovici to Opinio, and discuss the new portable audio kits available in Skillman. In Tech News they review the Harvard Arts & Sciences Faculty’s arguments in favor of providing open access to their scholarly articles, and look at Research Blogging, a web site that chronicles academic blog posts and online peer-reviewed research articles. In Help News, they announce upcoming training workshops and offer tips on how to update a file resource within Moodle. Read the rest of this entry »