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ITS Coffee Break: WordCamp, Mars Rover Blog, Twitter Lists

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On this episode of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss upcoming virtual Moodle brown bags being hosted by CLAMP and take a look at WordCamp NYU.

They then delve into Tech News with headlines about the Unofficial Mars Rover Diary, Twitter’s introduction of a list tool, the social-network measuring tool Klout, Shazam‘s decision to charge for its music-identifying iPhone app, and a unique problem with the Droid smartphone’s autofocus feature.

In Help News, they take a look at the NextGEN photo gallery plugin for WordPress, and announce the ITS workshop schedule for December. Continue reading →

ITS Coffee Break: Teaching & Audio, Hack/Doc Fest, Droid, DARPA

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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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