ITS Coffee Break Podcast

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The last podcast of the 2007-2008 academic year sees hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discussing summer plans for upgrading Moodle as well as the role out for the new Network Access Control (NAC) service at Lafayette. In Tech News they discuss the Wordle tool for generating beautiful tag clouds, the release of Firefox 3.0, Lewis & Clark College’s use of del.icio.us for organizing environmental studies research resources, the new WorldCat app for Facebook, and this year’s Podcamp Philly. Finally, Courtney announces upcoming workshops for July 2008.

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On this week’s edition of the Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley talk about Lafayette’s electronics recycling event for Green Week, announce when the Fall and Summer 2008 courses will be created in Moodle, and ask for feedback on how faculty use multimedia online.

In Tech News, they talk about PayPal’s decision to block visitors using old Web browsers, speculate on addition of New York Times news stories to Google Earth, and check out some new web applications for Facebook. Finally, Help News has tips on evaluating the effectiveness of your web site, as well as announcements about upcoming brownbag lunchs and workshops. Read the rest of this entry »