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Summer is upon us, and to celebrate, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley run down their summer reading lists. In additon, they have news about a new faculty blogger on Soapbox and the upcoming NITLE Moodle Users Group Meeting, discuss an interesting example of classroom journalism using blogging and Google Maps, and cheer the return of venerable web development web site WebMonkey. Continue reading
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On the edition of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley explain ITS’s summer plans for Moodle, look at how Twitter is keeping people up to date with happenings in the Senate and House of Representatives, take a sneak peak at Open Office 3.0 and check out Google Reader’s ability to share notes. They also announce the early summer workshops for Moodle, Opinio, podcasting, Photoshop and more.
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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. Continue reading