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Connexion and Moodle, two sites mentioned by John Boyle

James Boyle spoke at the Faculty Academy today. During his talk he mentioned both of these sites, The first is a place to share teaching modules. The second is an open-source course management system. He urged teachers and administrators to be more open, sharing of their work that can be used for instruction. Connexions – […]

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Faculty Academy, UMW Session 1

At the first session of Faculty Academy, UMW. Joe Dreiss is talking about using Google Earth in the teaching of art history. The point is that travel is important to the study of  art history, and Google Earth is helpful to visit important sites, helping to give a sense of scale and location.  The presentation […]

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Localvore & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-05-13

Farm 2 Family We deliver organic and all natural milk, local produce, beef, pork, eggs, cheese and other locally made specialty products to homes in Locust Grove, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg and Southern Stafford. Support local farms by purchasing local products and let us deliver them to your door. (tags: local produce health food) A Place to […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-05-12

Angela Boatwright: A Place to Bury Strangers pics from the Guitar World article (tags: aptbs guitarworld) A Place To Bury Strangers: Knowledge is Flower Power – Uncensored Interview – Truveo – Video Suche im Web (tags: oliver interview) Live review – A Place To Bury Strangers at KCLSU, London – Reviews – A Place to […]

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Lighthousekeeping – Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson again shows her prowess as a writer weaving humor, love, passion, tragedy, and storytelling in Lighthousekeeping. Duality is the prominent theme. The split we have in our personalities, Jekyll and Hyde, romance and science. Rather than go on explaining the book, here is a quote from about 3/4 way through: ” In the […]

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TagCrowd & Vintage ecards links

TagCrowd – make your own tag cloud from any text (tags: web web2.0 webdesign folksonomy tagcrowd clouds tagclouds tagcloud tagging) VintageWorkshopCards.com – Memorable vintage e-cards, printable e-gifts, birthday cards, famous quotes, free ecards, fancy work, crafting ideas (tags: ecards vintage free)

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The Sixth Sense at TED

Yet another great presentation from TED. In this one, Pattie Maes shows off some of the work of students in the Media Lab described as a Sixth Sense; a way to gain information about items and people in our environment. Great stuff to show in class. Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense | Video on […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers & Death By Audio links for 2009-05-06

A Place To Bury Strangers, Dinowalrus, Crash Diet Crew @ Less Artists More Condos | NYC | The Tripwire The Place To Bury Strangers dudes put on what I imagine would be their own wet-dream shows. (tags: aptbs ny) SF Music Gear Examiner: The 10 coolest-looking synths and pedals This is a great offering from […]

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IO-port & Learning Javalinks for 2009-05-01

io-port: Home The informatics portal io-port.net offers fast and convenient access to about one million publications in informatics and related subject areas from all over the world. All information, which up to then had been stored in various data sources, has been consolidated and is now available from one source. All steps required for information […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers shows in Denver, NY links for 2009-04-30

Denver Original Music Examiner: 15th annual Westword Music Showcase Ahhh – when you see girls riding rodeo-style on guitars you know it must be time for the annual Westword Music Showcase. This is the big 15 for the ever-escalating event, being held on Saturday, 6/13, with headliners Built to Spill, A Place to Bury Strangers, […]

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