Gottesman Libraries Blog

9 years ago

I feel like I'm running a column at this point ("reporting from the front lines... I'm Nara Kasbergen"), but I think it's important for everyone to be aware of what's going on. Last week was one of the worst weeks in a while in the feminism-in-tech debate. If you're active on Twitter, you probably saw some tweets about. Here are the most relevant/best reads about the situation: http://butyoureagirl.com/14015/forking-and-dongle-jokes-dont-belong-at-tech-conferences/ https://twitter.com/search?q=%23pycon&src=typd https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5391667 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5399065 http://lmbgp.tumblr.com/post/45901906054/circling-the-wagons https://amandablumwords.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/3/

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Zhou Zhou in FYI

9 years ago

Webinar on Using Adobe Connect for Virtual Classrooms

Adobe is hosting a free webinar on using Adobe Connect 9 for virtual classrooms: Virtual Tour of Adobe Connect 9 for Virtual Classrooms Tuesday, August 7, 2012 1:00:00 PM EDT - 2:00:00 PM EDT You will learn how Connect provides an interactive and engaging virtual classroom for delivering training. You will also discover: - Customizable virtual classroom layouts - Instant access - Breakout rooms...

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Zhou Zhou in FYI

9 years ago

Jailbreaking the Degree - by David Blake

I encountered this wonderful article called Jailbreaking the Degree by David Blake. Reflecting on my own past as a student and the brief experience in teaching, I cannot agree more with the article. The article used an analogy between taking courses and downloading digital songs in iTune. Whereas purchases on digital albums have increased smoothly to 104,800,000, purchases on digital singles have rocketed to 1,306,200,000 since 2004. The author argues...

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Rebekah Wallin in FYI,Meet the Staff

9 years ago

Social Learning Network for Class of 400,000

I just read on Inside Higher Ed about an experimental social learning component that Stanford is adding to one of their most popular iTunes U courses (iPad and iPhone Application Development). They are using the platform Piazza, which Megha reviewed on the EdLab blog last summer...

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Rebekah Wallin in FYI,Meet the Staff

9 years ago

An Inside Look at Online Learning

As online learning becomes more normal, there is a growing need for research and training on effective online teaching. Last week, TIME magazine published a story about Jane Good, a full-time online K-12 science teacher in Colorado. She teaches 125 middle and high schoolers at the 21st Century Virtual Academy, part of JeffCo public schools. Good shares some thought-provoking reflections on the benefits and challenges of the virtual classroom. There are man...

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Rebekah Wallin in FYI

9 years ago

Infographic: Running Shoes

For all of you EdLab runners, here's a snazzy new infographic from REI on Running Style and Your Shoes:

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Rebecca Hyams in FYI

9 years ago

Interesting Read on Facebook Advertising

Last night I was looking through the day's posts on Fark.com and noticed a link to a blog post about Facebook marketing. Because we've been talking a lot about marketing and promoting our products over the last few days, especially in our Tuesday meeting that I gave the post a read. The post, Joseph Perla Was Wrong About Facebook Advertising, is a response to another

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Avichal Badaya in FYI

9 years ago

JavaScript Web Workers - Responsive UI

What is Web Worker ? < Wikipedia definition > Web Worker is a JavaScript script, executed from an HTML page, that runs in the background, independently of other, user-interface scripts that may also have been executed from the same HTML page. Why Web Workers ? In the current world of dynamic User Interface, web developers are making heavy use of client side scripts to give users best look and feel. According to IBM, for good user experience, any JavaScript code should not take more than 50ms to run. But the JavaScript code runs in sequential passion so nothing much can b...

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Joann Vazquez in FYI

9 years ago

An excellent tutorial on Vialogues

In case you missed it, Vialogues user Jenny Luca created an informative, concise, and accurate tutorial on how to use Vialogues that I posted... on Vialogues (so meta!). Jenny is the Head of Information Services at Toorak College near Melbourne, Australia. In addition, she publishes a blog that chronicles her usage of new educational technologies. She is critical and thoughtful in her reviews and, given her experience within the edtech realm, readers can have confidence in her recommendations. We had the good fortune to be featured in a positive light

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Michelle Lee in FYI

10 years ago

Strategy and Startups

TechCrunch is kicking off a series on strategy and startups. This one is worth a read to think through why certain startups succeed vs. others and why incumbent companies struggle to keep up with disruptive technologies. The author cites Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma as a good framework to understand. Quoting from blog: "The innovator's dilemma discusses a situation in which there are established incumbents in a specif...

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