Tag: tech

  • Internet Debate Workshop in the Arctic Circle

    UVM debater Karen Nelson, one of the founders of the University of Tampere Debate Society with me on the webcam. This morning was my second encounter with the debaters from The University of Tampere, Finland in a debate context and I have to say that again I am impressed. We did about an hour and…

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  • Pedagogy: Digital and Traditional

    I read two interesting news pieces this morning that deal with issues of pedagogy and argument in distinctly different ways. The first is a news item from Australia, where students are petitioning for a reduction in tuition if the course involves a lot of podcasted lectures. This essay reveals some of the hidden assumptions as…

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  • Playing with Fire 3.0

    Playing around with the new Firefox 3.0 and I must say it is a responsive, light and very useful browser. I’ve been using Internet Explorer up until now and this morning I no longer need it. Here are three great plug-ins for Firefox that should have anyone who does scholarly work converting right away. 1.…

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  • Uneventful

    Went to Target and the mall today, not much happened. Wrote a bunch this morning, so that was good. I downloaded a bunch of songs last night, some for Kelly and some for me. Tonight I really don’t want to write anything. Hence this very off-topic post. I tried to get started on my extended…

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  • I've Talked about this before. . .

    But never on this blog.  I’m always pushing Skype. I’m thinking about a full transition to Skype once wi-fi phones become more reliable, and as Wi-Fi networks become more seamless and avaialble. If everyone I wanted to IM with was on Skype, I’d never use anything else.  There’s a lot of reasons for this, but…

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