Monday, November 17, 2008

Top 100 Learning Tools of 2008

According to the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, these are the top 100 tools for learning in 2008.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Blog of the Week, November 16, 2008: World of Warcraft, Fear, Humiliation, and Teaching

This article is one of the reasons why I love academia: fascinating perspectives.

FreeMind: Free Mind Mapping Software

FreeMind is free mind mapping software.  Check it out here.  Link courtesy of LifeHacker.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Mind Mapping for Composition

Lifehacker has another relevant hack link: mind mapping freelance writing gigs.  Instead of applying this to just freelance gigs, you could potentially apply this to articles you are writing, your dissertation, and other miscellaneous student projects you are assembling.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Applying for Work? Building Your CV?

"Will those of you who teach at phd granting institutions please tell your graduate students not to put under publications something that they’ve just sent out.  If it’s forthcoming—you know it’s going to be published—then I think it’s fine to list it under publications.  But stuff just submitted should be in a category called work in progress, or work submitted, or something.  No one reading a vita is fooled, only annoyed when something is claimed as a publication that might not ever see the light of day.”

Beth Daniell, e-mail to the WPA-List 11/13/08.  Quoted with permission.

Remember the Milk for Gmail

If you like Gmail or Remember the Milk, then you’ll want to take a look at this gizmo!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Disposable E-mail Addresses

Lifehacker provides a brief review and link for MakeMeTheKing.  If you are tired of spam, want to keep extra e-mails out of your .edu inbox, or simply want a disposable e-mail to register at commercial sites, you might want to give this a try.