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Graduated in Gmail: the Forgotten Attachment Detector

March 15, 2010 in Productivity by Natalie Houston

Ever send an email without the attachment you promised? Here’s how Gmail can save you from that error.

Mozilla’s Jetpack for Learning Design Winners

March 15, 2010 in Pedagogy by Jason B. Jones

At a party in Austin this weekend, Mozilla announced the winners of its Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge. Did Rubrick win?

5 Suggestions Concerning Disability, Accommodation, and the College Classroom

March 15, 2010 in Pedagogy by George H. Williams

Many of our students will come to the classroom with a disability of one kind or another. In this post, I suggest 5 ways in which we can better meet the needs of these students.

The ProfHacker Week in Review

March 14, 2010 in Life, Pedagogy, Productivity by Jason B. Jones

ProfHacker’s traditionally late wrap-up of the week’s posts. This week with extra pi.

Weekend Reading, Still (!) Not Spring Break Edition

March 12, 2010 in Life, Pedagogy, Productivity by Jason B. Jones

ProfHacker eases you into the weekend with 5 links worth reading, plus a video.

Distraction, Productivity, and Being Attentive (aka Regulating Media Use)

March 12, 2010 in Life, Productivity by Amy Cavender

Ever have one of those days at work in which you know you’ve been busy all day, but you can’t quite point to just what you’ve accomplished? Regulating media use may be worth considering.

International Travel: ProfHacker Style

March 12, 2010 in How-To by Erin E. Templeton

One of my favorite parts of life as an academic is the occasional opportunity to travel and see the world, whether a conference in Italy or a research trip to an archive in England. But the downside of these possibilities is that international travel can stress an already fraught budget and that it can be difficult to keep track of ever-changing rules and regulations about luggage and security, etc. What’s a traveler to do?

How to Google Yourself Effectively and What to Do About It

March 11, 2010 in How-To, Productivity by Brian Croxall

What do you get when you Google yourself? More importantly, what can you do about it if you aren’t happy with the results?

Standing Out on the Job Search

March 11, 2010 in How-To by Nels P. Highberg

There are a lot of articles out there on ways to handle the job market. I’m sure, though, that each of us could think of people who broke each of the “rules” offered by such articles and succeeded anyway. What works for one person does not always work for another, which is what makes the process so stressful.

Teaching the Concept or Teaching a Tool? Or, using Status.net for classroom microblogging

March 11, 2010 in Products by Julie Meloni

Although the title of this post hints at a bigger question, in this post I talk about possibilities for using a new product, Status.net, in your classroom.

The Downside of Depression

March 10, 2010 in Life by Prof. Hacker

Guest author Heather Munro Prescott counters the trendy argument that depression offers important mental benefits–after all, clinical depression is debilitating! Nothing beneficial about that. Heather also offers strategies for getting through depression.

Open Thread Wednesday!

March 10, 2010 in Open Thread by George H. Williams

What’s on your mind? How’s your semester going? Do you need advice or feedback? Do you have advice or feedback to share?

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