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An Update On Our Comments Policy

February 4, 2010 in ProfHacker by George H. Williams

Remember when we asked you to help us come up with an official comments policy? Some of you took us up on the offer! We'd like to give you about another week to contribute any edits before we officially adopt the policy.

Crowdsourcing Our Comments Policy

January 19, 2010 in ProfHacker by George H. Williams

We'd like you to help us craft a comments policy, and in this post we explain why and how.

SideWiki, Reframe It, Diigo: Considering Competing Web Annotation Systems

October 12, 2009 in Products by Julie Meloni

We've talked about Google SideWiki and other methods for "Writing in the Internet's Margins", but what about some of the other web annotation services out there? This post talks about SideWiki, Reframe It, and Diigo, and asks which you might use—if any—in the classroom.

Writing in the Internet’s Margins

October 2, 2009 in Productivity by Brian Croxall

Over the last year, several academic manuscripts have been posted online to allow for commenting before the are ever sent to the press. ProfHacker takes a quick look at two of the tools--CommentPress and digress.it--that power such projects.

Introducing Google SideWiki

September 28, 2009 in Productivity by Jason B. Jones

Last week Google launched a new tool for commenting on the web: SideWiki. ProfHacker takes a quick look, and rounds up some early reactions.