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Where’s the Prof?: Twitter Feeds for Your Office Door

March 16, 2010 in How-To, Productivity, ProfHacker by Jeff McClurken

In this post, I look at a software/hardware setup that allows you to update students and visitors to your office about your availability.

Update on Rubrick: The Mozilla Jetpack for Online Grading

February 2, 2010 in Pedagogy by Jason B. Jones

A status report on Rubrick, the browser extension being built by some ProfHacker contributors and readers as part of the Mozilla Jetpack Design for Learning Challenge.

Update on Rubrick

December 7, 2009 in Pedagogy by Jason B. Jones

Last week, we introduced Rubrick, ProfHacker's entry in the Mozilla Jetpack Design for Learning Challenge. Here are some other interesting projects.

Assessing online assignments in the browser: Introducing Rubrick

November 30, 2009 in Pedagogy by Jason B. Jones

Introducing Rubrick, a proposed Mozilla Jetpack extension for grading online work directly in the browser.

Mozilla’s JetPack for Learning Design Challenge / Call for ProfHacker Participants

October 27, 2009 in Pedagogy by Jason B. Jones

Mozilla has launched a design challenge for educators interested in building Firefox add-ons using open technologies. ProfHacker has an idea for a proposal . . .

Choosing a Web Browser that’s Right for You

September 15, 2009 in Products by Julie Meloni

Fine-tuning your productivity tools means picking a web browser that suits your needs in terms of processing speed, memory footprint, standards compatibility, and overall flexibility. In this post, we discuss just what that means and what you might find.

Productivity Through Firefox Add-ons

August 14, 2009 in Productivity by Julie Meloni
For me, “productivity” is all about reducing clicks and keystrokes—I spend the vast majority of my waking hours in front of a screen of some sort, click click clicking away to get the job done. To move on to the next task or—egads!—to go outside, I look for ways to reduce those clicks and keystrokes [...]

Teaching with Zotero Groups

August 11, 2009 in Pedagogy by George H. Williams
Via @Zotero we learn that Sean Stakats Takats, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, will be teaching with Zotero groups in his upcoming senior seminar course on the French Revolution. Prof. Stakats Takats provides a very interesting description of what he plans to do and why: With their unprecedented collaborative functionality, Zotero groups promise [...]

Asynchronous Reading

August 7, 2009 in Productivity by Brian Croxall
In the last two months, the way I read the Internet has completely changed. And I’m not talking about finally getting the F-shaped pattern down. Rather, my reading has become asynchronous through a simple Firefox plugin: Read It Later. Let me explain what I mean. I start my day with Twitter. It’s the best way for [...]