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Creating Workshops for Students and Faculty

March 9, 2010 in Pedagogy, ProfHacker by Alex Jarvis

In January, I accepted a co-op position at Central Connecticut State University in our campus' Instructional Technology Design and Resource Center. The plan was simple; figure out a way to inject new technologies into the classroom in a non-obvious way!

The Creepy Treehouse Problem

March 9, 2010 in Pedagogy by Jason B. Jones

Alex and Jason consider the problem of the creepy treehouse: Students' antipathy to faculty-imposed requirements to use social media. We offer four strategies for making clear to students that your interest in their social media engagement is pedagogical, rather than personal (ew).

Prune Your Twitter Feed with Tweedact

February 16, 2010 in Productivity by Jason B. Jones

Have you ever wished your Twitter friends would Just. Stop. Talking! about a particular topic? Now you can make 'em.

What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening.

February 16, 2010 in Products by Julie Meloni

The world has had a week to live with Google Buzz, and it has been a wild week for both users and Google engineers. In this post I discuss some Buzz-related incidents (both good and bad) and some general tips for using Buzz in your daily social networking routine.

Tools for Synchronous and Asynchronous Classroom Discussion

January 11, 2010 in Pedagogy by Julie Meloni

In this post, I discuss a few features of synchronous and asynchronous discussion models and the various tools that can help you achieve your scholarly needs—both in the virtual and physical classroom.

Academics and Social Media: #mla09 and Twitter

January 9, 2010 in ProfHacker by George H. Williams

A great deal of Tweeting took place before, during, and after the 2009 meeting of the Modern Language Association. So... how did all those Tweets affect people's experience of the conference? Let's find out.

Handling Twitter Spam

October 28, 2009 in Productivity by Julie Meloni

You should never see spam in your Twitter stream, period.

Mentoring Graduate Students Through Social Media, or How I Made it Through the Last 5 Years

September 29, 2009 in Life by Julie Meloni

After Amy recently wrote about how social media led her to Prof. Hacker, I was reminded that social media led me to graduate school in the first place. Without a doubt, I would not have started graduate school—nor would I be finishing, I don't think—without social networking. In this post I will talk about what social networking has meant to me, from the perspective of a graduate student.

Working with APIs (part 3)

September 28, 2009 in How-To, ProfHacker 101 by Julie Meloni

In the previous installments (1, 2) of this series, I talked about APIs in general and showed how data can be pulled from an API without server-side programming knowledge. In this third installment of the "Working with APIs" series we will continue to work with the Google Code developer resources and use already-created client-side code to do even more with the data that you can retrieve.

Using Social Media to Network, or How I Got to be Part of Team ProfHacker

September 25, 2009 in Life by Amy Cavender

Last week George asked, "What’s been your experience with regard to social media and the academic world?" This post details one academic's experience of using social media for learning and networking.

Academics and social media: ymmv

September 15, 2009 in Life by George H. Williams

When it comes to social media and the academic world, we should remember that not everyone can--or should--adopt the same strategy. More than four years after the outbreak of 'Tribble jitters,' we're still working out exactly how new media are affecting our work and our lives. And that's okay.

The ProfHacker Podcast: Merlin Mann and the First Person Transitive

September 11, 2009 in Podcasts, Productivity by Jason B. Jones

Launch week at ProfHacker continues today with our very first podcast, featuring a very special guest: Merlin Mann, of 43folders, Inbox Zero, and the comedy podcast troupe You Look Nice Today! A Journal of Emotional Hygiene. Mann first became internet-famous for 43folders.com, a site concerned with how to sustain the attention necessary for creative work.