Nielsen and Loranger’s Prioritizing Web Usability has many concrete applications in my daily life. Had I read this book a year ago, I would have known not to side with colleagues who felt their creative freedom was under attack because the college web pages were being standardized. I’ve learned about various things I have [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Why I like Amazon.com
Posted in technology on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Questions about the Learning Record
Posted in wec class on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. Are we to download this? If so, how and to where?
2. Will we be keeping records throughout the semester? What should we keep and how?
3. Will this be an entirely on-line portfolio?
4. Will some of our records be links (to blogs, for example?)
5. Can you illustrate this step-by-step? There is so much information it is hard [...]
On “Why Do Students’ Blog?”
Posted in technology on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Diane Penrod’s informative and entertaining article does much to enlighten the non-blogger regarding the fascination with this technological mode of self-expression. One wonders, however, if blogging has more to do with a disconnected society heading for a psychological breakdown than it does with writing. If it is true, as Penrod says, that bloggers write “because they want [...]
Three Things to Remember on the First Day of Grad School
Posted in humor, wec class on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1. Activate e-mail account.
2. Check e-mail.
3. Wear sneakers when jogging to bookstore and back.
4. Do not refer to professor as “he” when the professor is already in the room.
5. Do not be overwhelmed.
On Vannevar Bush
Posted in technology on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I remember the day a tractor trailer pulled up outside my college newswriting classroom in 1975. The professor escorted us inside and pointed to the rows of PCs sitting atop long tables. What he showed us was the newsroom of the future. “Someday,” he said, “newsrooms will look like this.” Of course, none of us [...]
