Author Archives: Kevin

NMC Campus Buzz Session

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Kevin

Last night I attended the first Teachers' Buzz Session on the NMC Campus in Second Life.  The group's focus is on teaching and learning in Second Life.  While NMC is sponsoring the meetings, they're not setting the agenda.  As a … Continue reading →

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I Read the News Today Oh Boy (Well, Almost)

Posted on August 19, 2006 by Kevin

I want to thank Alan for his comment on my post about leaving Second Life.  It was enough to convince me to give Second LIfe a second chance.  Developments on the NMC Campus lately, like the art exhibit have been … Continue reading →

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Now, Discover Your Strengths

Posted on July 22, 2006 by Kevin

Last summer at the EDUCAUSE Management Institute I won a challenge the faculty gave the participants. We had to think of five things to share about ourselves, share these observations with the group at our table, and then write up … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Results of the 2006 ECAR Study of Students and Information Technology

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Kevin

Judith Borreson Caruso and Robert B. Kvavik  are beginning to release the findings of their latest survey of students and technology.  EDUCAUSE has posted a presentation that was given on June 29. 96 institutions participated (52 of which participated in … Continue reading →

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Tourist Remover

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Kevin

Here's an interesting new service: Tourist Remover will take the tourists out of your pictures.  If you've got a series of sequential images of essentially the same shot, you can submit them all to the Tourist Remover service and they'll … Continue reading →

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TEDTalks

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Kevin

If you haven't had the chance to watch any of the videos yet, be sure to take a look at TEDTalks.  TED is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design.  It seems to be a very exclusive conference, but this … Continue reading →

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Ending My Second Life

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Kevin

I've tried to get involved in Second Life. The NMC Campus is great – I enjoyed being a virtual participant during the NMC Summer Conference. But there have been bumps in the road and the most recent one is sufficient … Continue reading →

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Getting Started with Ecto

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Kevin

When I attended the recent NMC conference in Cleveland, one of my goals was to blog the event better than I blogged Bb World '06. At Blackboard World, I wrote out my notes carefully for every session I attended. I … Continue reading →

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ATS Presents: Blogging in Education

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Kevin

On Tuesday, June 27th from noon-1pm ATS will be holding a Blogging in Education Breeze presentation. The presentation went very well. You can view an archive of the session here.

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NMC 2006: The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Information: Learning by Immersion

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Kevin

Mary Alice Ball, from the School of Library and Information Science at the Indiana University at Indianapolis presented. She teaches information policy there, which includes issues, stakeholders and influences. She wanted future librarians to understand that technology is a catalyst … Continue reading →

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