I've got a new post up at ProfHacker on the usefulness of thank-you notes for academics. Thanks for reading.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21
Enjoying the weather in a t-shirt only family walk. # Emory has Schwarzenegger speaking at graduation. That's so much better than Vincente Fox. # Despite what I said in my #mla09 paper, I assign lotsof things that aren't papers. Which means I'm *always* #grading. # @amandalicastro I'm lucky enough to have insurance in my current … Continue reading Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
@academicdave Wow. Hadn't seen the nation's weather for a while. 12" in Dallas is much more #snowpacalypse than DC's 50 inches. in reply to academicdave # @mkirschenbaum I know. Southerners are silly. And this is about 5x as much snow as all my previous 8 years combined. in reply to mkirschenbaum # @kelseyagnew I hope … Continue reading Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
Assignment: The “American Century” Geospatial Timeline
For the last several years, I have been interested in representing time and space visually in the context of literature courses. During my final year as a graduate student, I was a fellow in Emory's Center for Interactive Teaching. There, I had the freedom to spend many hours exploring several web widgets for doing just … Continue reading Assignment: The “American Century” Geospatial Timeline
At ProfHacker: Digital Office Hours
Just a quick note to mention that I've got a new post up at ProfHacker on how to hold digital office hours. It includes tips on how to get a cool chat box to work with your Gmail, like I have on this site.