Code for BootCamp Southeast

Here is information that you will need to copy and paste for the THATCamp Southeast BootCamp session on "Visualizing Time and Space with Simile Widgets and Google." <script src="http://api.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/2.2.0/exhibit-api.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://api.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/2.2.0/extensions/time/time-extension.js"></script> <link rel="exhibit/data" type="application/jsonp" href="XXX?alt=json-in-script" ex:converter="googleSpreadsheets" /> <div ex:role="facet" ex:facetClass="TextSearch" ex:facetLabel="Search"></div> <div ex:role="facet" ex:expression=".eventType" ex:facetLabel="Event Type"></div> <div ex:role="view" ex:viewClass="Map" ex:label="Map" ex:latlng=".event_latlng" ex:center="37.160317,-96.943359" ex:zoom="4" ex:colorKey=".eventRegion"> … Continue reading Code for BootCamp Southeast →

Dr. ProfHacker, or How I L3rn3d to St0p Worry1ng and <3 teh fail!!1! (MLA 2011 Version)

As you might have intuited from a previous post, I had the opportunity to attend the recent 2011 MLA Convention in Los Angeles. One of the panels that I spoke on was organized by Jason B. Jones and featured a trio of the ProfHacker team on the theme of "Hacking the Profession: Academic Self-Help in … Continue reading Dr. ProfHacker, or How I L3rn3d to St0p Worry1ng and <3 teh fail!!1! (MLA 2011 Version) →

Five Reasons to Use Social Media in the Classroom

I've just returned from a few days at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad). I was invited by the campus's Instructional Development Unit (IDU) to deliver the keynote address at the presentation of their biennial UWI / Guardian Life "Premium" Teaching Awards. The theme that they asked me to speak on was … Continue reading Five Reasons to Use Social Media in the Classroom →