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Monthly Archives December 2011

Last pic of the year – Happy New Year

  Near Sturgeon lake island – Northern MN.

Posted 31 December 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Read and annotate your docs in your Kindle app

You can now send documents to read on Kindle even if you use the Kindle reader on another device. 1) Items are sent to yourname@kindle.com 2) You must register the email address FROM which you will be sending documents (as attachments) 3) Enter “convert” (just the word) as the header in your email if you [...]

Posted 29 December 2011 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

How I integrate online resources

It is nearly time for the holiday break, but this means it is also the time to prepare for next semester (at least for those of us who work in higher education). Some students have already asked to see my syllabus for next semester in order to make the decision of whether to take the [...]

Posted 20 December 2011 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) °

YouTube Isolates Educational Content

YouTube has been willing to offer everyone the opportunity to serve video content. Being open to everyone has been both a blessing and a curse. It seems we have very different opinions regarding what represents useful and entertaining content. In education settings what might be funny or entertaining to someone in some other context ends [...]

Posted 17 December 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Geotag images with your phone

I have been working on some content explaining the educational potential of image collection and curation. A good part of the education value is likely in collecting the images (being there) and various post collection processes that use the images – organization, annotation, Geotagging potentially represents a combination of being there and then using the [...]

Posted 04 December 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,