Michael Hyatt's recent podcast on the tools that he uses to support his work inspired me. After almost ten years in higher education, I have…Continue Reading this Entry

I'm the chair of our university's Faculty Development Committee. We recently conducted a survey of our faculty members, in part to discover what were perceived…Continue Reading this Entry

Google has released a new research tool to help students capture and cite information, images, and quotes related to a particular reseach problem. The tool…Continue Reading this Entry

I've been on maternity leave this semester, loving the time I get to bond with our first child. As I think toward next semester, I'm…Continue Reading this Entry

Most people don't enjoy learning to use new technology as much as I do and just want it to work “out of the box.” The…Continue Reading this Entry

The first time I taught at the college level, I received a call to teach a course exactly five days before it began. I have…Continue Reading this Entry

Get ready. It's that time of the semester. Here come the emails with requests for extra credit and explanations of how if this particular student…Continue Reading this Entry

Get ready. It's that time of the semester. Here come the emails with requests for extra credit and explanations of how if this particular student…Continue Reading this Entry

LinkedIn just came out with an experimental feature on their site this week: InMaps, which allow you to visualize your network of connections on their…Continue Reading this Entry

We’ve probably all gotten a chuckle or two out of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon jokes. Well, at least those of us old enough…Continue Reading this Entry