The Problem with Wikipedia I love Wikipedia; although Google is still my search-engine-of-choice, Wikipedia often turns up the information I was looking for (and… Posted on: January 27, 2007 By: Ryan Brazell With: 3 Comments
Faculty and Facebook: Just Say No Earlier this semester, Barbara and I attended a training session intended to introduce the new version of Blackboard (Bb) the… Posted on: November 20, 2006 By: Ryan Brazell With: 9 Comments
The messiness of it all: Assessment I am involved in the writing/evaluating of a grant request for a local school that would, as part of its… Posted on: October 2, 2006 By: bsawhill With: 1 Comment
The Power of the Blog I'll let Daniel Barwick's article The Blog That Ate a Presidency, and the discussion that follows, speak for themselves. (Thanks… Posted on: August 1, 2006 By: Ryan Brazell With: 0 Comments
Open source software: for students, by students. Last summer, the Google Summer of Code 2005 debuted as a project designed "to introduce students to the world of… Posted on: July 29, 2006 By: Ryan Brazell With: 4 Comments
It depends on what the definition of is, is. According to a New York Times article featured in yesterday's Wired Campus newsletter, Blackboard "has all the earmarks of a… Posted on: July 19, 2006 By: Ryan Brazell With: 1 Comment
Skype vs. the hackers Yesterday, one of my favorite tech / gadget blogs featured a blurb reporting that "a team of Chinese engineers" (read:… Posted on: July 15, 2006 By: Ryan Brazell With: 0 Comments
A community of apprentices and experts, loosely joined To Graham Stanley (Barcelona), Judi Franz (Irvine, CA), Don Federico Salvago (Toluca, MX), my husband, John (Oberlin, OH), Adora Thurber… Posted on: July 12, 2006 By: bsawhill With: 2 Comments
Skype in the News This from the Campus Security Officer's magazine/website/webzine whatevah.... An interesting spin on skype from the campus security minded. And yes… Posted on: July 11, 2006 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
Skype…now with video The end of the semester is upon us, and the Arabic class wanted one more opportunity to speak with Effat… Posted on: May 9, 2006 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
