Entries from April 2009
April 29, 2009 · Comments Off
The last few days, I’ve been using TurnItIn to check my Metro students’ research papers for plagiarism. The college pays for the service, and I started wondering what free online services are available for detecting plagiarism. I even asked about that on Twitter but received no responses, so I did some research. Here are the ones I found:
I haven’t tried any of these, and I’d be very interested in finding out how they worked for you.
Categories: Technology · Writing
Tagged: cheating, plagiarism, plagiarism checker, plagiarism detection, tools
April 26, 2009 · Comments Off
Post once in your blog (research journal), using the number, letter, and phrase in bold as the title of your post:
13: Reporting on the Application Project–Write at least three paragraphs reporting on your progress on your application project: (1) what your project is, (2) what you’ve accomplished so far, and (3) what you still need to do.
Use the department and course number (ENG 1020 or ENG 122) and other appropriate tags (”Labels” on Blogger) for the post.
Categories: Writing
Tagged: ENG 1020 SP 09, ENG 122 SP 09
April 24, 2009 · Comments Off
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The Guide to Great Art on the Internet
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The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
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Feedmil is a feed search engine featuring a spam-free, topic-focused search for a variety of feed types including news, blogs, microblogs, social media feeds, audiocasts, photocasts, and videocasts. Feedmil’s goal is to help people search feeds of interest in the most efficient and easiest possible way through the use of innovative technologies and user interfaces.
Categories: Bookmarks
April 23, 2009 · Comments Off
Saturday, April 25, 3-6 p.m. SLT (PDT)
Globe Theatre, 3:00 p.m.
Sonnet reading
Introductory remarks
Scene from Romeo and Juliet
Discussion with audience
Arena, 4:30 p.m.
Fencing
Rose and Crown, 5:15 p.m.
Storytelling
Sunday, April 26, 12-3 p.m. SLT (PDT)
Manor House Garden, 12:00 noon
Sonnet reading
Arena, 1:00 p.m.
Fencing
Jousting
Globe Theatre, 2:00 p.m.
Scenes from Much Ado about Nothing and Henry V
Discussion with audience
Both Days
Commons Area
Faire with merchants, games, and dancing
Demonstrations, Tours, and Lectures
Kitchen
School
Globe Theatre
Gardens
Categories: Education
Tagged: history, literature, Renaissance Island, second life, William Shakespeare
April 20, 2009 · Comments Off
Post once in your blog (research journal), using the number, letter, and phrase in bold as the title of your post:
12: Creating a Word Cloud–Create a word cloud with your research paper using Wordle. Copy and paste the text from your paper (excluding the identification information on the first page and the Works Cited list) into the top box on the Wordle Create page. Then click on “Go.” After you create the word cloud and format the font, layout, and color to your liking, be sure you save it to the public gallery. (The button is at the bottom right of the page.) Copy and paste the URL (web address) of your word cloud or put the word cloud itself into a post on your blog.
If you need help, watch one or more of the following YouTube videos: “Wordle tutorial,” “Adding a Word Cloud from wordle.net to your Blog,” “Web Site of the Week – Wordle,” or another video about Wordle on YouTube.
Extra Credit–Follow the instructions above but create a word cloud for your blog or delicious account using the second or third option on the Wordle Create page.
Use the department and course number (ENG 1020 or ENG 122) and other appropriate tags (”Labels” on Blogger) for the post.
Categories: Instructional Technology · Web 2.0
Tagged: ENG 1020 SP 09, ENG 122 SP 09, word clouds, Wordle
April 19, 2009 · Comments Off
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Our goal is to quickly show users “what’s being said” across the Twittersphere or from a specific Twitter user through an intuitive interface (a cloud).
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Renaissance Magazine is a print publication which features articles on history, castles, heraldry, culinary and herbal arts, and in-depth interviews with the movers and shakers of the re-enactment and faire communities. Regular columns review period books, movies, music, web sites, and games.
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How many friends are you really following? Twitoria finds your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time so you can give them the boot!
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An overview of Twitter and ways of using it in education for a group of educators attending Twizza (Twitter & pizza) gathering in Perth, Western Australian on April 8, 2009.
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Faculty Focus is a free e-newsletter published by Magna Publications. First launched in 2003, it contains valuable information for faculty, academic deans, and department chairs.
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Join us to explore new developments, track emerging opportunities, network with other learning pioneers, and deal with topics you don’t find at the conferences you have to travel to. Events here are live and online. Hook up with fellow innovative thinkers and international visionaries to gain insight into what’s going on, swap opinions, and shape the future of learning.
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Twitterfall is a way of viewing the latest ‘tweets’ of upcoming trends and custom searches on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Updates fall from the top of the page in near-realtime.
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The Fine Art Search Engine
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Grow Your Wiki
Categories: Bookmarks
April 18, 2009 · Comments Off
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TwitZap lets you slice Twitter into channels of stuff that matters to you. Once your channels are set they will update in real-time, all in a familiar interface.
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This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes.
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content management systems
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Twitter search engine
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Our mission is to help STC members identify and develop knowledge and practical skills for designing, developing, and implementing technical instruction in electronic and traditional classroom settings. The SIG strives to promote sound design practices and provide information and education about instructional theory and research.
Categories: Bookmarks
April 15, 2009 · Comments Off
Categories: Research
Tagged: internet research, search engines
April 13, 2009 · Comments Off
Post two times in your blog (research journal), using the numbers, letters, and phrases in bold as the titles of your respective posts:
11a: Reporting on Your Progress–Write at least one paragraph reporting on your progress on your research paper: what you’ve accomplished so far and what you still need to do.
11b: Planning Your Application Project–Write at least one paragraph explaining in detail what you plan to do for your application project.
Use the department and course number (ENG 1020 or ENG 122) and other appropriate tags (”Labels” on Blogger) for each of the two posts.
Categories: Writing
Tagged: ENG 1020 SP 09, ENG 122 SP 09
