Digital Bridges

Building Bridges Between Teaching and Technology

a publication of the Teaching and Technology Center

November 2008

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Put Your Head in the "Cloud"— The Next Wave of Computing
 Learning from the Online Course Development Grants
 Should I be Blogging or Wiki-ing?
 Online Homework: One Math Professor’s Trials and Tribulations
 The OpenCourseWare Movement

October 2008

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This Halloween, Don’t Let Your Computer be an Energy Vampire
 Blogging, or How I Spent My Summer Vacation
 The Emergence of Telecommuting
 Bookmark It - Digital Literary Databases

April 2008

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Click-Click-Click: Obtaining Instant Class Feedback
 Web 2.0 Widgets: Not Your Parent's Placeholders Anymore
 Security Issues—You and the College
 Got Spam?

February 2008

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The Global Phenomenon of Software Piracy
 Blackboard Faculty Survey Results
 Avatars and Islands: Educational Experiences in Second Life
 DON’T GET LOCKED OUT! (File under: “Please don’t shoot the messenger…”)

November 2007

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YouTube as an Educational Tool
 Tales from the Webside - First Experiences in Teaching Online
 Element K for Students, Office 2007, and other IT News
Is What You are Doing in the Classroom "Fair Use"?
 Blackboard Feature Spotlight: Early Warning System

October 2007

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Collaborative Work the Wiki Way
The Year of the Laptop ... and Other Bob Thoughts
 e-Portfolios: An Emerging Trend in Education
 New Features of Blackboard: Document Packager
 TTC Faculty Fellows: Call for Proposals

April 2007

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Reflections on IT and the Digital Divide in India
Tablet PC Users—We Want Your Help!
 Educational Podcasts Ready to be Served
 Classroom Response Systems—“The Classroom Clickers”
 Feed Your Need for RSS in Blackboard

February 2007

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On-Demand Instruction - the Podcasting Way
CONNECT with Students in a Whole New Way
Electronic Whiteboards Part II: A Tablet PC with Limited Mobility
 Web 2.0 Fundamentals

November 2006

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A New Generation of Whiteboards
Create Captivating Lessons for your Students
Pedagogical Freebies in Cyberspace: The OpenCourseWare Movement
 End of Semester Blackboard Course Cleanup Activities
Strategies to Deter Plagiarism in Student Papers
Remember to Be Security Conscious in the New Year

October 2006

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Applications on the Go
 The 5 Keys to Managing Your Passwords
 Introducing the New Teaching and Technology Fellows
 Citrix - Using Applications From Anywhere
 Freeing Yourself From the Front-End

April 2006

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Simple Procedures for Backing-up Your Data
Blackboard Spring Cleaning
RSS Aggregators: One Stop Information Access
Wikis - Collaboration Realized

March 2006

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Social Software: Changing the Ways We Connect in Cyberspace
Making Blackboard Discussions Work for You
The Tablet PC Convertible: The Next Step in the Evolution of the Notebook
E-mail Management: Spring Cleaning of Your BSC Mailbox
More of the Best Free Educational Sites on the Web

February 2006

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Podcasting: Taking Lectures Outside the Classroom
Managing Your Blackboard Course Menu
Teaching and Technology Spotlight: Dan Cooney and the Art of Blogging
ElementK: The Online Training Solution
Some of the Best Free Educational Sites on the Web