iPads for your Fall course
The Duke Digital Initiative is providing a loaner pool of Apple iPads (some wifi, some with 3G capability) for exploration in undergraduate courses this year. Several faculty have already taken …
The Duke Digital Initiative is providing a loaner pool of Apple iPads (some wifi, some with 3G capability) for exploration in undergraduate courses this year. Several faculty have already taken …
If you’ve been gone for the summer, welcome back and don’t worry! Blackboard is the same as when you left with a few enhancements: Configure your Discussion Board to allow …
Mobl21 provides a way for instructors to create and distribute content to students without doing any actual mobile ‘app’ development. Currently, Mobl21 only works with iPhones and iPod Touches, but …
A new iPad app called ‘Expedition‘ provides a way to project the web from your iPad. “What?” you ask “I can’t project the web on an iPad by just using …
CIT recently funded the purchase of several iPads for use in Duke sociologist Jen’nan Read’s Research Methods course to explore the uses of Apple’s device for fieldwork. In a recent …
Google has released a video and some information about a project they’re working on with Harold Abelson, an MIT computer scientist, to open the doors of creating apps for Google’s …
Back in December, I posted a comparison of five different models of microprojectors. At the time, the Optoma Pico PK-101 was almost the most impressive; its main drawback was the …
Duke faculty and students who own an iPad can now access Blackboard with Blackboard’s new Mobile Learn iPad app. To try it out, download the free app from the iTunes …
For a brief explanation of Evernote‘s usefulness, read “Take a Minute to Collect Your Thoughts With Evernote” posted on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog ProfHacker by our own Shawn …
When it comes to using technology, CIT tries to ‘practice what we preach’ – and our annual Showcase event is no different. In fact, the Showcase gives us an opportunity …