Author: John Walker
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Look Here for a New Job in Education
Be it your first job out of college or a job change, eventually most people will have to look through job postings. You can try searching the general job posting websites like Monster, but those sites are often cluttered with jobs in the “education” category that aren’t really the kind of teaching job for which…
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Talk Shoe
One of the more interesting services that I forgot to use in my classes this summer was Talk Shoe. Anyone with experience using this one? TalkShoe™ – About the TalkShoe company that creates Community Calls TalkShoe is a service that enables anyone to easily create, join, or listen to Live Interactive Discussions, Conversations, Podcasts and…
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Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower
Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower I am not sure that I am going to read this book, but I really like the Overview in any event. It gives one pause to think. Tap into the power that cool thinking generates—learn how going slower can actually help you get more done, faster. Before you…
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50 most frequently looked up words on the NYTimes
N.Y. Times mines its data to identify words that readers find abstruse » Nieman Journalism Lab If The New York Times ever strikes you as an abstruse glut of antediluvian perorations, if the newspaper’s profligacy of neologisms and shibboleths ever set off apoplectic paroxysms in you, if it all seems a bit recondite, here’s a…
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TightProjector
TightProjector is a software that can transmit the screen of a particular Windows computer to other computers in the same local-area network. The data is transmitted continuously, in real time. Usage examples: broadcasting a presentation to multiple networked computers showing a class of students operations performed by a teacher