When I was in Lebanon this summer and talking to young people, they often asked if I was on Facebook. I knew that the social networking site that was once the exclusive domain of students from Ivy League schools had grown into a global phenomenon. I even knew that Facebook allowed people like [...]
Entries from October 2007
15 October 2007
Reading the News Made Easy
One of the tricky things about the internet is how to make sense of so much information without wasting lots of time. Scholastici.us is a “student productivity” blog that looks at how technology can make students’ lives easier. Today he had a post about using RSS feeds and RSS readers to quickly [...]
13 October 2007
Wasn’t worth my time (or money)
A few days ago I asked the question if The Kingdom was worth your time. Well, this morning I woke up with a cold, so I was in no shape to start grading essays. Instead I headed over to the movies. Before continuing on, there are a few spoiler alerts.
The movie does [...]
8 October 2007
Busy with school; busy with the news
It always seem to happen in the fall. School begins, and I ease up on my blogging. Part of the reason is that I spend so much time blogging in my classes. All my classes that I am teaching right now are using blogs. It’s difficult keeping up with four different blogs and trying to [...]
