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What Google Can Do For You

I gave a presentation to faculty and staff today called about Google services. I focused on 5 cool things academics can do with Google Forms. Below is the slide presentation I used for the talk. I’ll be adding You Tube video in the little boxes soon to turn the presentation slides into a narrated presentation. ...

Use Firefox Word Count Plus to Check Student Work

I have a course blog. Students are required to post 2 substantive analysis posts on the reading for the semester. I stagger these deadlines so that every week there are a few analysis posts each week. These posts should be about 250-500 words in length. I also have a weekly 200 requirement. All students must post, ...

Evernote: Must Have App for Professors and Students With Smartphones Comes to Android

I love my Android Smartphone. Every now and then, a service comes along that actually justifies my having one. Evernote is one of them. They have native apps that communicate and sync with your free online account for Iphone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm Pre. They recently released a beta app for Android, and I’ve been playing ...

Scan2PDF Mobile

Contents [hide] In this post (Google Phone = Pocket Xerox Machine), I discussed some web apps that can turn an Android phone (and other smart phones) into a pocket xerox machine. These services include Evernote and Qipit. I’ve recently found an app on the Android Market that I think is even better for this purpose. This page is ...