Wired Campus: “Think students don’t care about online privacy? Think again, say two researchers who have published a new paper about the privacy attitudes of 18- and 19-year-olds.”
Archive for July, 2010
Who Cares About Facebook Privacy? Students Do
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2010|
5 Lecturecasting Tools That I Can’t Live Without (and Why)
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2010|
ProfHacker: “I’ve got a go-to box of tools that I turn to regularly when building and deploying lecturecasts. As is customary, some caveats …”
To Block or Not to Block Facebook and Social Media in the Workplace
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2010|
ReadWriteEnterprise: “Citing both worker morale and the potential to use the tools for work-related activities, Cisco recommends better security education and social media policies in the work place instead of technical restrictions that employees would likely route-around anyway.”
At $139, does a Kindle finally make sense?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2010|
ZDNet Education: “We’re finally getting close to a price where maybe, just maybe, a single-purpose e-reader makes some sense for schools. Here’s why:”
The $139 Kindle and the Academic Library
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2010|
Inside Higher Ed: “Someone help me do the math on this one. At what point do we start to save money by buying Kindles and moving our second copy ordering to a Kindle e-book?”
Library-Services Companies Sue OCLC, Alleging Anticompetitive Practices
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2010|
Chronicle of Higher Education: “Two library-services companies have sued a major nonprofit library organization, accusing it of monopolistic practices and violating antitrust laws.”
Another Major University Enrolls in Microsoft’s Cloud
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2010|
ReadWriteCloud: “The 85,000 students, faculty and staff at University of Georgia join the over 11 million students and educators worldwide who have adopted Live@edu, a strong indication that despite the common concerns about privacy and security in the cloud, that many schools and universities are making the transition.”