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POPSAmazing Academic Podcasting Resource Jeffrey Daniel Fey's blog is a treasure chest of insight and information in the area of academic podcasting. The headlines above are all articles I can't wait to sit down and study. If your institution is considering podcasting for staff or faculty, do yourself a favor and read Jeffrey's blog.
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POPSThe process of a University Website Makeover One day it will happen, your school or university has a new home page. Where was your input? Who made these decisions? They love it, you hate it - or is it vice versa? Case Western Reserve University is taking a different approach. Their home page re-design is a multi-year approach, inviting input from all areas of the campus. Will the new website please everyone? You can follow along via the links in the blog post above.
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POPSSlideshare - The Social Website for Powerpoint If you are ever stumped when creating a Powerpoint, the look to SlideShare for inspiration. This is a fun niche to the "social website" trend, which soley focuses on presentations and slideshows. You can view (and even download) slideshows from all over the world. A great resource for Educators and Students on how to, and how NOT to, make powerpoint presentations.
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POPSDotSub Provides Subtitles for web videos If your University is committed to providing accessibility, then take a look at this episode of Rocketboom. The subject is DotSub, a (currently) free website where you can upload and subtitle videos for the hearing impaired. Imagine the lost audience on YouTube alone! This is a great tool, and worth a close look to those considering podcasting lectures and presentations. Further reading: Ouch - BBC Accessibility blog Evelyn Glennie at TED, and solving subtitling notification online Meryl's Notes Blog: Captioned Videos
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POPSUsing MySpace as a Marketing Tool Blogging and Beyond is both a Blog and a Podcast. This is about the podcast, rather "a" podcast on using MySpace as a Business Building Tool. Those in Higher Ed could use as food for thought when considering an "official" University MySpace page.
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POPSBfree - the Blackboard export tool EdTechPost is a great blog for those involve in education and technology. This article deals with the recent merger of Blackboard and WebCT, and the lack of an export function. Be sure to browse the other blog posts.