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"Free" Points for Free Work? Incentivizing Students Giving and Receiving Help in an Online FAQ

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Ted Curran

Image via Wikipedia Did you know you can save time and effort by starting a Frequently Asked Questions Discussion Board in your course? Do you get tired of answering the same student questions over and over? Save time and effort … Continue reading →

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Jobseekers! Easy Job Multi-Searching with RSS Magic!

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Ted Curran

When you’re looking for work, keeping up with the online job listings is a job in itself. This tutorial will teach you how to automate your job search so you can quickly scan through lots of fresh, relevant job ads … Continue reading →

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iPhone-style phone number hyperlinks in Firefox [Mac, Win, Linux]

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ted Curran

One thing that grabs people’s attention when they get an iPhone is that phone numbers on websites automatically become hyperlinks. Click on a number, and the iPhone asks you if you want to call that number. Firefox on your computer … Continue reading →

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Why All Teachers should be Bloggers, too.

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image by Daniel F. Pigatto via Flickr I have spent my whole teaching career in small, high tech charter schools, and I have seen educational technology grow symbiotically alongside Web 2.0 advances. I have embraced blogs for their power to … Continue reading →

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Evernote– Remember everything!

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Ted Curran

Evernote is a great note-taking application for Mac/PC and iPhone, as well as a powerful webapp. It gives you tons of ways to keep track of all the little bits of information in your life— that cool website you want … Continue reading →

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Searchable Etexts Help Kids Search and Attribute Quotes

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ted Curran

Image via Wikipedia In my literature classes, I found that one of the biggest challenges for students when they sit down to write a paper is finding good quotes from the text. A great solution is to put the full … Continue reading →

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Make maintaining a class blog easier!

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ted Curran

Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done Writing your blog should be a fun way to stretch your mind and stay connected to trends, friends, and the greater world, not another computer task that takes far too long to get … Continue reading →

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