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Briefly Noted for April 11, 2008

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

A few quick notes from the National Council on Public History annual meeting in Louisville, KY.
Bill Turkel has a terrific post on the nonlinear character of many academic careers, comparing planning our professional trajectories to solving nonlinear optimization problems in mathematics. “Nonlinear” definitely describes my own career path, and Bill provides his own poignant nonlinear […]

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Tags: Briefly Noted · Digital Humanities · Education · Libraries · Management · Museums · Public History · Tools

Wikis in the Classroom

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Mills Kelly has a nice post about PBwiki’s new Educators’ Wiki, its tips for student wiki etiquette, and his thoughts about using wikis in the classroom. Along with Wetpaint, Wikidot, and Zoho Wiki, PBwiki is one of several free web services that allow users to very quickly and easily set up custom wikis on […]

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Tags: Digital Humanities · Education · Tools