Pennsylvania Coaches

In an effort to make my lessons about plagiarism and the appropriate citation of sources more personal for the students in my rhetoric and research classes, I now use an assignment that forces them into the role of victim rather than thief. The results of my most recent experience with this approach were encouraging

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How the alleged rise of internet plagiarism is actually positively affecting learning/teaching. 

One student's battle to maintain control over her own intellectual property, and overcome the institutional laziness enabled by Turnitin.com

Everyone seems to talk endlessly about the role smartphones and other mobile technologies play in today's classroom, especially when it comes to the best apps to get teachers organized and keep students learning. Higher ed has not inoculated itself against the spread, and ranks from the university president down to the lowliest of fresh meat tote around a smartphone or a tablet these days. Some, of course, benefit the faculty more than others, and the following prove pretty popular among professors these days.

Install a browser plugin and run applications virtually right in your browser!

"If you've ever wanted to paste "Pop Up Video"-style commentary bubbles over your favorite YouTube clip, Popcorn Maker's drag-and-drop UI couldn't be simpler. But you can also add more sophisticated interactivity like Google Maps, live Twitter feeds, and Wikipedia articles just as easily. "

"Automagically Create Shared folders for Students" in Google Drive / Google Docs

Some interesting thoughts about "flipping" the keyboarding classroom.

Sometimes the most effective techniques are about the basics.

Can digital badges rescue MOOCs?

Grant Wiggins

Tony Vincent

for devs - test bed for customizing the youtube player with all available api-ish options.