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reMarkable 2 Tablet Review & Comparison
As someone who recently converted to the iPad Air in my senior year of high school after swearing on notebooks for years, hearing about the reMarkable 2 tablet intrigued me. It seemed like the perfect blend of the two–combining the … Continue reading reMarkable 2 Tablet Review & Comparison
Democratizing Research through High-Performance Computing
In the early decades of modern computing – the 1960s and 1970s – only the largest corporations and governmental agencies had access to computers of any kind (think IBM, NASA, DoD, etc.). Computers were too large, too challenging to maintain, … Continue reading Democratizing Research through High-Performance Computing
Panopto Recording and Screen Casting Options
Swarthmore users can now record videos with Panopto in two different ways: Panopto Capture: web browser based recording. No downloading required. Must have the most up to date version of Chrome or Firefox or Edge. Panopto Recorder: Panopto’s desktop application … Continue reading Panopto Recording and Screen Casting Options
Keeping your digital content when you leave Swarthmore
Many students, caught up in the excitement of graduation, and faculty, rushing to complete grading and end-of-year work before they move on to other appointments, forget to take some necessary steps to secure their digital content stored on College servers, … Continue reading Keeping your digital content when you leave Swarthmore
A Makerspace Recap of Sorts
April and May saw a tumbling, busy schedule of events, projects, and people to wrap up a successful semester of the Swarthmore Makerspace. We saw intense coursework projects crunch through on deadlines, extracurricular (and hilarious) activities take over the space … Continue reading A Makerspace Recap of Sorts
Embracing the Pedagogical Value of HPC
When most people think about applications of high-performance computing (HPC), STEM-based research readily comes to mind. While HPC absolutely excels at that, it is also useful in pedagogical contexts, including: Facilitating analysis of datasets that are too large to work … Continue reading Embracing the Pedagogical Value of HPC