Twitter Lists: Curating Your Experience
You or your department, club, team, or other group might already be using Twitter. Here is a small tip for you to help wade through the … Continue reading Twitter Lists: Curating Your Experience
You or your department, club, team, or other group might already be using Twitter. Here is a small tip for you to help wade through the … Continue reading Twitter Lists: Curating Your Experience
Presenting a visual way to organize web information is something Pinterest does beautifully. Pinterest successfully made this type of information organization mainstream by appealing to people in a way … Continue reading Pinterest as an ITS Tool
Figuratively, that is. I’d have to spend some more time learning why things literally stick to offer you a proper answer. From a young age, learning has been a passion of mine. As it turns out, there are several reasons for that, and Swarthmore’s Ann Renninger and Diane Anderson have devoted quite a bit of time to researching and publishing why we learn better when we’re actively engaged in what we’re learning. Think about something you love doing. I’ll bet you could tell me a lot about it. In fact, I’ll bet you could still tell me a lot … Continue reading Why Things Stick
Here’s something you might not have known: For the past 3+ years we’ve been tweeting out little ways to make your digital life easier, especially focusing on often-used software tools here at Swarthmore. You don’t need to be a Twitter user to see these, either — you can read them right on our ITS front page or on our @SwarthmoreITS Twitter page. On Tuesdays at noon (Eastern) we usually tweet out tips (some recent ones include a cybersecurity phishing quiz and a browser-checking tool to keep your browser(s) and plugins up-to-date easily. On Wednesdays at noon (Eastern) we usually tweet … Continue reading Little Ways to Make Things Easier