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Digital Campus


2008
10.31

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A biweekly discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums.

Episode 33 – Classroom Action Settlement

The big news this week was the announcement that a settlement had been reached between Google and authors and publishers over Google’s controversial Book Search program, which has scanned over seven million volumes, including many books that are still copyrighted. The Digital Campus team takes a first pass at the agreement and tries to understand how it might affect higher ed. Other news from a busy week include the release of the first phone based on Google’s Android operating system, and Microsoft’s conversion to “cloud” computing. Picks for this podcast include a new report on teenagers and videogames, a new version of Linux for the masses, and a program to help you focus on the Mac.

Links mentioned on the podcast:
Google Book Search Settlement Agreement
Open Library
Ubuntu
Think for the Mac
Android
Microsoft Azure
Pew report on teens and videogames

Running time: 49:29
Download the . mp3

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Which of your Twitter Friends Know Each Other?


2008
10.30

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Use TweetWheel to find out which of your Twitter friends know each other. Enter your Twitter username and a wheel of your users will appear. Hover on a user to see how many friends they have in common and click on their name to view their Twitter profile.

Curious?  Try looking at Leo LaPorte’s circle of friends.  Hint: it’s bigger than mine.

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Notes from Thursday@3 Blogging Class about Files


2008
10.23

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Cleaning Up Word Files

  • The character codes used in your word documents are not necessarily the same as those used on the web. If you want to use the contents of a word document use the Paste from Word button rather than cutting and pasting directly

Kitchen Sink Toolbar

  • To the left of the Flash icon (white circle with the letter “F” on it) in the post toolbar is a button that looks like paint sample cards (similar to the type you would get from a hardware store) turned sideways.  This button is called “the kitchen sink”
  • When you hover over the “kitchen sink button” you will see the message “Open Kitchen Sink.” Click the button until you see a second row on your formatting toolbar.
  • Click the button of a clipboard with a Word icon superimposed on it (from the second row).  It is called the “Paste from Word” button.  Click the “Paste from Word” button to paste your content in from your Word document.
  • This method should clean up any gobbly gook or weird formatting you may have.

Uploading Office Documents, Images, Audio Files

  • 10mb storage space

Linking to Shared Media Websites

If you want to Embed the Image

  • select html tab
  • type <img src=”paste your image link here” alt=”image description here”>
  • What it looks like after you do this

Ghastly Beast Drawings

If you want to Embed Audio or Video Files (link to an mp3, mov, Google, YouTube”)

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/TPAO-lZ4_hU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

  • MP3’s (streamed audio files from the web – The College of Charleston’s Language Resource Center is using stream.cofc.edu to host course audio files for enrolled students.

Listen to Introduction to Con Fantasia

Download Title NerdTV MP3 Podcast

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GREEN WEEK: Fall 2008!


2008
10.20

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The Alliance for Planet Earth Proudly Presents: GREEN WEEK: Fall 2008!

  • What: A week of action for the students of College of Charleston to speak out against environmental injustice!!
  • Where: From George Street to Pamplico, SC!
  • When: October 20-25th, 2008

Schedule of Events:

  • Monday, October 20th: Come join the Alliance for Planet Earth out on Cougar Mall from 10am-2pm to talk about and take action on various issues in the community.
  • Tuesday, October 21st: We’ll be out at Cougar Mall again raising awareness! Send a friend for some friends, fun, and action! Busy with class all day? You can still come on down to Ed Center 116 at 7pm for a screening ofthe documentary “Trashed” followed by discussion on waste in the lowcountry.
  • Wednesday, October 22nd: We’ll be out on Cougar Mall one last day. Now is your chance to petition, call, and make your voice heard!
  • Thursday, October 23rd: Come join the Alliance for Planet Earth, Coastal Conservation League, and over 200 other students from across the state to attend a press conference and DHEC hearing for the proposed coal plant on the Pee Dee River in Pamplico (transportation will be provided). Meet behind the library at 3:30pm, will return by 10pm.
  • Friday, October 24th: BioTour will make their way to the College of Charleston, set up at George Street from 10am-3pm. Come by and get a tour of their bus and see what else you can do to stop climate change! 2pm: World renowned scientist Dr. James Hansen will be at a press conference on the Cistern. Hear your fellow students speak out on climate change and how Dr. Hansen suggest we make our voices heard! (Rain location: Physician’s Auditorium)
  • Saturday, October 25th: Join the Alliance for Planet Earth at Dash for Trash (put on by the CHEC Center) at Liberty Square 8:30am and then head out to the Habitat for Humanity Green Build (put on by the Coastal Conservation League-transportation provided) from 1-4pm.

LET’S JOIN TO MAKE CHANGES TODAY TO BENEFIT TOMORROW!

If you have any questions or want to help you can contact us at: allianceforplanetearth@gmail.com or call Alessandra Castillo at (860)985-0330

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CFD Grant Deadline Approaching


2008
10.20

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Don’t forget about CFD grants deadline at the end of this month. No applications can be accepted after that date.

For full information about the grants, deadline, acceptable/unacceptable projects examples, and the grant cover sheet, please see one of these two sources:

http://blogs.cofc.edu/cfd (click the tab marked CFD grants)

http://www.cofc.edu/~cfd (click on grants)

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The Next Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Deadline is Friday, Nov. 7th


2008
10.20

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If you are working with promising undergraduate students and need funding for projects or travel, the next URCA deadline is Friday, Nov. 7th. Applications for AYRA, RPG, and MAYS grants will be accepted on the 7th. For details about the various grants, application guidelines, application forms, and even sample successful grants, please see our website: www.cofc.edu/ur. The next deadline is January 23rd, 2009.

Also, please note that NOW is the time to plan your SURF grant for next summer. Applications are due Feb 6, 2009, so it is already time to begin the process. The awards are likely to be highly competitive this year, as the total number of awards will decrease slightly, and the amount of the award has increased this year (to $6500, with $3500 allocated for student salary, $2000 allocated for faculty stipend, and up to $1000 for project costs). See our website for SURF guidelines, or feel free to email me if you have questions.

Regards,

Cindi May
Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

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The African American Studies Program invites you to a public lecture by Joan Morgan on Hip Hop and Feminism


2008
10.17

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October 23, 2008 | McKinley Auditorium, Avery research Center | 7:00pm

Joan Morgan is an award-winning journalist and author and a provocative cultural critic. A self-confessed hip-hop junkie, she began her professional writing career freelancing for The Village Voice before having her work published by Vibe, Madison, Interview, MS, More, Spin, and numerous others. Formerly the executive editor of Essence, she is the author of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost, a fresh, witty, and irreverent collection that marks the literary debut of one of the most original, perceptive, and engaging young social commentators in America today. Her work appears in numerous college texts, as well as books on feminism, music, and African-American culture. The campus bookstore has copies of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost available, and a book signing will following the talk.

For more information on this and other AAST events, please visit our website: http://www.cofc.edu/~aast.

Conseula Francis, PhD Associate Professor Director, The African American Studies Program Coordinator, Graduate Concentration in African American Literature Department of English College of Charleston

843-953-7738
francisc@cofc.edu
http://www.cofc.edu/~francisc

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International Accent Marks and Diacriticals


2008
10.09

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Theory, Charts,& Tips

There are a variety of methods. The International English Keyboard is preferred by those who know the qwerty keyboard, while the specific language keyboards are useful to those who are familiar with them.

Word 2007 has excellent features which one can reach by choosing the Insert Tab and then going to the symbols section of the “ribbon”.

In Word 2003, many non-English characters, as well as icons for food, holidays, activities, signs, math, and much more, are found in the Insert menu, then select Symbol. Within this Symbol Window, the font Lucida Sans Unicode provides many accented and other characters for numerous languages.

Platforms, software applications, operating systems, versions, and user preferences influence how one works with accent and other marks.

The ALT key codes or the Character Map can save the day when nothing else works.

For More information and printable charts visit http://www.starr.net/is/type/kbh.html

Reference for EVERY Character Key on a Mac

Ever wanted to type the copyright icon, or do an accent over an A without having to resort to some character palette?

Liquidicity has put together a series of help sheets that reference all of the characters that aren’t listed on your keyboard, along with their shortcut keys to make your life easier.

For more information visit http://www.gosquared.com/liquidicity/archives/172


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Thurs@3: Blogs and Blogging


2008
10.02

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All Faculty and Staff are invited to the next Thurs@3@Addlestone session.  We’ve enjoyed your presence at our first sessions, and would love to see more of you there at these twice-monthly sessions.

From collaborators Jared Seay, Jerry Spiller, The Center for Faculty Development and Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem comes this description of our next informational session on blogs and blogging:

A blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent “post” (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom.

(from What is a blog? )

Since this definition tells you absolutely nothing useful about blogs, you should register for the next Addlestone Thursday @3 session and find out the answers to these tantalizing questions:

  • What is a blog? (this very page is one)
  • How can I get one?
  • How can I make one (with the new CofC blog thing)?
  • Why would I want to?
  • How can it help me teach, learn and communicate?
  • How come everybody at the College has a blog (on the CofC blog thing) except me?

Register by sending an email to thurs3@gmail.com.  Don’t forget to register, especially for this one – so we can request that the webmaster have your blog account ready beforehand!)

Information about the Addlestone Thursday @ 3 sessions including resources, sites, and a calendar can be found at: http://library.cofc.edu/thurs3/

Addlestone Thursday @ 3 Session: Blog, blog, blog, blog!
Thursday, October 9 at 3pm – 4:30pm
Addlestone 120

We’d love to see you there!

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