Wired Campus: Using Leisure Activities in Education Corrupts Learning Process, Paper�Argues - Chronicle.com

Wired Campus: Using Leisure Activities in Education Corrupts Learning Process, Paper�Argues - Chronicle.com

Wow. I'm never going to complain about my students' behavior again...

Google: PageRank for Product Image Search

This paper presented by Google scientists gives insight into the work they are doing to improving image searching.

p307-jingA.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Wired Campus: 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' Is Now Free to�Bloggers - Chronicle.com

Wired Campus: 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' Is Now Free to�Bloggers - Chronicle.com

Apparently Encyclopaedia Britannica is getting tired of everyone linking to Wikipedia articles. If you are a blogger, you can now get complimentary access to EB and an easy way to link to their articles instead.

Direct link: britannicanet.com

Tech Therapy - Episode 20: Professors and Technology: Helpless or Hopeless? - Chronicle.com

Tech Therapy - Episode 20: Professors and Technology: Helpless or Hopeless? - Chronicle.com

Interesting discussion by Scott Carlson and Warren Arbogast about "learned helplessness." Gist is that faculty avoid new technology because they've learned to expect painful experiences.

Wired Campus: Publisher Compares Wikipedia to Oxford English�Dictionary - Chronicle.com

Support for Wikipedia comes from an unusual corner:

Wired Campus: Publisher Compares Wikipedia to Oxford English�Dictionary - Chronicle.com