May 29 2008
eLearning Blog
While this blog has some vendor specific information, much of it could apply generically to other eLearning tools as well. And, it’s well written: The Rapid eLearning Blog from Articulate.
May 19 2008
Cool New Tool: Sketchcast
This is a fun new tool for bloggers. Use it to capture voice and doodles (a la a white board presentation, say) and then embed the result in a blog. Free registration and you can start SketchCasting!
May 14 2008
Using YouTube in the Democratic Process
The president and vice president of College Democrats of America are superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention. They decided that they wanted to truly represent their constituents and that they would use YouTube to reach out to students and solicit their opinions.
Check out their initial video - requesting feedback - and their latest video posted today - with an endorsement for Senator Obama.
May 06 2008
International Education
The NAFSA Association of International Educators issued a Policy Brief “Next President Should Make International Education Policy Central to Meeting National Needs” which was sent along with a letter and other supporting materials to the 2008 presidential candidates. An excerpt I find applicable to many situations:
Let me be clear - all that I’ve described does not result from anyone doing anything intentionally wrong, but rather from people acting in the sincere belief that they are serving the national interest. Such incidents always happen in a policy vacuum, where there is no clear, authoritative articulation at the highest levels of where the national interest lies.
People on the ground, in almost any situation, need clear directives from their leaders in order to be effective.
Apr 30 2008
Academic Blogging & Fair Use
The Chronicle of Higher Education today features an article in their The Wired Campus section about the academic use of a blog by professor and his students at Case Western Reserve University School of Law: A Class Blog Studies Fair Use.
“Of all the things I’ve tried, the blog has been the most successful in promoting discussion,” Mr. Friedman told the Chronicle. “It’s certainly especially suited to fair-use discussions, since we can post videos.”
The blog — What is Fair Use? — was used to supplement the “Legal Writing & Analysis” classes taught by Peter B. Friedman.
Apr 25 2008
The Compressions of Time and Space
I came across an article today—it was the image that caught my attention—on the University World News (”The global window on higher education”) website about a fresco discovered in 1977 in Vergina (north-east Greece) by Manolis Andronikos. Professor Andronikos dated the fresco, which decorated the façade of Philip II’s grave, to 336 BC when the Macedonian king Philip II was 46 years old and his eldest son, Alexander, was 20 years old.
The article, “Macedonian king’s conquests depicted in fresco,” dated April 20, 2008, is currently news as a presentation was recently made at an archaeological conference about this fresco which depicts a hunting expedition. Findings now identify the subjects as Philip II, Alexander, and other courtiers; the setting as the site of an ancient sun observatory in Thrace; and the subject matter as symbolic of a victorious Scythian expedition in 342 BC as well as representative of other matters of importance to Macedonia in general and Philip’s conquests in particular.
Taking all of this on faith, there are several observations about this item which fascinate me:
- Six years elapsed between the Scythian expedition and the commissioning/creation/completion of the fresco. In today’s world the press, paparazzi, and citizen journalist bloggers can share news, images, and videos in an instant.
- Alexander would have been approximately 14 years old as depicted—riding horseback, buck naked, doing battle. As the mother of four sons aged 8 to 23 years old—including a 20 year old awaiting imminent deployment to Iraq—I have an immediate emotional response to an image created about an event that happened over 2,000 years ago.
- John Saridakis—a professor of astronomy—and Despina Ignatiadou—a doctor of astrology—made the identification. This did not happen three decades ago when the fresco was first discovered by an archaeologist.
- This article was published by Makki Marseilles in Greece. I read it while sitting here in Boston, Massachusetts.
Apr 24 2008
A Green Campus
The Suffolk Journal, one of Suffolk University’s student papers, has some nice coverage of Suffolk’s Earth Day Extravaganza.
Apr 18 2008
Suffolk Madrid Campus Student Bloggers
Suffolk University has campuses in Dakar, Senegal and in Madrid, Spain as well as in Boston, Massachusetts. Undergraduate students - including first-year students and non-Suffolk students - can take advantage of a variety of Study Abroad options offered by Suffolk University on these overseas campuses as well as through partnerships and agreements with dozens of other institutions of higher learning all over the world.
There are many benefits in experiencing education abroad. Here are two blogs written by students studying abroad at the Suffolk Madrid Campus:
Apr 09 2008
Suffolk University: Blue + Yellow = Green
The City of Boston selected Suffolk University as a recipient of the Mayor Thomas M. Menino Second Annual Green Business Award. See http://www.suffolk.edu/28116.html.
To view examples of Suffolk’s sustainability efforts, see http://www.suffolk.edu/images/content/
Sustainability_Initiatives_-_Suffolk_U.pdf
And, for a video on bicycling produced by Suffolk students, see http://bostonbiker.org/2008/04/07/suffolk-enters-the-bike-scene/
Apr 02 2008
Suffolk Graduate Student Blogs
The Graduate Admission Office at Suffolk University sponsors an office blog as well as several blogs by graduate students in the Sawyer Business School and in the College of Arts and Sciences. All of these blogs are featured on the Graduate Admission Office & Student Blogs webpage or you can visit them using the links below.
Sawyer Business School Student Blogs
- Advid Enthusiast - MBA student: started Summer 2007
- RunGirl - MBA student: started Fall 2007
- BlondieC - MBA Online student: started Spring 2008
- PiscesGrl - MPA student: started Fall 2007
College of Arts and Sciences Student Blogs
