on break

technology180 will take a break for the rest of December and will return on Monday, January 5, 2009.

google trends

Take a gander at Google’s top searches for 2008, or any previous year. The top two are no big surprise … but what’s nasza klasa ? Yes – keep in mind this is a global list. You can also take a look at categories of searches. Enjoy your weekend!

art installation on SL

Be sure to visit University of KY Island in Second Life this month to see the newest by environmental artist AM Radio. Click on a red door in the UK Art Department’s SL Gallery to visit “The Refuge and the Expansion.” Read more about it on the UK Island SL blog.  (If you have not used Second Life before, you [...]

get connected on UK campus

UK IT has made Office Communicator (OCS) available on UK’s campus – to all faculty, staff and students. Among other things, having OCS means connecting two or more people in real time through text, audio and/or video (or any combination). Send quick messages back and forth (whether you use a Mac or a PC) for immediate [...]

talking head

Check out this recording of live 3D videoconferencing. Scroll down on that page for materials and images. And here’s a related article from the Chronicle’s Wired Campus. Read and geek out!

soldier stories

As reported last week in the Chronicle, a new video project is under way at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. The oral history project will feature first-person narratives to document military and wartime experiences. Preview the site at USMA/West Point’s Center for Oral History. This is a great idea. Currently numerous libraries [...]

new marketing options

A writer hears about his options in the world of Web 2.0 (see below). Enjoy your Fluff – and stay warm this weekend! By the way, if you like this you might enjoy this website: Dennis Cass Wants You to Be More Awesome, dedicated to “the unbranded, the undifferentiated, and the unaffiliated.”
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fb and students

One of my Facebook friends posted this presentation about the potential for using fb in the classroom: “Drive Belonging and Engagement in the Classroom Using Facebook.”
The presentation is geared to high school, but there are interesting ideas here for higher ed faculty and instructors who are interested in using fb as an engagement tool. There [...]

jing

Jing is a great little tool that will capture images and record video on your desktop. And it’s free. Created by TechSmith (the Camtasia people), Jing is easy to use and available for both PC and Mac. The Jing FAQ covers questions about this quick-capture-and-share tool. The results are very clear and easy to manipulate. [...]

premiere – Digital Renaissance: Imaging the Iliad

Be one of the first to see the newest from UK’s Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments (VIS Center), in association with The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University: Digital Renaissance: Imaging the Iliad. The film will premiere at 3pm on Dec. 9 in the WT Young Library Auditorium. (Actually, at 3pm they’ll serve [...]