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Great apps for 2012: Mac This will be a 3-part series celebrating some of my favorite apps in 2012: Mac apps, Mac & iOS crossover apps and iOS apps. These are apps that I use regularly. Not all of them are new, and it’s not even close to a comprehensive list; just a few I thought worth mentioning. Great Mac apps for 2012 Sublime Text 2 Sublime has become my editor of choice. Curio 8 This year’s update to Curio was pretty amazing. Simplify Simplify is my favorite music controller. Clarify If you write documentation for screen-based procedures, Clarify is an amazing tool for quickly gathering screenshots, adding instructions and outputting PDF, HTML or even blog-based instructions. Bartender By far one of my favorite utilities of the year. PopClip PopClip brings iOS style selection popups to the Mac. Trickster Trickster offers a menu bar popup that shows you your most recent files and gives you easy access to them. FoldingText FoldingText is the “sequel” to TaskPaper. Shush Tree Slicy LiveReload Purple TotalFinder Up next

July 2005 My talk with Tim Siftar (librarian at Drexel's Hagerty Library) last week got me thinking that I missed the target a bit with my blog assignment for my CHEM 242 Organic Chemistry class. I wanted to make sure that they used "credible" references so I asked them to use CiteULike, which strongly encourages them to use journal references by having specific fields to fill in like Journal Name, Year, Volume, Page, Authors, etc. Certainly there is a tremendous improvement in the references used by students over the last term. This is a step in the right direction. In chemistry, that means that every statement expressed as a fact has a reference. With these criteria, I think that (if done with care) blog posts of scientific research are potentially easier to authenticate than a paper in a printed journal because every statement can be supported by a hyperlink that can be immediately verified. I am not saying that peer review is of no value.

Julien Mauve - Lonely Window Lonely Window2013 Digital interfaces have totally changed how we perceive and interact with the outside world. It’s taught us new ways to communicate without physically seeing or speaking to one another. Les interfaces numériques ont bouleversé notre perception et notre rapport au monde.

50 Must-Read Up and Coming Blogs by Teachers | Teaching Tips Whether you’re new to the teaching field yourself or a seasoned veteran, you can find inspiration, advice and shared experiences by reading the blogs of other teachers. Both established bloggers and those new to the game like the bloggers listed here can offer some interesting and sometimes entertaining reading material for anyone involved in the education field. Check these new bloggers out the next time you’re looking for something educational to read. General These blogs cover a wide range of subjects from current events to ideas for lessons and instruction. Subject Specific Secondary school teachers and others who are focused on one subject can find some interesting reading related to their work in these blogs. International If you are teaching abroad, or have ever dreamed of doing it, these blogs can give you some fun and informative reading material. Technology Top-notch teachers from some of the best online colleges can help you stay cutting edge in the classroom. Tips and Tools

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