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  • Frugality in Practice: Using the Public Library

    I’ve never really made New Year’s resolutions, but one thing my wife and I have decided to do this year is really tackle our debt and increase our retirement contributions.  It’ll be a tough year (or several) for a gadget junkie like me, but I’m committed (and now also in public!).  I’ve been following a…

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  • New Pew Report: Information Searches That Solve Problems

    The folks at the Pew Internet and American Life project have just released a new report entitled Information Searches That Solve Problems.  The focus of the survey was how Americans address common problems that might be linked to government. The problems covered in the survey: 1) dealing with a serious illness or health concern; 2)…

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  • CFP: 6th Annual Illinois Online Conference (IOC) for Teaching & Learning

    The 6th Annual Illinois Online Conference (IOC) for Teaching & Learning will be held February 13-15, 2008. Once again, LearningTimes is proud to produce this unique event, which features dozens of presentations by and for K-20 professionals. Keynote Sessions this year span both 3-D virtual *and* physical learning spaces. Julian Lombardi of Duke University will…

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  • Librarian Chick Free eBooks Wiki

    Stacy Reed of Librarian Chick has a pretty nice list of free e- and audio book sites on her wiki, which is dedicated to free online resources for educators – lots of other good stuff here too. Technorati Tags: ebooks, wikis

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  • Random Tuesday Tech Tip #4 – Google Reader Keyboard Shortcuts

    I’ve been using Google Reader for quite some time now – really like it.  I used to use a desktop aggregator because it was a lot more flexible and customizable, but being tied to a single machine eventually did that one it for me.  I’ve found Google Reader to be very reliable, and it gets…

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