Category Archives: Technology

I’m just finishing up hosting the THATCamp LAC conference and I’ve had some issues with different skill levels in the participants. Specifically, we are dealing with both a wide number of participants who are very new to the field and … Continue reading →

Like many of you, I’ve got a love-hate relationship with annotated bibliographies. Love the way that it gets students to really read the source and think about what it says. They just won’t do that if their first exposure to a … Continue reading →

Another random coding post I may have a fairly unique situation, but if not, here’s my problem & solution. I run several class blogs as subdomains on ryanhoover.net (2325.ryanhoover.net, 13o2.ryanhoover.net, etc.). Before this solution, I’ve been installing each class blog … Continue reading →

This idea has been accepted for publication by a yet-to-be-announced journal, but I thought I’d post it here as well. Question for the day: What makes up the rhetorical agency of a posthuman author? Background definitions Rhetorical agency: The ability … Continue reading →

I love backchannel conversations. Those tweeted conversations that take place during a conference presentation or a significant speech. They’re a fantastic way to engage with others while the topic is still fresh. And I’ve heard rumors of more and more … Continue reading →

This past week I attended my first THATCamp, one specifically for liberal arts colleges (LAC) and put on by the good people at St. Norbert College in DePere, WI. And though I showed up with a few reservations about attending … Continue reading →

Not long ago I posted some instructions on how to automatically backup all of your Google Docs files to your hard drive. That was motivated by my realizing just how much of my life was in gDocs – that is, … Continue reading →

Edit Apr 30, 2012 Google has since launched Google Drive. Google Drive will automatically back up all of your gDocs to your computer for you. Hence, there’s no need to manually set up a system like this. Like many of … Continue reading →

This is in reaction to Quinn Warnick’s outstanding CCCC presentation. Quinn presented a view of online ethos at the site metafilter. The most compelling element of his talk for me was the ways in which online participants build their online … Continue reading →