2008 April | .eduGuru

Website Grader: A Quick Site Audit Tool for Free

29. April 2008

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Website Grader is one of those excellent free resources that I run on sites about once a month. In it its own words:

Links of the Week April 25th, 2008

25. April 2008

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Either it’s been a really quiet week or I’ve been really busy. Nothing really special to report so onto the links.

Taking Soundslides to the Next Level, Videos!

24. April 2008

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Some months ago College Web Guy wrote a post about Soundslides. In the software’s own words, “Soundslides is a rapid production tool for still image and audio web presentations.” It isn’t kidding. This software is so easy to use, a caveman could use it!

Social Survey: Twitter for Higher Ed Marketing

20. April 2008

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So it’s been a while since I’ve posted something in the Social Survey series, but after seeing this video on ProBlogger, Why I Love Twitter, last week I knew that I was ready to tackle my toughest task yet. Finding a Higher Education use for Twitter.

Links of the Week April 18th, 2008

18. April 2008

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An .edu domain selling it’s soul to bloggers has stirred up a lot of conversation this week. The issue revolves around .edu domains having a certain trust, prestige and nobleness that is separate from the rest of the web. Because of a grandfather clause and some legal loopholes an ingenious marketer is attempting [...]

The Future is Here: Internet TV and Wireless Radio have Arrived

16. April 2008

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Online Video Don’t believe me that Internet TV has crossed the threshold to be a viable option? Check out this video that I put together showing the new MLB.TV Mosaic application.

Do You Join the Conversation or Stay at a Distance? Comments Welcome!

14. April 2008

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I’ve noticed over the months that there is a select group of people that seem to comment across the blogs in the Higher Education arena. I’m assuming that there are more individuals following the conversation as BlogHighEd is reporting over 250 RSS subscribers on their site and I’ve got slightly over 75 on a good [...]

Links of the Week April 11th, 2008

11. April 2008

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The big news of the week is Yahoo’s acquisition of IndexTools. I’m not saying this because of personal experience, but that appears to be the buzz from a lot of blogs that I follow. Unfortunately I must admit I’ve never used IndexTools so I’m at a loss here. Here are some links to what experts [...]