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Zotero, Now with Cloud

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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I was a huge fan of Zotero even when it was a local-only extension.1 Now that it will sync across computers and allow online access to your library (with the 1.5 beta), it’s definitely at the top of my list of research tools. The blog post announcing this update is here. For anyone wondering, I think [...]

Of Lovecraft and Bibliographies

Saturday, April 12, 2008

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Setup: Part One One of the requirements for my Masters in English1 was the standard scholarly research course. The major assignment of the course was to create a bibliography on a subject or author and then compose a bibliographic essay from the findings. I chose to research H. P. Lovecraft because I’d been interested [...]

Zotero + IA

Monday, December 24, 2007

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If you haven’t already heard, some exciting news (and two clarifications) from Dan Cohen: I’m pleased to announce a major alliance between the Zotero project at the Center for History and New Media and the Internet Archive. The Zotero-IA alliance will create a “Zotero Commons” into which scholarly materials can be added simply via the Zotero client. Cohen’s [...]

Researching the Bunny Man

Monday, August 13, 2007

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My girlfriend and I were a little restless yesterday, so we took a drive out to a local “urban legend” hot spot: Bunny Man Bridge. The legends that collect around this site vary widely, attributing the origin to an escaped convict, a murderous teen, or perhaps just a local nut-job upset about trespassers. [It's the [...]

Research 2.0 Presentation Notes

Friday, March 2, 2007

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I’ll be delivering a presentation at the NVWP Language & Learning Conference about using emerging online technologies to facilitate research. I’ve constructed a page on my wikispace to help with the presentation/discussion. I proposed and prepared this presentation somewhat selfishly: I wanted to learn more about the current state of online research … and what [...]

Helping Students Cheat

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

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I’ve been thinking lately about the difference between teaching knowledge and teaching skills. As the internet changes how we find and use knowledge, it becomes increasingly clear that what we should be teaching are the skills: research, critical analysis, writing, reading a variety of texts, speaking and presenting, etc. When I hear teachers bemoan the [...]