The ProfHacker Week in Review

This week, the president of one of the local sports leagues wrote all the coaches to say, basically, that there was no more room in the schedule for makeup games. If anything’s rained out the rest of the way, we’ll just have to live with it, given how little flexibility exists at the end of the season next month. Somehow, this reminded me of my classes this semester: One of the advantages of having a fixed endpoint is that sometimes you have to give things up. Not everything can be re-scheduled--and not everything necessarily needs to. As long as the overall integrity of the season course is maintained, it’s ok to let some plans go.

We certainly hope you found something interesting and/or useful among this week’s posts, which included:

• George said, “Farewell, Flip. Hello, Kodak!”
• I showed “How I Trick Myself into Clearing Grading Backlogs.”
• In the newest installment of From the Archives, Natalie offered strategies for “Getting Through the End of Term.”
• I noticed that “Color-Coding [Has Come] to Google Calendar.”
• Brian reviewed “Taking Notes with the Moleskine App.”
• Natalie revealed “Why Your Brain Wants Cake.”
• Guest Katy Meyers revealed how she’s been “Using Twitter and QR Codes at Conferences.”
• Heather showed how to “Get the Windows 7 Snap Feature on Your Windows XP or Vista Machine.”
• Amy looked into “Finding Sources with The Full Wiki.”
• Nels introduces us to “The Notebook.”
• Billie reviewed “CityPockets (The Virtual Coupon Wallet).”
• George showed “How Thumbs Can Facilitate Discussion in the Classroom.”
• Cory reported that Microsoft Brings Voice Search and More to the iPad.”
• In the standing posts: George hosted a genuinely Open Thread Wednesday, while I wound things down with “Weekend Reading: Whiplash Edition.”

Have a great week out there!

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