Monthly Archives: June 2011

Social Scholarship using Facebook

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

This morning I was reading the July 4 issue of the New Yorker and came across a brief article on Jeff Nunokawa, a writer and English professor at Princeton. The article describes how Nunokawa uses Facebook’s note feature to share … Continue reading →

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How to Reserve Equipment in 90 seconds or less

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Thanks to Jesse for this 90-second video walk-through of how to reserve the equipment we lend from here in the lab. You can make your reservation at http://checkout.sas.upenn.edu.

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The best Final Cut Pro X review so far!

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TBS/cvp/teamcoco_drupal_embed.swf?context=teamcoco_embed_offsite&videoId=13293

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Using Charts in Excel 2010

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Lynda.com has released a new course called Excel 2010: Charts in Depth, where instructor Dennis Taylor shows how to analyze and communicate data with charts in Excel. We get a lot of requests here in the WIC for training on … Continue reading →

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Final Cut Pro X

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Wow. I have never read such vile reviews of a product in my life. An awful lot of people seem to be singularly unhappy with Apple right now over the new release of Final Cut Pro, which became available as … Continue reading →

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WIC Online Tutorials Page Gets a New Look

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Go bey0nd the in-person workshop: there is more online at WIC’s newly updated Online Tutorials page – 62 tutorials now!  Use the live search box at top left to shrink your list. After much discussion and poring over old workshop … Continue reading →

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New iPads coming to WIC — Lots of them!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

WIC will be exploring iPad use for classroom projects. We are expecting 30 new iPads to arrive over the summer. We are planning out a class-based pilot program for fall – please get in touch with us if you would … Continue reading →

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Facebook Privacy. Yes, again.

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Lifehacker has created this nice guide on managing your privacy settings in Facebook. The best part is that they’ve promised to keep it up to date: http://lifehacker.com/5813990/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-managing-your-facebook-privacy

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Summer WICshops are in Full Swing

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

Join the crowds at summer WICshops!  WICshops for programs like Adobe Illustrator are in high demand this summer, like this June 15 session with 21 participants taught by Vitale Digital Media Lab consultant Jesse Turnbull. Check out other upcoming WICshops … Continue reading →

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Fitting the iPad into a Photography Work Flow

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Terry White had a good post recently on how to fit an iPad into a Photography workflow. Yes, there’s a certain aspect of the post that seems like a thinly veiled attempt to get you to purchase certain apps, but … Continue reading →

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