Monthly Archives: May 2007

Planning my LING 404 Syllabus

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

I’m teaching again, and so I’m in the midst of the first chore – planning the syllabus. I’m sure every instructor at Penn States goes through some version of the process I describe below, but it’s worth noting how much… More On: Planning my LING 404 Syllabus

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Adding a Frame to all Images Within CSS

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

I write a lot of documentation with screen captures, but many times the images have white backgrounds and don’t like without a border. You can add borders in Photoshop, but if you have access to the CSS, it may be… More On: Adding a Frame to all Images Within CSS

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Strange Reality in Second Life

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

Sometimes you find the oddest examples of real life detail in your Second Life fantasy. One is the black & white avatar self portrait found in an high-end jewelry store. The other is the semi-ubiquitous soda machine found at both… More On: Strange Reality in Second Life

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“The Season of Cheating”

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

Our senior director John Harwood pointed out that three top schools have had to expel multiple students for cheating on their final exams. He called this spring “the season of cheating”. The scandals at the Duke University Fuqua School of… More On: “The Season of Cheating”

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Can there be Accesibility 2.0?

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

We all have our favorite Web 2.0 apps (even cynical old me), but it cannot be denied that any new Internet technology must inevitably be followed by accessibility issues. That’s just part of the new Internet cycle. Fortunately, this is… More On: Can there be Accesibility 2.0?

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Monitoring Faculty Listservs

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

As an instructional designer, I find it’s a good idea to figure out what “civilian” faculty are thinking (the ones who haven’t heard of “learning objective congruence” yet). One of my favorites is to monitor various discipline specific Listservs for… More On: Monitoring Faculty Listservs

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Second Life – On Mars

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

If you visit the Spaceport Alpha (International Spaceflight Museum island and take the rocket to space, you can take a walking tour of the solar system. Here I am on Mars. I assume that the developers used NASA photos to… More On: Second Life – On Mars

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Second Life Saturn V

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

My latest “hobby” has been to visit different parts of Second Life and take pictures. In this one I went to the space museum at the Spaceport Bravo island and flew to the top of the Saturn V rocket platform… More On: Second Life Saturn V

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