Getting ready to go to participate in a panel discussion at the CCA conference in Wilmington, NC. entitled “What the Tech?” about using blogs in teaching communication. I have collected resources for the talk including some really great articles on ways to use blogs in classes including some good grading ideas. Check out my Diigo site at http://www.diigo.com/list/benignim/caa
We had to make a minor upgrade to the blog server this weekend. All looks good to me so far but if you have any problems with your blog please email the webmasters (webmaster@cofc.edu) and let them know. Hope everyone had a great weekend.
I have no idea how long some of these things have been in Google Docs but I just discovered them today so I thought I’d pass them on to you. There has actually be a bunch of features added but these are the things I think may be of the most use (at least to me 
Seth Anderson just turned me on to this great link from Penn State. This page gives you all the formulas you would need to make a great and effective gradebook using Excel. Some of the examples it covers are:
