Some recent reading. . .

I thought I would share a couple of articles with you all.  As I do, I should note that I use Instapaper for saving all the stuff that I don't have time to read. Once I read it, I forward the stuff I want to save to my Evernote account.  Like all my favorite tools, Instapaper is everywhere - I use the app in my browser to save articles, I can forward articles that I get via email, I can read the articles on my phone or iPad - it even syncs with my eInk Kindle. It's very cool.  I think I saw someone mention this in the Cool Tools post, so I know I'm not the only Instapaper fan here.


Anyway, on to the articles:

• You're breaking the law every day (and what you can do about it) - a good article on copyright from a consumer prospective (think - your students as they are working on assignments). This is from Lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com), probably my #1 favorite website.
• How to Scan Books for your Personal Library (and why you'd want to) from my favorite blog, the Chronicle of Higher Education's Profhacker, about using Goodreads for keeping track of all your books. This is a genius idea - I can't believe it never occurred to me.
• Web 2.0 at Your Own Pace - from Inside Higer Ed - looks at faculty using technology from the student perspective.
• Tool Roundoup: Productivity Helpers for the New Year - from Insde Higher Ed's GradHacker.  It recommends "iffit", a sort of automation tool, which is on my "try this" list for this year.