Typepad instead of PowerPoint

Melanie McBride, a webwriter and teacher, has decided that she prefers Typepad instead of PowerPoint as a presentation tool in classroom lectures. Well, who wouldn't?

Meanwhile, I'm setting up new course blogs for the semester that starts next week. While they are more of a service to the student than a benefit to the teacher, and they don't generate much online discussion, my students tell me they like them.