It's hard to imagine a more stodgy, traditional profession than academia. Tweed jackets with patches on the sleeves. Yet, our job has changed radically in the past five years due to technology.
Ten ways that technology has changed my job:
1) Job blogs and job wikis.
2) Laptops in the classroom
3) Powerpoint (more here)
4) Conference wikis
5) Rate My Professor
6) Journal blogs
7) Textbook blogs
8) Class websites
9) Academic blogging
10) Online classes
Here's a few more:
11) Endnote and .pdf files. Wahoo! No more file cabinets.
12) Google Scholar