Well, the keynote was pretty great. We immediately ran into snags accessing wifi and THEN, to my horror, I discovered that the room for Internet@Schools West has NO internet access. As Carolyn says in her blog, I felt like I was missing a limb. So far, I was glad to hear that schools have boughtContinue reading “Conference Notes So Far”
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Practical Mashups
Robert Lackie and Robert Terrio presenting :University folks: Presentation online at http://tinyurl.com/2w2j2g robertlackie.pbwiki.com; infomaniac Article in last Internet at Schools mag, references and other stuff full text via database About 30 people in room, no wifi, squeaky mikes Useful collab tools used by new folks being mashers Tumblr examples: musiclibrarian.tumblr.com Non-editorial style, more faceted. WhatContinue reading “Practical Mashups”
IL2007 picks
I’m finishing up my preliminary schedule for IL. There are too many good sessions I want in on!!! Monday: AM: Keynote: 2.0 and the Internet World. Will outline typologies of internet users, future forecasting, and user types in the library environment. Then, Practical Mashups. Practical mashups for educational environments. Now I need to pick fromContinue reading “IL2007 picks”
Killing Creativity?
(link courtesy of Albert Ip from Random Walk in Learning)(want more inspiration? Try the TED website.) Pay particular attention to the spot about 3/4 of the way through where Sir Ken starts talking about epiphany. This is what I obsess about every day at work (and in the shower, on my drive in, etc). IContinue reading “Killing Creativity?”
The Five Laws of Digital Education
I’m working on an article and a presentation based around web tools for classrooms… (Adapted from Ranganathan‘s 5 Laws of Library Science) The web is for use. Let your students make use of the incredible educational world that is out there! Don’t allow fear to eliminate the possibilities for digital learning. Every learner deserves access.Continue reading “The Five Laws of Digital Education”
Why a new blog?
I’ve been blogging about education sporadically on my personal blog – one I share with friends, where I post randomly about my life and funny stuff and most often of all, LOLcats. This blog is an attempt to separate thoughts and notes about learning from all the rest of that. Since I’m headed off toContinue reading “Why a new blog?”