Presentation Notes from Friday, October 16, 2009
I presented using CoolIris and then uploaded to Slideshare. No audio this time. My colleague, Amanda Davis, led the Widgets presentation – I will post the link below as well. Look for “how-to’s” with widgets from Amanda soon!
Library 2.0
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Widgets http://prezi.com/ctt8owlrfx_f/
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I am always looking for different ways I can help students interact with the content on a web page.
What I am looking for…
*Available at home and school
*Online – not paper and pencil type thing
*Works with databases and free web
*Easy to use
*Easy to download (if you have to download) and use with a variety of browsers
From [...]
1. iGoogle: A great place for all my feeds. For students, they can easily customize the page for their needs AND place our widgets on the page.
2. Twitter: I receive so much information from Twitter. New ways to get information into the hands of students by posting on our website too. twitter/bvwlibrary twitter/beccamunson
3. Google Reader: [...]
I added a Twitter feed on the library web page. Why? Well, I was reading my blogline feeds today and saw a recent post from Hey Jude, a powerpoint from Nathan Wright and Hilary Brown discusses Library 2.0 . Although a lot of the information is directed to public libraries, the examples of how public [...]
Animoto is a great site for student projects. To me, it beats out all software – Photostory, Movie Maker, and even iMovie. Why?
1. Can be accessed from any computer with Internet access.
2. Although it won’t take video, it creatively displays photos, so you don’t even notice.
3. Only allows small amount of text per slide. (Typically, students [...]
This is a double-post from the JAG Stacks newsletter blog for teachers at staff at West.
With new 2.0 tools, there are new ways to visualize text that can possibly enhance understanding and engage students.
Tagcrowd and Wordle provide visual representations of words.
How can it be used? Go to SIRS Researcher, Election 2008, and copy-paste [...]
I was able to be a part of teaching our teachers how to use and incorporate 2.0 tools into their curriculum. Each participant began feeling overwhelmed, but as they were able to use the tools, you could see their excitement building each day. It was a fun experience. To see the blog and list of [...]
At the KLA conference last week, Don McMillan was our closing keynote speaker. He was funny and engaging as he discussed technology and libraries. However, during his presentation he describes what “not to-do” when using powerpoint. See the video below, Death by PowerPoint. Compare his funny version of what “not to-do” to the handout I use with students – powerpoint. [...]
With a 9th grade class, we started the semester adding library widget & gadgets to the iGoogle. I created several widgets/gadgets from widgetbox and then posted on our website. Students added several widgets to their iGoogle page. Then, they had to check the widget by the end of the week for their assignment.
Another way to [...]
I am constantly thinking of ways to engage students with our great resources. I think Joyce Valenza said at the AASL conference session (paraphrase) – “students go for information that is just ‘good enough’ not necessarily the best.” I believe that is why Wikipedia is such an attractive source – easy, seamless, and good enough [...]
