As I watch the news about Virginia Tech tonight, I can’t help but think of a memorial I read about Kurt Vonnegut in the New York Times. “To Mr. Vonnegut, the only possible redemption for the madness and apparent meaninglessness of existence was human kindness. The title character in his 1965 novel, “God Bless You, [...]
Entries from April 16, 2007
New tool for pbwiki
April 15, 2007 · No Comments · Web 2.0
Pbwiki has a handy new tool –a voice-chat box you can install within a wiki. Anne Davis explains that Yackpack and Pbwiki have combined forces to create this handy tool. Several classes here have used pbwiki–for a government project, for a Vietnam wall project, and for creative writing, and we’ve used them for several committee projects as well. [...]
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Books that changed your life
April 15, 2007 · 3 Comments · libraries, Whole New Mind
This week is National Library Week and to celebrate, we’ve invited all staff on our campus to pose for a photo with their favorite book, which we’re displaying in the library. And as our “library 2.0″ feature, we’re setting up an empty table for students and asking them to “create” a display by placing their favorite book on the table [...]
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Success vs. value?
April 14, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve been “tagged!” If you aren’t familiar with this, it’s a blog game where a theme or question circulates, and people tag other people to respond to the theme or question. Scott Schwister of Higher Edison tagged me(which I have to say made me feel really honored because I think he’s a very interesting writer). Now I’m supposed [...]
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Ipods in the classroom
April 13, 2007 · No Comments · iPods, Tools
We’ve requested six iPods from our PTO for use in the classroom, for checking out audiobooks to students, and for podcasting use, and they’re arriving next week. Want some ideas how to use them in the classroom? Check out this incredible presentation by Gloria Woods from the Bolles School at NECC last summer and at FETC for a [...]
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Want to be on a magazine cover?
April 13, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Want to be a celebrity? Put yourself on the cover of Wired magazine!
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“Did you notice that the world has shifted?”
April 12, 2007 · No Comments · libraries, TLA, Web 2.0
Michael Stephens woke up a session at the Texas Library Association in San Antonio this morning with that question. I’m just back from the conference and mulling over a Library 2.0 presentation by Stephens and Jenny Levine (the Shifted librarian herself). If we approach everything about the library with a ”user centered” approach(Casey), from how the library is set up, to how our web [...]
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Networking online
April 10, 2007 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0
As I mentioned a few days ago, I’ve been participating recently in a social networking site–Ning.com. It’s like Facebook or Myspace, but has several education groups going, like Classroom 2.0, Teacher 2.0, and Library 2.0. You can also set up your own “Ning” groups. I’m still finding my way around but if you are interested [...]
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365 days?
April 9, 2007 · 2 Comments · libraries, Web 2.0
Libraryman has begun an interesting project on the Flickr photo-sharing site called 365 days. He invites librarians to post 365 photographs to Flickr of their libraries in action during the next year. I’m actually thinking this would be a great project for a school as well. What a great way to show what goes on [...]
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7 best careers?
April 7, 2007 · No Comments · libraries
Anyone want to take a guess what Kiplinger.com thinks are the seven best careers for 2007? Jenny Levine of the Shifted Librarian points out that one of the careers selected is librarian! Levine shares Kiplinger’s catchy job summary– “Librarian. Forget about the image of librarian as mousy bookworm. Today’s librarian is a high-tech information sleuth, a master [...]
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