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Posts from ‘November, 2007’

Giving thanks

Thanksgiving is almost over here in the US. Like many others, I ate way too much food today and have tons of leftovers. And like many other librarians who have already blogged their thanks, I too have much to be thankful for.
My local newspaper (yes, the paper kind that gets dropped [...]

Clean your laptop this weekend

Got a dirty screen? Files that need to be eradicated? Fingerprints on the case? Viruses? Use the sanitize cycle and kill all those nasty bugs. Don’t forget the rinse to give it all a nice sparkle.
I’m not the only one making good use of my dishwasher over the holiday:

jblyberg
scampion
itsjustkate
and so it grows…

Happy Thanksgiving to [...]

Linda’s Animoto video of Tech Camps

Hey tech campers! Linda did a terrific video with photos from all the tech camp sessions. She used Animoto to create it.
Give it a whirl with your own photos. This would be a fun way for students to create short videos of their art work, a portfolio of projects, videos of events. A good visual [...]

“It’s ok to be beta.” - Joyce Valenza workshop

“It’s ok to be beta. You’re not going to be perfect out of the box. Try it anyway.” Wise and encouraging words from a presentation this morning by Joyce Valenza.
Joyce was in Saratoga Springs, NY to present two workshops sponsored by our four regional BOCES school library systems. 75 attended on Friday and 25 on [...]

Class: Taste of 2.0: Meeting Community Needs

Today’s class was an intro to 2.0 topics. We talked a lot about web 2.0 and library 2.0. And then dove into trying out some 2.0 tools and considering how they can be used in libraries. ONe thing I try to weave into all the topics is how interconnected they all are and how we [...]

library 2.0 class

We’re blogging from flickr in class.