Posts from ‘May, 2008’

Last week Nancy Pearl was in town for the 50th anniversary of the Southern Adirondack Library System and gave a delightful talk at their annual dinner. She also presented several other programs, including a session on readers advisory for children & teens. And even though I’ve never done any real RA work, the librarians I [...]

Food for Thought is an innovative one day learning program for campus staff at RIT:
A full day of learning sessions on a variety of topics that range from application-specific workshops,
to explorations of technology trends, to how-to instruction,
as well as some uniquely fun diversions are being planned.
Participants can pick from 24 workshops [...]

This is terrific - an online learning opportunity for library customers modeled after Helene Blowers’ Learning 2.0 projects. A Baker’s Dozen – 13 Web 2.0 Technologies from Arlington Heights (IL) Memorial Library
You may have seen the phrase “social networking,” along with mention of sites such [...]

Wish I’d noticed this earlier today (Wednesday) but there’s still time to get this screencasting software for free through Giveaway of the Day.
Wondershare DemoCreator is a screen recording software package similar to Wink. I haven’t tested it out thoroughly, but after a brief test I can say I’m impressed. Glad to have a chance to [...]

The new Vado pocket video camera from Creative Labs looks like a rival to the popular Flip video cam. Slightly lighter and thinner than the Flip, it also has a slightly larger LCD. The Vado has 2GB of memory, the same as the Flip Video Ultra, but at a list price of $99 [...]

Making quizzes just keeps getting easier and more fun. studiyo has a great interface that lets you create multiple choice quizzes and easily embed them in your blog or other web page. Quizzes can include images, video, and text. Other options include: choice of layout, addition of your own logo, feedback from users, [...]