Friday, August 1, 2008
Thing 18: YouTube!
Oh how I love youtube! I started exploring a year or two ago. When one of my student workers brought in his ukulele, I asked him if he could play "Tiptoe through the Tulips" for me. He said, "Why?" I, of course said, "Well, you, Tiny Tim." Being a literatured college student he said, "You mean from Dickens?" And I said, no, you young puppy, here, let me show you this youtube video of what I mean.
I tortured my husband with William Shatner at a 70 star trek convention, powder blue tux and all "singing" Rocket Man with himself and a cigarette.
What a great resource for both home and libraries. Our library uses it for several purposes. You can post training procedures, emergency procedure, etc.
I tortured my husband with William Shatner at a 70 star trek convention, powder blue tux and all "singing" Rocket Man with himself and a cigarette.
What a great resource for both home and libraries. Our library uses it for several purposes. You can post training procedures, emergency procedure, etc.
Thing 17: EBSCO things
I created a search alert for my latest music research, the Bakersfield Sound. It was really great - I set up a web page which included a cool picture of Buck Owens, and articles about him and the sound. I have never used these tools personally, I'm too old and/or wasn't working in the right kind of librarianship that needed them. But I really like them. How handy that would be when writing a paper - all your citations, notes, photos in one place.
I decided to continue the search in Proquest, very easy to do, and also a great way to gather a lot of research information in a short time. Again, I wished I'd had this when I was in school.
NetLibrary, also terrific. I really liked this assignment, but I like to research things. Never liked writing the papers, but my research was extensive.
Like the student 2.0 tools, these tools are obviously geared more towards students. I will use them again, and show my kids how to use them as they have school projects.
I decided to continue the search in Proquest, very easy to do, and also a great way to gather a lot of research information in a short time. Again, I wished I'd had this when I was in school.
NetLibrary, also terrific. I really liked this assignment, but I like to research things. Never liked writing the papers, but my research was extensive.
Like the student 2.0 tools, these tools are obviously geared more towards students. I will use them again, and show my kids how to use them as they have school projects.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thing 16: Student 2.0 Tools
For a procrastinator by nature, I think these tools would have been helpful for me in college.
The U of M Assignment Calculator would be great for students there, it has many helpful links and I like how it is well connected to resources on campus, and even to professors.
The Research Project Calculator seemed easy to use, I liked the additional materials and teacher helps. It would be great for secondary and post secondary students working on projects.
I think a college library would make the most use of these tools. Our public library patrons would not make much use of the tools. I can see using them as a librarian on occasion if I had a big project, or had to keep myself on task for something with an upcoming due date.
The U of M Assignment Calculator would be great for students there, it has many helpful links and I like how it is well connected to resources on campus, and even to professors.
The Research Project Calculator seemed easy to use, I liked the additional materials and teacher helps. It would be great for secondary and post secondary students working on projects.
I think a college library would make the most use of these tools. Our public library patrons would not make much use of the tools. I can see using them as a librarian on occasion if I had a big project, or had to keep myself on task for something with an upcoming due date.
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