collaboration
Dangerous literature for Library staff
Having read various blog postings, including one by Martin Weller about “Everything is Miscellaneous: The power of the new digital disorder” (EiM for short), I asked for a copy for my birthday. I am currently 1/2 way through it and think that it is set to become a classic, a must read for anyone [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Reading, Writing and Arithmetic on the Web or the Wii
I’ve just had a quick go on a few games on the Arcademic Skill Builders site, having read a blog posting by the Shifted Librarian “The Three Wii R’s“. Arcademic Skill Builders are providing free educational ‘arcade’ games for (younger) children that can be accessed over the web, or using a Wii browser and ‘mote. There are single-player and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )More on Journal Articles: Ratings and Comments
This post is further to my earlier post on Journal articles: ratings and comments (7th November, 2007).
Yesterday I attended the JIBS workshop: “Is Library 2.0 a trivial pursuit”. The presentations were all excellent. They included one by Dave Pattern, Library Systems Manager at the University of Huddersfield: “Making the catalogue a good place to be: [...]
Google for Universities
Google is providing universities with “Google Apps for Education” - gmail, google calendars and google document sharing/collaboration tools. Trinity College Dublin appears to be the first UK University to sign up. An advantage to students (and staff!) is that they can still have access to their email account when they leave. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6741797.stm
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