Category Archives: Information Literacy
An exercise in evaluating web page bias
The screenshot below was taken from this article about Floyd Landis on 5/20/10. In the article, Landis admits to illegal use of steroids and blood doping, after denying it for the past 4 years. In the article, Landis also states … Continue reading
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YouTube and Fox News for an evaluation exercise
I’ve been doing an evaluation exercise with many of my English 151 classes for the last couple of years. It works pretty well, and I’ve had several instructors request that I repeat it again for their future classes. Many of … Continue reading
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The importance of visual literacy
Over the past couple of months I have received numerous calls about the Biz Wiki. The callers, emailers, and IMers all have something in common: they all own a business or work at a business whose name or contact information … Continue reading
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Games, Research, and Hidden Evidence
This week I had the pleasure of finishing Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow on my PSP. I’ve had the game about a month, and with off-and-on play times, I was able to finish it relatively quickly. It generally takes me forever … Continue reading
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On video games and libraries
I’ve been working a lot lately about how to incorporate some to the concepts of video games into new and existing library services and resources. I’ve written before about how games make you learn by doing, and I’ve pointed to … Continue reading
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