From The Impact of Being a Gaming Parent at 2old2play: Now that you’ve read my tale of our gaming experience you may ask, “What is the impact of being a gaming parent?†Look closely at the text that I’ve bolded. You notice words like closeness, joy, share, talk, love and many more. These experiences are... Continue Reading →
Friday afternoon fun
This is all kinds of wrong, but a hoot nonetheless. Dress up Barack Dress up Hillary You can even share your outfit code with others. Have fun.
Rules for Making a Good Impression
Business week offers several suggestions for making a good first impression: Rule #1: Respond within 24 Hours Rule #2: Greet People with Enthusiasm Rule #3: Make Eye Contact Rule #4: Leave Smart Voice Messages Rule #5: Respect Contacts Rule #6: Mind Your E-Mail Rule #7: Remember Small Touches
CIL 2007: Learning Objects and Gaming
Learning Objects Shiu Liu Colorado State University A learning object is an online tool that includes a learning objective, a learning process, and assessment of learning, providing an interactive experience, to help learners digest as specifice piece of knowledge, or master how to complete a specific task. Learning objects are Digital Individual INteractive Reusable Learning... Continue Reading →
CIL 2007: Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries
Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for LibrariesMegan FoxSimmmons CollegeSize of mobile market75 % of all US adults have cell phones90% of college students have them95% of US mobile phoes support text messaging62 % of subscribers use text messaging regularlytext messaging increased 95% over last yearSamsung B47 supports picture in picture. Screen rotates to support... Continue Reading →
Computers in Libraries presentation slides
I'd like to give a hearty thanks to the Computers in Libraries conference organizers for giving me the opportunity to speak again this year. I had a blast talking, and I really enjoyed the hallway conversations that I had with many in attendance. My slides for my presentations are posted below. Should you have any... Continue Reading →
CIL2007: Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries
Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for LibrariesMegan FoxSimmmons CollegeSize of mobile market75 % of all US adults have cell phones90% of college students have them95% of US mobile phoes support text messaging62 % of subscribers use text messaging regularlytext messaging increased 95% over last yearSamsung B47 supports picture in picture. Screen rotates to support... Continue Reading →
CIL 2007: Millennials & the Library
Marshal BreedingCharacteristics Multi-taskinglike to collaborateInnate ability for TechnologyNew librarians are a part of the millennial generationShaping collections for millennial userscontent needs to be digital/immediatediscovery---more like the webaccess---anytime, anywhereMarshal says that satisfying the needs of millennials does not conflict with the needs of users from previous generations. ***However, from our standpoint, facilities renovations that cater to... Continue Reading →
CIL 2007: Mobile Search
Transcoders such as Squeezit, can transcode a page into a optimized version for a mobile device.Application versus BrowserYahoo One Search used to be an app only, that was downloaded to a handheldNow Yahoo Search is a browser Gary Price is showing some searches on his Treo.He's using PDA Reach from June Fabric to show whatever... Continue Reading →