Business Week has put together a very nice slideshow of the history of video game consoles. Each picture has a small description about the console. It is definitely a step back in time.
Wired Second Life travel guide
Wired has compiled a travel guide to Second Life. The guide tells you "where to go and what to do."
Scientists say that games are good
The Federation of American Scientists have published a report on educational games. The report finds that: Many video games require players to master skills in demand by today’s employers. There are several attributes of games that would be useful for application in learning. There are differences between games for education and games for entertainment. A... Continue Reading →
Slides for my NELINET talk
Thanks again to NELINET for inviting my to Boston to speak. The conference was great, and I really enjoyed listening to the speakers and talking with quite a few New England librarians. There are some really cool things going on in libraries in New England, and I'm sure this conference gave folks many ideas to... Continue Reading →
NELINET IT Conference 2006–Speaking the Language of the Millennials
Speaking the Language of the Millennials Elisabeth E. Tully, Michael Blake, and Sara Ciaburri Phillips Academy Oliver Wendell Holmes Library and independent high school Hear to talk about their kids Millennials born after 1981 Who are these kids? Digital Natives--Mark Prensky Like to receive information fast like graphics before text prefer random (hypertext) access function... Continue Reading →
NELINET IT Conference 2006–Sharing Knowledge, Creating Community
Sharing Knowledge, Creating Community Karen Mellor Rhode Island Department of Adminstration Sharing Knowledge, Creating Community The environment works at the Rhode Island state library agency adminsters grands, coordinat multi-type network, provides support and consultation, continuing ed 12 librarians with various expertise needed a content management system Answer was a blog Define purpose (content, audience)... Continue Reading →
NELINET IT Conference 2006–Blog that Bibliography
Blog that Bibliography Gary S. Atwood Babson Library Springfield College private, coed college 210 faculty 5000 students 20% of students enrolled in Health, PE, Recreaton (HPER) This presentation about HPER Librarian http://www.babsonlibrary.org/hper/ Research by Topic guides Gary says his research guides had their limitations --no mechanism to highlight new sites -site management is time... Continue Reading →
NELINET IT Conference 2006–Keynote
I'm in Waltham, Mass. at Bentley College for the NELINET IT Conference today. I'll be giving a talk about blogs and wikis this afternoon. What follows are notes on the conference. Keynote Ben Vershbow From Institute of the Future of the Book The Networked Book www.futureofthebook.org http://www.futureofthebook.org/ Cross between an academic research group and an... Continue Reading →
Share and ShareAlike
My parents and teachers taught me a lot of things, and probably the most important thing is to share with others. I suppose that's what I love most about my job, as libraries are all about sharing and providing access to information. I've been accepted as a presenter for the 5 Weeks to a Social... Continue Reading →