I have been listening to a lot of music in the last week, as a way of clearing my mind, and helping focus some ideas that are simmering below the surface. Here’s how music helped me think about a Library … Continue reading
You hardly go a single day without googling an idea, thought, interest, question? Right? Sure, you might use another search engine, but the fact that the word googling has entered the vernacular, and that we do all google is a … Continue reading
Perhaps one of the most challenging conversations to have in libraries and learning communities as we move towards 2013 is the arrival of RDA. Yes, here is a new acronym that needs to be embedded in our thinking. 2013 will … Continue reading
The 2011 K12 Edition of the NMC Horizon Report, a research effort led and published by the New Media Consortium, is finished and is available now at http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Horizon-Report-K12.pdf Three international organizations — the New Media Consortium, the Consortium for School … Continue reading
At my recent visit to NECC, accompanied by my participation in Remixing for Library 2.5 I mentioned a great interface being promoted here in Australia called LibX. Roy Tennant recently posted a list of library-related APIs that library developers may … Continue reading
Some recent online reads have prompted me to write about learning within our ‘shape-shifting’ technologically driven world. If you are new to blogs and online tools, let me tell you that there is a lot happening – but don’t let … Continue reading
Oh……I didn’t know there were so many! Next time you think you might like to use a wiki for some kind of collaboration online, you might want to check in at WikiMatrix first – an interesting wiki comparison tool. The … Continue reading
PART 1 Earlier in the year Part 1 of a two-part series of papers was published with the title Engaging the Google Generation through Web 2.0. This article was just a small effort on my part aimed at introducing teachers … Continue reading
How do you measure the personal value of such a succesful event as the Global Summit hosted by Education.au? As John Connell pointed out so well, we had the opportunity to meet such a good group of leaders as well … Continue reading
Thanks to Jan (awapuni) in my del.icio.us network for alerting me to this very useful Library 2.0 meme from bonariabiancu that presents another (better!) view of the ideas that I put into my Library 2.0 matrix in the last post. … Continue reading
