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….with thanks to a tweet from Michael Stephens @mstephens7
I’m sure there’s a bigger list somewhere ~ but it’s handy to have this Scrib document from James Greenwood. Perhaps you have another source to share?
The only way my husbands cranky old PC can even work, and look slick enough for him is with Chrome. Plus it has all these other cool features. Worth a try!
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A key feature of our library is its integration of 70s retro design – within a very modern 21st century look. I WILL post up a whole set of images and story of our renovation – when it’s done.
“What?”, you say. “It’s still not fininshed?”.
When you restrict work to holiday periods for a major overhaul – it’s gotta be a long-haul renovation. But we’re nearly there. Here’s what it looks like at the moment…creating a new office, and new AV department! Phew!
Meanwhile, I’m thinking about how to add an interesting graphic element to the space behind the front desk (currently hidden behind those boards/shovel)
It’s a large area – smooth lime green cupboards, that hide filing drawers, slide-out storage baskets, books storage etc, and two whole purpose-designed laptop storage cupboards for laptops for loan. (Designed these ourselves!!) Each drawer has a ventilated base, a swing arm that delivers power and data within the drawer to fixed points – easy to connect laptops quickly.
Pictures later!
What I want to do with the smooth green doors is have different vinyl lettering/images that can transform the interface.
So I was having fun looking at these 40+ Vintage Posters to inspire my developing design ideas.
Next – we need Dean Groom to come on over and get cracking with more ideas.
Thanks to Sheila Webber for providing a constant flow of information related to libraries. Her Information Literacy Weblog provides real up-to-date gems year after year – she saves me time I must say!
I have also always enjoyed Sheila’s photography that provides a nice contrast to the steady information flow.
Two recent posts to worth picking up on:
The Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) launched two new guidance toolkits at the annual SLIC Further Education Conference, on 3 December. One of them was A Guide to Using Web 2.0 in Libraries. Add this to your report collection/bibliography!
Event in the virtual world, Second Life.
When: Monday 14 December 2009, 8am-9am SL time (for
times elsewhere see http://tinyurl.com/yff6e96 ) (oops, I’m not likely to make a 3am meetup!)
Where: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/127/244/21/
You need a SL avatar and the SL browser to participate
Kim Zwiers (Kim Holmberg in RL) “Researcher, lecturer, entrepreneur” from Abo Akademi, Finland will give a presentation (in voice) and lead a discussion (in text chat).
See http://kimholmberg.fi/tag/library-2-0/
http://www.slideshare.net/kholmber/presentations
Time to vote in the 2009 Edublog Awards for your favourite bloggers, tweeple and online colleagues.
Congratulations to all those who were nominated. Now it’s your turn to read through the lists, maybe fine new resources and people to follow, and last but not least – cast your vote and make it count!
Thanks to Edublogs for making it fun and making it happen!
I’m very lucky and honoured to have three successful nominations again this year:
Best librarian / library blog
for this blog Heyjude: Learning in an Online World
Best educational use of a social networking service
for our collaborative space at Second Classroom (Dean and Judy)
Lifetime achievement
This is a major surprise – and while it’s an honour, there are way too many people deserving people in the queue before me 🙂
Best of luck everyone!
Thanks to Daniel Pink for the heads-up on Apple Insider’s demo of the soon-to-be-launched digital edition Sports Illustrated. Time Inc, the largest magazine publisher in the US, has been plagued by declining subscription revenue and layoffs according to Tech.Blorge, so it’s taking a new tact with its magazine content by testing this tablet-friendly version of Sports Illustrated.
Apparently Wired and others are also working on their own digital editions.
I know for sure that the boys at school will LOVE this!
Comes the end of the academic school year for us in Australia – and it’s the perfect time for us to have a celebration – the Edublog Awards!!
I love that educators – on the ground – are ready to share resources and knowledge with me via the intrawebs and the metaverse. Doesn’t matter which way I look at it, blogging, collaboration spaces, 3D worlds, and more are transforming my professional learning.
Each day I have the chance to laugh a little, muse a little, cogitate some more, and look for opportunities to help someone, somewhere, sometime in learning, teaching, and information services.
So without further ado – My nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards are:
Best Individual Blog : John Connell – The Blog ::: Still my all-time favourite for covering innovation and emerging technologies blended with a global perspective on culture, society and the politics of change.
Best Individual Tweeter: Elaine Talbert::: @etalbert for her wonderful finds and 2.0 slideshare alerts.
Best Group Blog: Pandia Search Engine News ::: If you are serious about knowing what is going on in the online world of search (and you should be!) then the work of Per and Susanne Koch and team, from their base in Norway, makes essential reading. Check out their fabulous Pandia Search Central too!.
Best New Blog (to me): Kelli’s Blog ::: Kelli strikes a cord with me, an English teacher of excellence who shares on her blog. Wish I could teach English with your inspiration!
Best Resource Sharing Blog: Design 4 Learning ::: Expect the unexpected from here to the metaverse from my friend and co-author Dean Groom. Dean will never let you get into a rut!
Most Influential Blog Post: An Operating System for the Mind ::: Stephen Downes so eloquently explained that an education based strictly and solely in facts is insufficient, and drives home what 21st century learning is really about.
Best Teacher Blog: Darcy Moore’s Blog ::: He’s a genuine leader among the all-to -few school executives who really ‘gets it’!
Best Librarian/Library Blog: Tame the Web::: Michael Stephens has been telling it as it should be for libraries for more years than I care to count! Dean and I are proud that Michael wrote the Forward to our upcoming publication (ACER Pubications promises 2010 now!).
Best Educational Tech Support Blog : New Technology for Teachers::: With the information here, you’ve got a ready-made source of tools and ideas for your learning and teaching adventure!
Best E-Learning/ Corporate Education Blog ::: Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day, from Jane Hart at the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies, is an essential in your RSS reads.
Best Educational Wiki: Educational Origami ::: Andrew Churches not only shares resources, but dreams up new approaches, frameworks, models and more which we just have to adopt!
Best Educational Use of a Virtual World: – Angela A Thomas ::: Ange continues to demonstrate the outstanding possibilities that virtual worlds can provide us. If you want to know more, check out the Virtual Macbeth video and the Virtual Macbeth Wiki.
Lifetime Achievement: Karl Fish, The Fischbowl ::: Karl generously shares best practices and creates conversations that are inspiring, compelling, and influential. I have been honoured to participate online in some of his class projects at Arapahoe High School and have been inspired by the impact he is having right there in the classroom and in the kids minds.
There are many more fabulous folks that I could nominate! Luckily between us all we seem to bag the best!
The best part of the Edublog awards are discovering new things and sharing them with each other. Here are my nominations from 2008. A few people are still on the top of my nominations list 🙂
P.S. For all those (crazy?) kind folk who took the time to nominate Heyjude. What can I say – WOW! Now I wish I’d found the time to do more for you!
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