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Excuse me, Prof. – Can I Twitter that?

I take notes, share those notes, and build a community with my peers – just by using twitter -it’s really quite simple.

This is how I feel about Twitter in the classroom.  But the 9/18/08 article over at Techdirt, and the comments in particular, paints some different hues (see: “Should you live blog/twitter a [...]

On the Learning/Information Commons

I’ve become fascinated with the idea and implementation of the Commons in academic libraries of late. It’s very much part of what I call The Hyperlinked Library. These past few months, I’ve wrote about the commons at ALA TechSource blog. Please take a look if you are interested.

The Space Had to Say WOW: Indiana [...]

Twitter in the Classroom

Twitter breaks down barriers in the Classroom:

As an experiment, Parry made Twitter a class assignment and got his students to engage in microblogging as homework. He observed how Twitter became the link that connected conversations inside and out of class. “Because the students had the shared classroom experience, when something came up outside of class that [...]

CeLIBration at Georgia Tech

Brian Mathews writes:

 

Just to be clear, this isn’t an instructional session, it’s a celebration. It’s a “welcome to Georgia Tech” event. It’s a chance for students to have fun in the library and to meet their fellow dorm mates and peers. It shows that we don’t have to be so serious all the [...]

McMaster Macs Coming Soon!

http://ulatmac.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/apple-computers-coming-soon/

This September, McMaster Libraries will be introducing Apple computers in the public areas in both Thode and Mills Libraries. Come September, you’ll find a sea of brand new machines, including iMacs, Mac Pros and Apple laptops.

Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with the Apple operating system. All of these stations will be dual [...]

Amazon Confirms Student Kindle

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/23/amazon-confirms-student-version-of-kindle/

Amazon confirmed our speculation that they are planning to target colleges and universities with a new version of the Kindle, reports the Seattle PI. Textbooks are a $5.5 billion annual market, and most publishers now offer electronic versions of their textbooks. McGraw-Hill Education, for example, publishes 95% of their books electronically as well as in print. But there [...]

Google Docs Community

http://www.youtube.com/GoogleDocsCommunity

Check out the Google Docs Community at YouTube for videos submitted by folks using the apps in their classrooms and libraries. Watch for Allen County Public Library’s Melissa in her Library Genius shirt.

CeLIBration Time Again at Georgia Tech

Brian Mathews writes:

Yes, it is CeLIBration time again. Our annual welcome event for freshmen the Saturday before the Fall semester starts. Past CeLIBrations

I have to be honest– I wasn’t really feeling it this year. Don’t get be wrong, we’ve had some great events over the years, but with the wedding and book deadline in [...]

Freedom to Install

Kyle, a TTW contributor, blogs at The Corkboard:

As I gear up to do the annual fall round of computer imaging/updates to all the public terminals it gives me time to reflect on MPOW’s approach to academic computing: if they need it, get it for ‘em.

Our library has full control over our default setup [...]

How Can Libraries Use the Cloud?

 

I’ve been using Apple’s .mac service for years, since 2001 as a matter of fact. The recent upgrade from .Mac to MobileMe has garnered a lot of press for the problems, breakdowns and failures of the service meant to “push” data to my iPhone, my Macs and to the service itself, described as [...]