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  • September Meeting
    Posted August 24, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Interested in sharing photos online? Ever wonder what flickr and other photo-sharing tools have to offer to libraries?
    Come learn about flickr, Google’s Picasa, Facebook, and Photobucket.
    If you want, try opening an account and uploading some photos before Friday or just bring a jumpdrive with some you would like to upload.
    Join us this Friday, September 4th at [...]

  • July Meeting Canceled Join us in Aug.
    Posted June 29, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Due to holiday’s, travel, and other wonderful summertime fun we will be canceling the Technology Learning Community for July. Join us on August 7th for a discussion on Flicker and then again in September for a special presentation by a new presenter Cory Nimer.

  • May Meeting
    Posted April 30, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Please join us for the Technology Learning Community, tomorrow, Friday May 1 at 10:00 am in room 2234

    We will be discussing web search tools. Here is some more information –

    Is Google your search engine of choice? It is for most of us, but there are other great search tools out there that can help [...]

  • April Meeting
    Posted April 2, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Join us tomorrow, Friday April 3rd for the Technology Learning Community at 10:00 am room 2234. We will be discussing Mashups. Here is a definition:

    A mashup is a Web application that combines data from one or more sources into a single integrated tool. The term Mashup implies easy, fast integration, frequently done by access to [...]

  • The March Meeting and Beyond
    Posted March 3, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Please join us for the Technology Learning Community This Friday March 6th at 10:00 am in room 2234. We will have a presentation by Gerrit van Dyk:

    It can be exhausting managing multiple social networks! Come to the Technology Learning Community to learn a few of tools to help you engage multiple communities simultaneously. We [...]

  • January 2009 Meeting
    Posted January 7, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Join us for the first Technology Learning Community of the New Year this Friday Jan 9th at 10:00 am in room 2234.

    Ryan Combs will be demonstrating Google SketchUp, which is a free 3D modeling software.  This software has broad application, in fact Ryan has used this software to help visualize how the library might  able [...]

  • December Meeting
    Posted December 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    Join us for the Technology Learning Community Friday Dec. 5th at 10:00 am in room 2234.

    For the scholarly among us we will be discussing gaming literacy and how gaming culture meets the needs of adolescents and adults to help them employ information and to express ideas in a compelling way.

    For those who want something less [...]

  • November Meeting Links
    Posted November 7, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    Many Thanks to Tom DeForest for his presentation on Web 3.0 or the Semantic Web at our meeting.
    Lots to think about.  Here are some links to some of the items he discussed.
    Microformats.org
    Firefox Operator
    Search Monkey
    Post a commnet to let us know of other tools or ideas you may have.

  • Upcomming TLC Meetings
    Posted November 4, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    Our meetings for the next few months are as follows:
    Friday, November 7th at 1:00 pm in room 2233, presentation by Tom Deforest on Web 3.0
    Friday, December 5th at 10:00 am in room 2234, discussion of online gaming
    Friday, January 9th at 10:00 am in room 2234, presentaiton by Ryan Combs on Google SketchUp, which is a [...]

  • September Meeting Links
    Posted September 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    Links for information covered in the September Meeting on text/sms messaging.
    Online Referece Wikki Link
    http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Software_We_Like_for_Other_Types_of_Online_Reference
     
    SMS Library Technology Guide
    http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=11902
    E-mail address for carriers:
    http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/939/sms_email_cingular_nextel_sprint_tmobile_verizon_virgin
    Text Message Goole:
    Text message your search query to 466453 (’GOOGLE’ on most devices) and they will text message back results.
    Peekamo (Free worldwide SMS messaging)
    http://peekamo.com/
    Paid company for text messaging:  Upside Wireless
    http://www.upsidewireless.com/