Gaming Handouts and Information
December 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham
December Meeting
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 complex for your post-holiday enjoyment we are going to PLAY!
Join us for lots of fun (and some great information and ideas to!)
November Meeting Links
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.
Post a commnet to let us know of other tools or ideas you may have.
Upcomming TLC Meetings
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 free 3D modeling software
More Conversation
September 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham
I wondered for those who wished to explore setting up a text messaging service if we would want to work together considering a system to use and verbiage for signs. I called and talked with Roger Layton about posting signs instructing students how to send text messages for our science reference desks. Of course, we can post on table tops, perhaps along shelves, but permanent signage requires approval and apparently is somewhat difficult. Anyway, he felt it would be great to add these instructions to the new directional maps they are creating and of course, if we all used the same system, it would be consistent and allow us to help each other. This is for SMS – phone texting – and is not part of (but perhaps could be used along with) libraryh3lp, or Plugoo or Meebo.
For example, I created an AIM account for science reference text messaging called leescience. So, if we all decided to use AIM for our SMS, we could then post messages within the library, in the Daily Universe, etc., telling students to:
For library help, send a text message to 265010
And enter the following text
(Standard Text Messaging rates apply)
Science and Maps
leescience:your question
General Reference
leegeneralref:your question
Fine Arts and Communications
leearts:your question
etc
For example:
leescience:what are yr hours?
It would be nice if there were some consistency with AIM names. I tried sciref, science, with no luck (they were taken). Putting lee in front seemed to do the trick. So, what do you think? What suggestions, issues, etc.? Please forward this to anyone you think would be interested.
Peter Zuber
Engineering Librarian
2321 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84602
Some interesting uses of text/sms messaging
September 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham
Thanks to Elizabeth Smart for these intersting tidbits on creative uses for text/sms messaging.
Mobile phone becomes train ticket: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4348849.stm
Prague public transport ticket paid by SMS: http://www.czech-transport.com/index.php?id=337
And on a more creative use:
SMS opens doors to toilets in some rest areas along Highway 1 in Western Finland:
September Meeting Links
September 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham
Links for information covered in the September Meeting on text/sms messaging.
Online Referece Wikki Link
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)
Paid company for text messaging: Upside Wireless
Facebook Goes Back to School
August 25, 2008 by Rachel Wadham
Facebook Goes Back to ‘Schools’
A long, long time ago–about two years–students filled Facebook and found and “friended” others who were taking the same courses. They shared information and tips. Then in 2006 Facebook was opened up to nonstudents, and class interests got crowded out. A new Facebook program aims to bring it back, allowing members to view their courses and chat with classmates and friends that have opted in to the program. The new wrinkle: the program is going to run through the universities, with information fed into Facebook by the registrar’s office once students give permission. PC World reports that students who join the program, called Schools, can view their course calendar, and if they add or drop a course, changes will be reflected in Facebook as soon as the registrar’s office reports them. Schools also includes communication tools for student groups such as teams and residence halls. Each organization, class, and friend has a page within Schools where students can interact with people. The program comes from a small company called Inigral, which already has a student-controlled course calendar on Facebook called, predictably, Courses. But Schools aims to be more of a social network within the Facebook social network, and the company is now testing it at Abilene Christian University in Texas. –Josh Fischman
Librarian Networking Site Gets New Abilities
August 15, 2008 by Rachel Wadham
WebJunction, an online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched new social and learning applications for the site. The site, first started with money and backing from the Online Computer Library Center and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, had 30,000 individual members even before the revamp. There are three new items of note:
- A “friending” utility allowing librarians to connect with friends, peers, and colleagues from across the library community. There are also public profiles, the ability to tag useful bits of information, and recommendations.
- Librarians can now create their own content with tools provided by the site.
- There are more flexible online courses covering business, technical, and library skills.
A report on Blogjunction, the site’s blog, says that since the new tools launched last week, the library site had had 15,000 unique visitors, a pace that, if it keeps up, will give them more traffic than in any other month of their 5-year existence. –Josh Fischman
Tips for Social Networking
August 6, 2008 by Rachel Wadham
10 social networking tips for libraries
Sarah Houghton-Jan writes: “Part of Library 2.0 is social software, and as more and more libraries put themselves out there on social networks it becomes increasingly important that we do so in a way that works well for ourselves and for our users. How can we best take advantage of these community-building tools? Check out this blog for 10 great tips.
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