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Meet the CMLE coaches….23 Mobile Things!

Jonathan Carlson
Jonathan Carlson

Meet our coaches…..as many of you know, our CMLE staff is small, and sometimes the needs are big! Jonathan and John are willing and excited to help me read and comment on the blogs of participants in the 23 Mobile Things program. Be nice please, they are total volunteers!  Here are a few fun facts about these guys….

 

Jonathan Carlson is the Science Librarian at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University.  He received his MALIS from UW-Madison and MS in Forest Ecology and Management from Michigan Tech, although he is a Gustie at heart.  He enjoyed volunteering, having participated in Lutheran Volunteer Corps in Minneapolis and Peace Corps in Tanzania, and most recently has served as staff person on an Alternative Spring Break trip working with Habitat for Humanity in Oklahoma.  You’ll often find him reading a good book, cleaning his aquariums, or enjoying the outdoors.

 

John Meyerhofer
John Meyerhofer

John Meyerhofer was a math major at St. John’s University (MN) and is currently in the  MLIS program at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He grew up in Zumbrota MN, is the proud father of two boys,  and is a stay at home dad. John is an avid reader; his favorite book is Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. He has lots of  other hobbies, many indicate he is an active guy! He has hiked to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park in Utah this past summer. He likes to downhill ski – skied Big Sky MT last winter – once skied in Austrian Alps! Last but not least, it appears John is a music junkie. According to John, ” I love all kinds of music from classical to contemporary, Bach to the Beatles, Chopin to Coldplay, Wagner to Wilco.” You can find John on Twitter at @JRMeyerhofer

As you blog your way through the 23 Mobile Things Program, watch for comments on your blog posts.

If you too would like to be a volunteer CMLE coach (cheerleader), send email to cmle@stcloudstate.edu and let me know.

Let the fun and learning begin!

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Register Now for 23 Mobile Things

icon_23_100px1Profiles of 23 Mobile Things Participants

The Daredevil: Are you the daring sort that never reads the directions?  And, if so, do you feel ready to dive right into the 23 Mobile Things program? If so, go to http://tinyurl.com/llmktn4 to get started. You can create a whole new blog, or, you can use an existing blog as long as we can tell when you are blogging about your progress in the program! Note: If you really get derailed, we may have trouble helping you out of the ditch, but daredevils often don’t ask for help anyway, right?

The Rules Person: Do you just feel much better if you read all of the instructions first? No shame in that, and it is possible you may not end up “in the ditch” along the way. Go to the Welcome page at http://23mobilethingsmn.org/. While you are there, click on the Frequently Asked Questions  too, just for good measure!

The In-Betweener: And then we have the group that starts to read the FAQ’s, gets distracted by  a link, and they are off! That is ok too, just be sure to bookmark the site so you can easily find your way back to the general program information when you need it!

We will send out blog posts during the program to keep everyone on track! Thanks in advance for participating….am hoping to see good participation in Central Minnesota. No pressure, but yes, there is a wee bit of competition across multitype regions, so make me look good!  🙂

The 23 Mobile Things Program is sponsored by the  Minnesota Multitype Library Systems

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23 Mobile Things Preview Notes

23MobileThings_Banner_Green23 Mobile Things is a new program that allows library personnel to learn about apps and to stay up to-date with the latest devices.  Content will be arranged under 23 basic categories including; Thing 5: Note Taking, Thing 7; Content Saving and Sharing, Thing 11: Library Reference and much more. Each of these categories will be comprised of a list of apps for program participants to select from.

On December 5th, Minitex hosted a webinar by LeAnn Suchy from Metronet; the Twin Cities multitype library system. If you missed the 23 Mobile Things Program Preview, you can still obtain the information. Click on the link to listen to the recorded session and access the program PowerPoint =>http://tinyurl.com/mwtnugs.

Registration for this event will open on January 15th. Check back to our site for additional updates next month.

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23 Mobile Things Preview Webinar

23 Mobile Things Logo
23 Mobile Things Logo

Recently, we announced that CMLE, as the Central Minnesota component of  the statewide multitype library systems, will begin  the 23 Mobile Things program in mid-January. Start shining  up your mobile devices for a fun, online, self-paced program that is sprinkled with incentives, discoveries, and prizes too! Can we break our record of 300 CMLE participants from the 23 Things on a Stick program from five years ago? 

News Flash! Metronet is the Twin Cities multitype, and LeAnn Suchy will be offering a free  Apps in a Flash: 23 Mobile Things Preview  webinar on December 5th, as part of the Minitex Outreach & Instruction Guest Webinar Series. Tune in to learn about apps for photos, videos, notetaking, presentations, education and more!

Register now for the webinar! Peek into the future of the 23 Mobile Things Program!

Didn’t see our earlier post about the 23 Mobile Things Program?