Educause recently published an article on alternative classroom designs in support of shifting away from lecture-based formats to a more collaborative learning model.
The full article is available in PDF outlining “7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Learning Spaces.”
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The American Library Association (ALA), Video Round Table’s Notable Videos for Adults Committee has compiled its 2013 list of Notable Videos for Adults. This is a list of fifteen outstanding programs released on video within the past two years and are deemed suitable for all libraries serving adults.
The purpose of this post is to call attention to recent video releases that make a significant contribution to the world of video. The nominees are…
Are you interested in sharing video tweets?
Here is a simple App you can use traveling anywhere with your phone!
Jenna Wortham writes: “Vine, a new video application for the iPhone introduced by Twitter on January 24, lets users create and share miniature videos that are six seconds long and set to loop automatically, similar to an animated GIF. The app is brilliantly simple: Users just aim their cameras at what they want to capture, tap the screen once to start filming, and tap it once more to stop. They can film a single shot for the maximum time allotted or quickly cut together a series of scenes using the tap-to-edit feature.” Here are some examples.
Send us a comment to let us know how this App could be used in your library!
This February, the Library Resources Group (LRG) announced the availability of The 2013 Librarian’s Yellow Pages (LYP) as a free digital download. This easy-to-use site design and integrated navigation tools allow the user to search by keyword or category-offering embedded links to access websites or contact suppliers directly.
A sample of the digital edition includes:
Curious about technology terms you have been hearing around the office, during conferences, or in conversations with co-workers?
The simple art of reading use to entail holding a hard-copy of a magazine or book. Today it may also mean downloading an electronic file readable on multiple devices (Ipad, Iphone, Laptop, eReader…) which are offered by various companies (Barnes & Noble, Sony, Amazon…) in numerous models (Kindle, Nook, Pandigital, Kobo…).
Today the technology industry is moving at a phenomenal pace. The options for how we collect, absorb, store, and share information has exponentially increased both personally and professionally. Along with this paradigm shift, there is a myriad of terms used to describe these new ventures such as hashtags, avatars, routers, cloud computing, and so much more!