1) The Educause "7 things" project (recommended by Emily W. via email)http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=7495
This project was started in 2005 as a way to inform people in higher education about "Web 2.0" and related technologies. The site offers administrative summaries of various topics, such as blogs and podcasting, as well as reviews of individual resources such as YouTube or Google Earth. It is a good place to start if you want to get a quick overview of what a tool is or is useful for.
2) The Engage E-learning Teaching Tools (Jon Jeffryes)http://engage.wisc.edu/software/index.html
We looked at the "ConceptTutor" sample resource on "Locating Icebergs with Satellite Images."http://engage.wisc.edu/software/ct/examples.html
And we also looked at the "eTEACH" tool that combines PowerPoint slides with video and quiz capability. The "Peanut Butter and Jelly" demo gives an idea for how this can be used. http://engage.wisc.edu/software/et/index.html
3) Wikis and Google Docs for Library work (Anne Rauh and Jon Jeffryes)
We finished up with a discussion of how Wisconsin Tech Search (WTS) and Wendt Library have been using wikis and Google Docs for their internal library work and collaboration.
WTS has been using the Zoho wiki and Google Docs for work on on technical report and copyright:
http://wiki.zoho.com/jsp/wikilogin.jsp
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
Wendt Library has also been using a similar wiki to manage collaboration within the Engineering Professional Development EPD classes that Wendt Library has worked on with the EPD department (Com A and B instructors). Stickipad is the wiki application that Wendt has been using: http://stikipad.com/
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 27th (noon-1:00PM). I have reserved Memorial room 362 for the meeting, but we can use other locations depending on what everyone prefers.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Educause "7 things" project
This from Emily W.:
http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495
OR
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=7495
These are briefs about emerging learning technologies. Very useful for a quick overview. They are brief (2 pages) and follow a consistent format, including:
* What it is
* How it works
* Where it is going
* Why it matters to teaching and learning
http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495
OR
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=7495
These are briefs about emerging learning technologies. Very useful for a quick overview. They are brief (2 pages) and follow a consistent format, including:
* What it is
* How it works
* Where it is going
* Why it matters to teaching and learning
Friday, January 25, 2008
LILI IT Interest Group 1/24/08 - Notes
Pamela showed us the New College Library Website <http://www.college.library.wisc.edu/>. New stuff includes:
* Daily Polls
* Got rid of underlines for hyperlinks
* increased coverage of events (e.g. Finals Week 2007)
* Displays feed from "What's new in Madcat" - it is broken down by topic
* Links to social networing tools (Flickr, Facebook, Del.ico.us)
* Rotating research guides
* Experimenting with the FCKEditor <http://www.fckeditor.net/> which allows staff to edit pages without going into Dreamweaver)
Bob showed us his favorite spot for free online videos:
http://www14.alluc.org/alluc/
In keeping with Bob's online media theme, Jim pointed out that currently http://www.hulu.com/ is in private beta - if you go to the site you can sign up to be a "tester" for free - I have no idea how long this will last.
Jim demonstrated http://www.ning.com/ - it is a place to find/create your own social networks built around a specific subject (e.g. Classroom 2.0 <http://classroom20.ning.com/>)
Miro <http://www.getmiro.com/> - is a free open source media player/video collector - provides access to a growing amount of high quality independent video content - Think of it as a video version of Bloglines
Karen showed us John Larsen's blog - it talks about a lot of the same stuff we do in this group - http://otterguy.blogspot.com/
We are invitated to next LILI forum - 12/6
Bob: http://www.woot.com/ - features a new low-priced gadget every day - prices are always good.
* Daily Polls
* Got rid of underlines for hyperlinks
* increased coverage of events (e.g. Finals Week 2007)
* Displays feed from "What's new in Madcat" - it is broken down by topic
* Links to social networing tools (Flickr, Facebook, Del.ico.us)
* Rotating research guides
* Experimenting with the FCKEditor <http://www.fckeditor.net/> which allows staff to edit pages without going into Dreamweaver)
Bob showed us his favorite spot for free online videos:
http://www14.alluc.org/alluc/
In keeping with Bob's online media theme, Jim pointed out that currently http://www.hulu.com/ is in private beta - if you go to the site you can sign up to be a "tester" for free - I have no idea how long this will last.
Jim demonstrated http://www.ning.com/ - it is a place to find/create your own social networks built around a specific subject (e.g. Classroom 2.0 <http://classroom20.ning.com/>)
Miro <http://www.getmiro.com/> - is a free open source media player/video collector - provides access to a growing amount of high quality independent video content - Think of it as a video version of Bloglines
Karen showed us John Larsen's blog - it talks about a lot of the same stuff we do in this group - http://otterguy.blogspot.com/
We are invitated to next LILI forum - 12/6
Bob: http://www.woot.com/ - features a new low-priced gadget every day - prices are always good.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
LILI del.icio.us account
Jim has created a http://del.icio.us/ account for all of us to add links to. Contact Jim for the logon/password.
IT Meeting Notes - November 27, 2007
Attending: Sarah McDaniel, Jill Rosenshield, Jean Ruenger-Hanson, Sheila Stoeckel, Karen Dunn, Jim Jonas, Emily Wixson, Bob Sessions, Tom Durkin (notes etc.).
For next time: The next meeting is scheduled for December 27th. We will decide later if we want to hold the meeting on that day. Task: Everyone is to think about what sites or other sources they go to to learn about new IT, and then share those sites with the group.
Emily: Google Docs – http://documents.google.com/
Used for collaborating on documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) with a SLIS field BI project student. Found to be OK but not perfect for collaborative editing. Must upload and share each document individually.
Bob: Jing - http://www.jingproject.com/
Bev Phillips has used Jing to create some tutorials, and answering certain reference questions. It is not a completely easy process to use Jing. Generally, you can capture 1 frame or capture a movie. The controls to use the output are simple.
Emily – she is working with a ICIP student using Jing to make tutorials and is learning some techniques from that student.
Karen: Screenhunter - http://wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter.htm
Another method for capturing images from applications on your computer.
iGoogle - http://www.google.com/ig
PageFlakes - http://www.pageflakes.com/
NetVibes - http://www.netvibes.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/
Wondering if there are others interested in building widgets and tools for these applications that relate to library products and services. There are some tools out there that can help to automate the tool making process. For example, there is a JSTOR search that one can add to Facebook now. Rebecca at Ebling has done something for Library Express also. Sarah – uses Facebook and iGoogle to aggregate feeds like the Chronicle, and Finds it useful. Wonders if Facebook has an opinion about these tools, since there had been some issues between Facebook and libraries earlier this year. Sheila – the issue had been non-person-based profiles, where the profile represented the entire library. Facebook felt that it violated the TOS. Emily – Gerry Mckiernan has done some work on these tools. How do we justify time spent on this? Are there better tools?
Jim: Springwidgets - http://www.springwidgets.com/
These are customizable widgets that you can self-create and then add to your web page. It is very simple, no programming involved. The code for adding them to the web page is simple. Emily – How does this affect the accessibility of the page? These issues are unknown right now. Bob – how does this alter the loading speed of the page if the person has a slow connection? Also not known.
My Cool Button - http://www.mycoolbutton.com/
A tool that you can use to create button graphics for a web page.
Flock – http://www.flock.com/
A web browser application that offers some useful social networking functionality and add-ons.
SPresent - http://www.spresent.com/v2/
A presentation tool that is Flash based and online. A new alternative to PowerPoint.
Sarah: Software Training for Students – http://www.doit.wisc.edu/training/student/
Madaline Covelli runs the STS program and may be a good library instruction/technology contact person. STS covers a wide variety of relevant applications.
Tom: Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/
This application can be used for uploading and sharing PowerPoint slide presentations. This can be set up so that only certain people can gain access to the slides. One drawback: it can take a long time to upload presentations.
For next time: The next meeting is scheduled for December 27th. We will decide later if we want to hold the meeting on that day. Task: Everyone is to think about what sites or other sources they go to to learn about new IT, and then share those sites with the group.
Emily: Google Docs – http://documents.google.com/
Used for collaborating on documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) with a SLIS field BI project student. Found to be OK but not perfect for collaborative editing. Must upload and share each document individually.
Bob: Jing - http://www.jingproject.com/
Bev Phillips has used Jing to create some tutorials, and answering certain reference questions. It is not a completely easy process to use Jing. Generally, you can capture 1 frame or capture a movie. The controls to use the output are simple.
Emily – she is working with a ICIP student using Jing to make tutorials and is learning some techniques from that student.
Karen: Screenhunter - http://wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter.htm
Another method for capturing images from applications on your computer.
iGoogle - http://www.google.com/ig
PageFlakes - http://www.pageflakes.com/
NetVibes - http://www.netvibes.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/
Wondering if there are others interested in building widgets and tools for these applications that relate to library products and services. There are some tools out there that can help to automate the tool making process. For example, there is a JSTOR search that one can add to Facebook now. Rebecca at Ebling has done something for Library Express also. Sarah – uses Facebook and iGoogle to aggregate feeds like the Chronicle, and Finds it useful. Wonders if Facebook has an opinion about these tools, since there had been some issues between Facebook and libraries earlier this year. Sheila – the issue had been non-person-based profiles, where the profile represented the entire library. Facebook felt that it violated the TOS. Emily – Gerry Mckiernan has done some work on these tools. How do we justify time spent on this? Are there better tools?
Jim: Springwidgets - http://www.springwidgets.com/
These are customizable widgets that you can self-create and then add to your web page. It is very simple, no programming involved. The code for adding them to the web page is simple. Emily – How does this affect the accessibility of the page? These issues are unknown right now. Bob – how does this alter the loading speed of the page if the person has a slow connection? Also not known.
My Cool Button - http://www.mycoolbutton.com/
A tool that you can use to create button graphics for a web page.
Flock – http://www.flock.com/
A web browser application that offers some useful social networking functionality and add-ons.
SPresent - http://www.spresent.com/v2/
A presentation tool that is Flash based and online. A new alternative to PowerPoint.
Sarah: Software Training for Students – http://www.doit.wisc.edu/training/student/
Madaline Covelli runs the STS program and may be a good library instruction/technology contact person. STS covers a wide variety of relevant applications.
Tom: Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/
This application can be used for uploading and sharing PowerPoint slide presentations. This can be set up so that only certain people can gain access to the slides. One drawback: it can take a long time to upload presentations.
Friday, November 30, 2007
October meeting
We opted to attend the Web 2.0 Liaison Forum/Librarian's Assembly Meeting. It was very interesting! Presenters: Dorothea Salo, Sue Weier, and Amanda Werhane.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Complete Notes from IT Interest Group Meeting - August 23, 2007
Meeting Business
Attendees: Walden, Wixson, Jonas, Sessions, Keclik, Rosenshield, Stoeckel, Dunn, Durkin.
Decisions regarding scheduling: We have decided to meet on the 4th Thursday of the month, from noon-1:00PM. The room will move from library to library without a fixed location.
Next Meeting: The next meeting is scheduled for September 27th, at noon. Room location is the 4th Floor instructional space in the CIMC.
The October Liaison Forum conflicts with our October meeting (October 25th). We can discuss a possible re-scheduling of the October LILI IT Interest Group meeting at our September 27th meeting at the CIMC. On the positive side, the Liaison Forum will focus on Libraries and Web 2.0 technologies!
NOTE: the IT Interest group now has a blog to record the http://liliit.blogspot.com/ (thanks Kelli). Everyone should have gotten an invitation. If you didn’t, please let Tom and Kelli know.
Tools Presented
Emily:
Audio in a PDF by Adobe 7, plus a sticky note: At the August LILI retreat, Steve Frye mentioned a professor who uses the audio feature of Adobe 7 to orally review students' papers. Coincidentally, Curran Riley came to the Chemistry Library and installed Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional on a couple of library workstations. The IT forum presented the perfect opportunity to try this technology. The Acrobat 8 help files say that you can use the Record Audio Comment tool to add a prerecorded WAV or AIFF file as a comment or to record and place an audio comment in a document. Audio attachments appear in the Comments List and can be played back on any platform. You can add the "Record Audio Comment" icon to the Comment toolbar. Process: 1. Created a WORD document and saved to PDF. 2. Opened the pdf with Adobe Acrobat 8. 3. Click in the PDF where you want to place the audio comment. 4. In the recording box, click the Record button and then speak into the microphone. When you’ve finished recording, click the Stop button, and then click OK. I sent this file to a faculty member and had him try to open and listen. he was able to hear the sound using Acrobat Reader 5. He was not able to hear the file using the MAC default pdf viewer.
I will continue to test this - especially compatibility. I have a Chemistry faculty member who is very interested in trying this because his students are required to submit their paper to him in pdf format.
Kelli: OSU and NCS games (map plus puzzles; trivia) done with Captivate, Google maps, and HotPotatoes:
Ohio State Orientation Game
http://library.osu.edu/sites/fye/
Make new students aware of library locations, collections, and services
Includes an interactive campus map, eight games, five videos
Design team consisted of three instruction librarians, one part-time graduate student, and one part-time student programmer.
Used Google Map API, Hot Potatoes, and Captivate/Flash
The Information Literacy Game
http://library.uncg.edu/game/
Online board game created by librarians at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Players answer questions in four categories: Choose Your Resource, Searching/Using Databases, Cite Your Sources, Library Wild Card
Al of the game files, images, questions, and instructions are free to download
Sheila: Hot potatoes – easy to use... but what does it do! http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ (Lets discuss this at the next meeting!)
Bob: Noted that Flash-based games could be useful in instruction. Here are some examples he sent via email: http://www.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=mrgarden
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~dlim/itc/interactives.asp (Lets discuss these at the next meeting!)
Jill:
The website I showed: http://www.vialibri.net/ Excellent way to search many
websites at once. The only interface I know is the pick for libraries. Especially recommended, the KVK pick: http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/hylib/en/kvk.html
Technology shown: a yellow pencil and book: The Pencil : a history of design and circumstance / Henry Petroski. TS1268 P47 1990 Checked out at Wendt; in Special Collections reference. I still like dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/
Jim:
Flock rightly bills itself as the social web browser. It has lots of web 2.0 functionality built right in. This includes things like seamless access to your Flickr and del.icio.us accounts as well as a customizable homepage with lots of widgets, a built in feed reader and blog editor. http://www.flock.com/
Netvibes allows users to create a homepage that includes many web tools they use on a regular basis. There are so many options I haven't begun to explore them all. http://www.netvibes.com/
The TimesReader is a new feature of the New York Times. It allows users to download a daily copy of the paper onto their computer. The tool is very well designed and remarkably readable. The download is free for a 30 day trial. Users need to already have (or they can create) a free user account with the Times. Two caveats: 1. After the initial trial the paper will cost $14.95 a month. 2. As of now I think it only works in Windows.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/timesreader.html
Karen: Simsonizeme http://simpsonizeme.com/ , google analytics http://www.google.com/analytics/ (Lets discuss these at the next meeting!)
Attendees: Walden, Wixson, Jonas, Sessions, Keclik, Rosenshield, Stoeckel, Dunn, Durkin.
Decisions regarding scheduling: We have decided to meet on the 4th Thursday of the month, from noon-1:00PM. The room will move from library to library without a fixed location.
Next Meeting: The next meeting is scheduled for September 27th, at noon. Room location is the 4th Floor instructional space in the CIMC.
The October Liaison Forum conflicts with our October meeting (October 25th). We can discuss a possible re-scheduling of the October LILI IT Interest Group meeting at our September 27th meeting at the CIMC. On the positive side, the Liaison Forum will focus on Libraries and Web 2.0 technologies!
NOTE: the IT Interest group now has a blog to record the http://liliit.blogspot.com/ (thanks Kelli). Everyone should have gotten an invitation. If you didn’t, please let Tom and Kelli know.
Tools Presented
Emily:
Audio in a PDF by Adobe 7, plus a sticky note: At the August LILI retreat, Steve Frye mentioned a professor who uses the audio feature of Adobe 7 to orally review students' papers. Coincidentally, Curran Riley came to the Chemistry Library and installed Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional on a couple of library workstations. The IT forum presented the perfect opportunity to try this technology. The Acrobat 8 help files say that you can use the Record Audio Comment tool to add a prerecorded WAV or AIFF file as a comment or to record and place an audio comment in a document. Audio attachments appear in the Comments List and can be played back on any platform. You can add the "Record Audio Comment" icon to the Comment toolbar. Process: 1. Created a WORD document and saved to PDF. 2. Opened the pdf with Adobe Acrobat 8. 3. Click in the PDF where you want to place the audio comment. 4. In the recording box, click the Record button and then speak into the microphone. When you’ve finished recording, click the Stop button, and then click OK. I sent this file to a faculty member and had him try to open and listen. he was able to hear the sound using Acrobat Reader 5. He was not able to hear the file using the MAC default pdf viewer.
I will continue to test this - especially compatibility. I have a Chemistry faculty member who is very interested in trying this because his students are required to submit their paper to him in pdf format.
Kelli: OSU and NCS games (map plus puzzles; trivia) done with Captivate, Google maps, and HotPotatoes:
Ohio State Orientation Game
http://library.osu.edu/sites/fye/
Make new students aware of library locations, collections, and services
Includes an interactive campus map, eight games, five videos
Design team consisted of three instruction librarians, one part-time graduate student, and one part-time student programmer.
Used Google Map API, Hot Potatoes, and Captivate/Flash
The Information Literacy Game
http://library.uncg.edu/game/
Online board game created by librarians at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Players answer questions in four categories: Choose Your Resource, Searching/Using Databases, Cite Your Sources, Library Wild Card
Al of the game files, images, questions, and instructions are free to download
Sheila: Hot potatoes – easy to use... but what does it do! http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ (Lets discuss this at the next meeting!)
Bob: Noted that Flash-based games could be useful in instruction. Here are some examples he sent via email: http://www.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=mrgarden
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~dlim/itc/interactives.asp (Lets discuss these at the next meeting!)
Jill:
The website I showed: http://www.vialibri.net/ Excellent way to search many
websites at once. The only interface I know is the pick for libraries. Especially recommended, the KVK pick: http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/hylib/en/kvk.html
Technology shown: a yellow pencil and book: The Pencil : a history of design and circumstance / Henry Petroski. TS1268 P47 1990 Checked out at Wendt; in Special Collections reference. I still like dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/
Jim:
Flock rightly bills itself as the social web browser. It has lots of web 2.0 functionality built right in. This includes things like seamless access to your Flickr and del.icio.us accounts as well as a customizable homepage with lots of widgets, a built in feed reader and blog editor. http://www.flock.com/
Netvibes allows users to create a homepage that includes many web tools they use on a regular basis. There are so many options I haven't begun to explore them all. http://www.netvibes.com/
The TimesReader is a new feature of the New York Times. It allows users to download a daily copy of the paper onto their computer. The tool is very well designed and remarkably readable. The download is free for a 30 day trial. Users need to already have (or they can create) a free user account with the Times. Two caveats: 1. After the initial trial the paper will cost $14.95 a month. 2. As of now I think it only works in Windows.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/timesreader.html
Karen: Simsonizeme http://simpsonizeme.com/ , google analytics http://www.google.com/analytics/ (Lets discuss these at the next meeting!)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)