Public speaking disasters, lessons learned, and portable generators
Michael Gallagher As we speak, I am administering a webinar for the Stor of J on the new faceted search interface. I am not presenting, just answering questions for our enthusiastic crowd…
Education
Prezi, Kimya Dawson, and a Long Goodbye to Powerpoint
A friend tipped me to Prezi, a new presentation tool that has severed the last feeble connection I had to Powerpoint. I have been experimenting a bit in recent years…
Layer (s) of Reality
In another instance of an item that could indeed be useful for education, at least self-education, I stumbled across an application called Layar via the excellent Ignatia Webs blog. Layar…
e.e. cummings, opening and closing
“somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience,your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they…
Tools for Teachers: Using Primary Sources as Instructional Tool
The Library of Congress is making good inroads into the realm of primary sources as instructional tools. This is a real opportunity area for institutions that have large collections of…
Twinverse: Precursor to Google Waves or IMing for the Google Maps generation?
I have been playing around a bit with Twinverse and I do see some possibility here. As per usual, I am going to don my teaching cap and think of…
African Art Video
This is a video I made to introduce some of our users to the African Art materials available on the Aluka platform. Some of the material itself is pretty stunning,…