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Thursday, August 2, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Photo Essay of SCILS
Our class took many pictures in and around the SCILS building. Here are a couple of the pictures that I took:
I also took this picture of this chair which is of the type that is very uncomfortable, but is used in most of our classrooms.
These are all of the pictures that I snapped of the SCILS environment.
I am also including this link to the larger set of pictures, which includes pictures from all members of the class.
I also took this picture of this chair which is of the type that is very uncomfortable, but is used in most of our classrooms.
These are all of the pictures that I snapped of the SCILS environment.
I am also including this link to the larger set of pictures, which includes pictures from all members of the class.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
LibraryThing vs. Shelfari
LibraryThing was easier to use. After I added some books, by selecting about ten from a series by J.D. Robb(Nora Roberts), LibraryThing displayed the books in a list with publication dates, the tags I assigned and easy access to reviews, groups and tags. It was very simple even to delete the book from my library. The list could be sorted by any column: title, author, date or tags. The reviews were easy to find under the social data.
By contrast Shelfari just displayed the book covers on my bookshelf. Selecting the book provided more information, but I could not find a review, except for the “star” indicators. In general, Shelfari seemed to give less information and require more input. For some reason it was also blocked in my office, while LibraryThing was not.
Robb’s “In Death” novels is a series of books that I have read from the first to the most recent, just several months ago. LibraryThing appeals to me for the social/discussion aspect and once I’m finished with school I will become involved with it. I tend to read all of an author’s books, once I decide I like him/her, and this is one way to be able to discuss the authors.
By contrast Shelfari just displayed the book covers on my bookshelf. Selecting the book provided more information, but I could not find a review, except for the “star” indicators. In general, Shelfari seemed to give less information and require more input. For some reason it was also blocked in my office, while LibraryThing was not.
Robb’s “In Death” novels is a series of books that I have read from the first to the most recent, just several months ago. LibraryThing appeals to me for the social/discussion aspect and once I’m finished with school I will become involved with it. I tend to read all of an author’s books, once I decide I like him/her, and this is one way to be able to discuss the authors.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Podcast of comments on Brown's Re-education
Brown and Duguid believe that digital access to information will change the nature of colleges and universities, those conventional avenues for turning information into learning. Hear more about this chapter in the podcast below.
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