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Comment on Geo-Everything by Sika

Sika — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:50 +0000

(from NERCOMP): Registration is now open for NERCOMP’s upcoming workshop: “Geo-everything: Map Mash-ups, Geotagging, and Interactive Learning”

DATE: January 22, 2010

TIME: 9:00- 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)

PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $129
LOCATION: Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center, MA
DESCRIPTION:
Are you looking for ideas to incorporate interactivity into the classroom, a website, or your own research? Join us for this hands-on session as we explore how to create map mash-ups, geotag (adding coordinates to photos and maps), develop interactive maps, and investigate mobile mapping applications which engage your users and foster critical thinking. Bring your laptop and join us as you develop your own mash-ups from basic to impressive interactive maps all within one day.

This session is designed to appeal to participants interested in learning more about incorporating Geo-everything concepts within the classroom, research, and work environment. Whether you are new to these concepts or experienced, this session will provide hands-on examples which can be adapted for your own applications.

Schedule and registration info:
http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5889
(speakers are from Skidmore, UConn & Yale)

Comment on ..”the library, as a place, is dead. Kaput. Finito. …move on by Jinny Mason

Jinny Mason — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:04:14 +0000

Oops, did we miss being a third generation library? We better get a move on.

“The library still is, and will continue to be, the centerpiece of a campus, Luce said. The history of libraries, he said, has been marked by evolution: They were founded as places where materials were collected and stored. Then they shifted their focus toward connecting clients with resources. Then, with the addition of creature comforts such as coffee shops, they became “experience” centered, effectively rendering student unions obsolete.
“Now, in the fourth generation, we’re really seeing the library as a place to connect, collaborate, learn, and really synthesize all four of those roles together,” said Luce. “How do you do that without bricks and mortar?”

Comment on Topical query: What did you call tonight when you were a kid? by Mary Lou Bouley

Mary Lou Bouley — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:58:48 +0000

Leeds kids called it cabbage night. Cabbage and eggs were involved.

Comment on Topical query: What did you call tonight when you were a kid? by nyoung

nyoung — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:39:46 +0000

I don’t recall doing something mischievous, but do recall carrying around out little UNICEF boxes for those spare pennies when trick-or-treating!

Comment on Topical query: What did you call tonight when you were a kid? by David

David — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:19:15 +0000

We were all good kids.

Comment on Topical query: What did you call tonight when you were a kid? by Jinny Mason

Jinny Mason — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:52:48 +0000

Night of October 30th.

Comment on Topical query: What did you call tonight when you were a kid? by Eric

Eric — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:39 +0000

Friday ;-}

Comment on Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 by David

David — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:07:03 +0000

Both. Some examples include Moodle, Jing, Photoshop and Google Docs.

Comment on Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 by Eric

Eric — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:52:17 +0000

Is this tools that students use to learn? Tools that the learning professionals use to teach (or learn themselves)?

Comment on Bedbugs via ILL by Jinny Mason

Jinny Mason — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:36:19 +0000

Sherrill just read an article from a British newspaper about various items used as bookmarks. While no one mentioned bedbugs, they did say they had found a rasher of cooked bacon in one book.