A couple of years ago I wrote Nine Questions to Ask Before You Accept That Speaking Gig – (go read it, it’s full of great information!) this is a much overdue follow up. Preparation 1. Start working on your presentation now! Even if it is six months out, at least start taking notes! 2. Know ...
A while back I delivered the opening Keynote for the Michigan State Library's Beginners Workshop. The conference is focused on library staff who do not have a formal library degree and is an introduction to many issues. The topic of my presentation was the role of libraries in bridging the digital divide - I talked ...
Libraries in a Transliterate, Technology Fluent World View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. Resources and Suggested Links: Teaching Media Literacy in the ESL Classroom Why Broadband Service in the U.S. Is So Awful, Scientific American, October 4th 2010 Transliteracy as a Blueberry Smoothie Don't Touch That Dial! A history of media technology scares, from the printing ...
I had the honor of being Michael Sauers guest on his NCompass Live Tech Talk series. I did a brief overview of transliteracy and its importance to libraries. The session was recorded and will be up after some editing, in the meantime here are my slides and some links. Why Transliteracy? An Introduction for LibrariansView more presentations ...
On Sunday I had the honor of presenting with David Lee King,Toby Greenwalt, and John Blyberg. It was amazing to be on a panel with them and I learned a lot by listening to their presentations. Toby has shared his along with some notes. They are doing some amazing things at Skokie. David has posted ...