I've been following the FCC's National Broadband Plans since they were sent to Congress. I've been excited about the possibility of the Digital Literacy Corps. However when reviewing the Broadband Action Agenda I feel a little uneasy. I see no reference to training or instruction. While I agree on the importance of access to broadband … Continue reading FCC’s Broadband Action Agenda Fails to Address Training and Education
Tag: Training
Training in the Cloud #cil2010
Or 30 Things in 20 minutes. Maurice Coleman and I presented with another group so we only had 20 minutes to run through ours. I'd say we did pretty well though. Training in the Cloudhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=traininginthecloudforcil2010-100417103239-phpapp02&rel=0&stripped_title=training-in-the-cloud View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. We put together a resources pages with links to all of the tools we … Continue reading Training in the Cloud #cil2010
Top Ten Links Week 5
My personally selected top 10 from the links I shared on Twitter from 1/29/2010 thru 2/4/2010 about dismantling the echo-chamber… more on the echo chamber Content Creators & Consumers (& the iPad) - an interesting post on who the audience of the iPad is. I know its not me, but I've had conversations with enough … Continue reading Top Ten Links Week 5
Taking Traing to Patrons – 21 Things for 21st Century Parents
The fabulous Gretchen Caserotti and staff in the Childrens Department at the Darien Libray are kicking off a learning 2.0 class for parents. From the website: You are raising kids in a digital world. Facebook, Twitter and a growing number of websites and social tools are becoming increasingly important in most aspects of our 21st … Continue reading Taking Traing to Patrons – 21 Things for 21st Century Parents
10 Best Links from Twitter – Week in Review
If you follow me on Twitter you know I share and retweet a lot of links. I don't know how you treat Twitter but if I'm not paying attention when something is shared I miss it. So I've been thinking I need a way to share those links ones on the blog. I thought I'd … Continue reading 10 Best Links from Twitter – Week in Review
Sneaking the Social Web into Your Library: Tips Tricks & Just Plain Sneaky Tactics
One of my presentations from Notes from the 2009 Internet Librarian Conference with Erin Downey Howerton Sneaking the Social Web into Your Libraryhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=ilsneakingsocialwegslideshare-091031094146-phpapp02&stripped_title=sneaking-the-social-web-into-your-library View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. Erin's slides and blog post I mentioned during the Q&A that you can do all sorts of things with RSS. An audience member asked me if … Continue reading Sneaking the Social Web into Your Library: Tips Tricks & Just Plain Sneaky Tactics
Libraries and Transliteracy – the video version
I took my slideshow on transliteracy and turned it into a video. I was curious about how easy it was to turn a slideshow into a video (its super easy!) so I thought I'd try it. Most of my presentations aren't meant to stand alone and so don't really translate well to video. When I … Continue reading Libraries and Transliteracy – the video version
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