The WGIL Room

WGIL Room 12: Invasion of the Blogs!!!

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Blogs and more blogs! The regular crew shares their fave blogs and contemplates changes that have undergone the blogosphere generally, and in instructional contexts, in recent years. A side quest in search of effective screencast tutorials is taken.


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Podcast Notes:
  • Carleen's fave blogs:
    • ACRLog
    • Lauren's Library blog
    • Information Wants to be Free
    • Attempting Elegance
    • Dana's fave blogs:
      • In the Library with the Lead Pipe: fantastic team-blog with in-depth and well-thought out articles on all aspects of the library profession.
      • Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning: MacArthur Foundation blog focusing on the intersection of technology and education and covers all levels of learning.
      • Academic Librarian: blog of Princeton librarian Wayne Bivens-Tatum. Even though I don't always agree with his perspective on the mostly academic issues he tackles, his posts are always thought-provoking and well-written.
      • Mark's fave blogs:
        • Librarian in Black (Sarah Houghton) is a strong library advocate. She is a public library director at San Rafael Public Library. Has incredible insight on the use of technology in libraries. 
        • Seth Godin  is a great speaker and has good insight on marketing, new media and today's culture.
        • Tame the Web, as mentioned on the podcast, Michael Stephens in a prof. at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State. He is great at explaining complex topics.
        • ESC's Online Library YouTube channel
        • JCC's Melville Dewey YouTube channel
        • Do Screencasts Really Work? Assessing Student: Learning through Instructional Screencast

          • Music attribution: Dancing On My Bed (The Pleasure Kills) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
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