A blog is for daily thoughts - oops

If the purpose of a blog is to post daily thoughts, I am failing miserably. I guess I found that I am either not that interesting or my daily thoughts are not worth sharing. However, I am learning that to be "truly involved" in the new technology of blogging requires dedication and time - I have the dedication to learning (I am a professor after all;) but the time is the issue. I learn so may cool things from my fellow instructors and students that I will start to put these up to share with others the technologies I find interesting.

FPLC Presentation 12/06/07

"The only thing I used the library for in college was sleeping!"

• A library and a Mercedes. What can they all possibly have in common? Let's just say it gives new meaning to the term "drive thru"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncr5vB7V5XM

• A great way to help students with figuring out keywords for appropriate searching - The Guess the Google game.
  

http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/

• Journal vs. magazine - need to know the difference? A cute way to help your students learn - Maggie and Gerald
  
  
• Truncation to confusing - try "Never Truncate a Cat"
  
  
• Database Persistent Links and Citation linker and Visual searching on EbscoHost
  
  
  
• Is the Library closed? It is 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday night? Need some information? Check out the Ask a Librarian service
  
  http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/library
  

• A unique way to test your students knowledge of Information Literacy - show them the Information Literacy game.
  
  

http://library.uncg.edu/game/

• Need an avatar? Check out People Putty

http://www.haptek.com/?url=http://www.haptek.com/peopleputty/

• Express yourself on Facebook and Myspace with - slide.com

http://www.slide.com/

• Want full text online books? Try the Mesa Community college ebooks

http://site.ebrary.com/lib/mesa

• A hassle free solution created for educators, by educators to encourage active student participation - i clicker.

http:/www.iclicker.com/why_iclicker/why_iclicker.html

• Want to see what Journals, Magazines and newspapers MCC subscribes to and which database they are located in full-text? Try SerialSolutions (the subject listing is great!)
  
  

http://vg8fj9fb9c.search.serialssolutions.com/

• Do your student's need Research Assistance help? Try the Seven Steps of Research
  
  

http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/library/step1.html

• Professors are no longer tied to PowerPoint. With TurningPoint it allows you to poll using content in any PC application including web browsers, PDFs, and Word documents. Simple on-the-fly polling with the click of a mouse. TurningPoint AnyWhere doesn't even require installation – run it directly from a thumb drive!

http:/www.turningtechnologies.com/highereducationinteractivelearning/turningpointfeatu res.cfm

• Welcome to Classroom20.com, the social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.

http://classroom20.ning.com/