Thursday@3@Addlestone http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj Workshops Introducing Practical, Useful and Free Web 2.0 Tools for Personal Productivity and Collaborative Learning. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:10:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Workshops Introducing Practical, Useful and Free Web 2.0 Tools for Personal Productivity and Collaborative Learning. Addlestone Library's Thursday@3 sessions bring workshops to the College of Charleston campus community showcasing the newest technology and how it can enhance teaching and academic life. Our semester-long series of workshops focus on enhancing our patrons' working knowledge of digital information literacy and its impact on learning, teaching, and research. Each hour and a half session offers insight into these areas by way of explanation of concepts, demonstration of specific tools, and practical use as supported by best practices and successful application. Topics for the sessions include blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking tools, podcasts, RSS, micro-blogging, photo sharing and video-sharing sites. These tools and resources offer new, accessible and flexible ways to learn, teach, and interact socially anywhere, anytime. Workshops Introducing Practical, Useful and Free Web 2.0 Tools for Personal Productivity and Collaborative Learning. http://library.cofc.edu/thurs3/images/addlestone_podcasting_logo.jpgThursday@3@Addlestonehttp://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj addlestone, library, web2.0, education, workshops, information literacy no Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem vanarnhemj@cofc.edu U Kentucky Goes Digital with Thousands of Oral Histories http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2009/09/14/u-kentucky-goes-digital-with-thousands-of-oral-histories/ http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2009/09/14/u-kentucky-goes-digital-with-thousands-of-oral-histories/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:31:12 +0000 vanarnhemj http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/?p=1728 By Denise Harrison, Cindy Skalsky – 09/09/09

Since its inception, the University of Kentucky Libraries Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History has amassed nearly 8,000 interviews. These are stories that often focus on Kentucky–its history, politics, authors, military, geography, and more. Interviews include the famous (Martin Luther King Jr., Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Stan Musial, Robert Penn Warren) and the not-so-famous from all walks of Kentucky life. These are not only precious recordings of personal stories that journal many aspects of the state; the recordings are also used by scholarly researchers. Historians, folklorists, anthropologists, linguists, armchair politicians, and horseracing buffs alike have found much to explore in this large, prestigious repository.

For more information, Listen to “Voices from the Collection,” “Voices from the Collection,” an audio introduction to the Nunn Center.

]]> http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2009/09/14/u-kentucky-goes-digital-with-thousands-of-oral-histories/feed/ 0 By Denise Harrison, Cindy Skalsky 09/09/09 Since its inception, the University of Kentucky Libraries Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History has amassed nearly 8,000 interviews. These are stories that often focus on Kentuckyits history, politics, authors, military, geography, and more. Interviews include the famous (Martin Luther King Jr., Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Stan Musial, Robert Penn Warren) and the not-so-famous from all walks of Kentucky life. These are not only precious recordings of personal stories that journal many aspects of the state; the recordings are also used by scholarly researchers. Historians, folklorists, anthropologists, linguists, armchair politicians, and horseracing buffs alike have found much to explore in this large, prestigious repository. For more information, Listen to Voices from the Collection, Voices from the Collection, an audio introduction to the Nunn Center. By Denise Harrison, Cindy Skalsky 09/09/09 Since its inception, the University of Kentucky Libraries Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History has amassed nearly 8,000 interviews. These are stories that often focus on Kentuckyits [...] 15 Minutes a Day: Digital Campus http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2008/10/31/digital-campus/ http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2008/10/31/digital-campus/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:38:44 +0000 vanarnhemj http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/?p=220 A biweekly discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums.

Episode 33 – Classroom Action Settlement

The big news this week was the announcement that a settlement had been reached between Google and authors and publishers over Google’s controversial Book Search program, which has scanned over seven million volumes, including many books that are still copyrighted. The Digital Campus team takes a first pass at the agreement and tries to understand how it might affect higher ed. Other news from a busy week include the release of the first phone based on Google’s Android operating system, and Microsoft’s conversion to “cloud” computing. Picks for this podcast include a new report on teenagers and videogames, a new version of Linux for the masses, and a program to help you focus on the Mac.

Links mentioned on the podcast:
Google Book Search Settlement Agreement
Open Library
Ubuntu
Think for the Mac
Android
Microsoft Azure
Pew report on teens and videogames

Running time: 49:29
Download the . mp3

]]> http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2008/10/31/digital-campus/feed/ 0 A biweekly discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums. Episode 33 Classroom Action Settlement The big news this week was the announcement that a settlement had been reached between Google and authors and publishers over Google’s controversial Book Search program, which has scanned over seven million volumes, including many books that are still copyrighted. The Digital Campus team takes a first pass at the agreement and tries to understand how it might affect higher ed. Other news from a busy week include the release of the first phone based on Google’s Android operating system, and Microsoft’s conversion to “cloud” computing. Picks for this podcast include a new report on teenagers and videogames, a new version of Linux for the masses, and a program to help you focus on the Mac. Links mentioned on the podcast: Google Book Search Settlement Agreement Open Library Ubuntu Think for the Mac Android Microsoft Azure Pew report on teens and videogames Running time: 49:29 Download the . mp3 A biweekly discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums. Episode 33 Classroom Action Settlement The big news this week was the [...] Handy Reference: Cleaning up Word Files and Adding Images to Your Blog http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2008/10/23/notes-from-thursday3-blogging-class-about-files/ http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2008/10/23/notes-from-thursday3-blogging-class-about-files/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:19:28 +0000 vanarnhemj http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/?p=165 Cleaning Up Word Files
  • The character codes used in your word documents are not necessarily the same as those used on the web. If you want to use the contents of a word document use the Paste from Word button rather than cutting and pasting directly

Kitchen Sink Toolbar

  • To the left of the Flash icon (white circle with the letter “F” on it) in the post toolbar is a button that looks like paint sample cards (similar to the type you would get from a hardware store) turned sideways.  This button is called “the kitchen sink”
  • When you hover over the “kitchen sink button” you will see the message “Open Kitchen Sink.” Click the button until you see a second row on your formatting toolbar.
  • Click the button of a clipboard with a Word icon superimposed on it (from the second row).  It is called the “Paste from Word” button.  Click the “Paste from Word” button to paste your content in from your Word document.
  • This method should clean up any gobbly gook or weird formatting you may have.

Uploading Office Documents, Images, Audio Files

  • 10mb storage space

Linking to Shared Media Websites

If you want to Embed the Image

  • select html tab
  • type <img src=”paste your image link here” alt=”image description here”>
  • What it looks like after you do this

Ghastly Beast Drawings

If you want to Embed Audio or Video Files (link to an mp3, mov, Google, YouTube”)

  • MP3’s (streamed audio files from the web – The College of Charleston’s Language Resource Center is using stream.cofc.edu to host course audio files for enrolled students.

Listen to Introduction to Con Fantasia

Download Title NerdTV MP3 Podcast

]]> http://blogs.cofc.edu/vanarnhemj/2008/10/23/notes-from-thursday3-blogging-class-about-files/feed/ 0 Cleaning Up Word Files The character codes used in your word documents are not necessarily the same as those used on the web. If you want to use the contents of a word document use the Paste from Word button rather than cutting and pasting directly To the left of the Flash icon (white circle with the letter “F” on it) in the post toolbar is a button that looks like paint sample cards (similar to the type you would get from a hardware store) turned sideways.  This button is called “the kitchen sink” When you hover over the “kitchen sink button” you will see the message “Open Kitchen Sink.” Click the button until you see a second row on your formatting toolbar. Click the button of a clipboard with a Word icon superimposed on it (from the second row).  It is called the “Paste from Word” button.  Click the “Paste from Word” button to paste your content in from your Word document. This method should clean up any gobbly gook or weird formatting you may have. Uploading Office Documents, Images, Audio Files 10mb storage space Linking to Shared Media Websites Ghastly Beast (image/Flickr) www.flickr.com Delicious Word Document (document sharing on scribd.com http://www.scribd.com/ scribd.com accepts most document file formats, including Microsoft Office (doc, docx, ppt, pptx, pps, xls, xlsx), PDF, Text, and Images (jpg, png, gif, tiff) If you want to Embed the Image select html tab type <img src=paste your image link here alt=image description here> What it looks like after you do this If you want to Embed Audio or Video Files (link to an mp3, mov, Google, YouTube) Use the Yellow Embed a Media File Button An anthropological introduction to YouTube (video YouTube) MP3s (streamed audio files from the web The College of Charlestons Language Resource Center is using stream.cofc.edu to host course audio files for enrolled students. Listen to Introduction to Con Fantasia Download Title NerdTV MP3 Podcast Cleaning Up Word Files The character codes used in your word documents are not necessarily the same as those used on the web. If you want to use the contents of a word document use the Paste from Word button rather than cutting and pasting [...]