Gaming in libraries course

Wanted to be able to share with others the Gaming in libraries course I am taking.

Here is the link

http://www.gamesinlibraries.org/course/?page_id=117

Am learning lots, so far the focus has been on educating the audience on the types of games that are available and comparing their similarites and differences.

Week 11 - Online Applications and Tools

Well, for my thoughts on how the online applications could be utilised at work, click on the link to view and/or edit my document created on Google Docs.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Abwrf9SLzlqDZG54bWRxNV8wY3Iyam5wZ3M&hl=en

Thanks
George :-)

Week 10 - Mash Ups

Oh what fun - it makes you realise that all those 'clever funny' things you see floating around the internet are not that hard to do.

It would be useful to use mash ups for local history to compare regions now to then. To explain who or what you are looking at in our picture Wollondilly collections or just to have fun with some of the images taken during our activities and events.

Week 9 - Podcasts

Podcasts can be very useful for a variety of informational and recreational needs. For instance Podcasts could be used for Storytimes, staff training and author visits. More accessible, versatile and portable than just relying on You Tube videos.

Week 8 - Slamming the boards

Yes, I was aware of Librarians slamming the boards and I think it is fantastic that librarians are rated so highly when they answer questions on Yahoo Answers etc. I logged into Yahoo Answers with every intention of answering a baffling research conundrum or a long uncovered mystery however I did seem to get a little sidetracked answering those all important questions such as:

Brett Lee : Will we win the next Ashes Test?

Will Brett play in the next Ashes Test?

Who was the highest run scorer in the last Ashes Test?

Who was the ... oh heck... you get the idea!

As to having our patrons rate our collections, we have Library Thing functionality attached to our on-line catalog and patrons use this well to rate our collections.

Trying to get You Tube link onto blog

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Library Thing Link