tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69464297599877715942024-02-22T09:27:57.101-06:0023 Things for Library 2.0 +Experimenting within
"23 things on a stick."MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-80748802227716016412014-01-15T17:20:00.001-06:002014-01-15T17:20:22.890-06:0023 Mobile Things, Number 1Still plugging away to try and keep up digital skills!
By participating in the new "23 mobile things" I hope to enhance my value to the community of library users who ask for digital help and advice!
The first two sets of "23 Things on a Stick" helped very much with understanding digital "lingo". Completing those exercises helped me better engage with teens as well as assist, <i>with empathy</i>, adults! Pushing the envelope by digging deeper gave me greater confidence.
Thanks MN state multi-types for the opportunity. Woo Hoo! MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-85647679314517157802011-10-15T17:05:00.001-05:002011-10-15T17:10:25.277-05:00Using Blogger's text to blog service to Thank Project Compass for a Scholarship to attend 3 EXCELLENT workforce recovery workshops at the MN Library Association Conference in Duluth this week!MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-45364002114332790612011-08-29T12:13:00.001-05:002011-08-29T12:14:24.640-05:00Looking forward to Teen Read Week.
<br />OCT 16-22!
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<br />MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-72109163053677299142010-12-01T12:29:00.004-06:002010-12-05T17:07:31.805-06:00More Things on a Stick to PonderWant to keep up on more things for Library 2.0? What a wonderful service. I so appreciate MN's multi-county multi-type systems! Thanks <a href="http://www.sammie.org/services">SAMMIE</a>. Look <a href="http://thingsonasticknews.blogspot.com/2010/11/thing-70-productivity-in-your-pocket.html">HERE</a> for THING 70!MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-67747409489075601112010-07-23T10:14:00.004-05:002010-07-23T10:25:38.249-05:00Animation w/ MIT's Scratch Program<a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/mxrb/1206628"><img src="http://scratch.mit.edu/static/projects/mxrb/1206628_med.png" alt="Scratch Project" width="212.5" height="159.5" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">If you want to learn how to do this ;) Visit the SCRATCH web site by clicking on the animation! Want us to teach you? Call the library at 320-857-2550!</span>MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-36103933157192510122010-06-24T15:07:00.002-05:002010-06-24T15:29:08.241-05:002.0 Progress?Our little library has had a DIY online presence for<br />over two years and, by gum, folks are really starting to<br />(on purpose!) visit our <a href="http://grovecitypubliclibrary.blogspot.com/">blogspot</a>/<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grove-City-Public-Library/43702910240?ref=ts">facebook</a> to connect to us!<br /><br />Today we had a compliment from a patron who appreciated<br />our one-click <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=grovecit%40grovecity.lib.mn.us">calendar</a> being up-to-date! This would have<br />never been possible without the <a href="http://www.23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/">23 things on a stick</a> exercise,<br />which propelled us unto the Internet. WOO-HOOO!!MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-20113693750526739872009-12-08T16:46:00.002-06:002009-12-08T16:51:29.505-06:00Languishing No More<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9x5Et5wMBA5vfSiENi1_vnrivHPHWolet5ApkQhhXlWxnthPKzuJuHK3CXE_u9nHuRac3HGVFW8A4Tr3N_kFbsfh8oMOilPZ5EDo3XJ70CNI9JfphVBNiV2wKEtUVboxwpA_KXKdKSA/s1600-h/PLS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413001644437873138" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9x5Et5wMBA5vfSiENi1_vnrivHPHWolet5ApkQhhXlWxnthPKzuJuHK3CXE_u9nHuRac3HGVFW8A4Tr3N_kFbsfh8oMOilPZ5EDo3XJ70CNI9JfphVBNiV2wKEtUVboxwpA_KXKdKSA/s320/PLS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />FYI! Pioneerland Library SystemMAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-27987812501593221042009-01-26T18:29:00.002-06:002009-01-26T19:02:09.886-06:00Survival Guide to the Adolescent BrainWent to a seminar last week given by Erin Walsh, daughter of Dr. David Walsh, who wrote the best selling book, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/WHY-They-Act-That-Way/dp/0743260716">Why Do They Act That Way?</a> A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen. The <a href="http://www.sammie.org/index.htm">SAMMIE</a> Library cooperative hosted. We are trying to prepare ourselves to better serve teens. Libraries do a great job with little kids, but we have a ways to go with teens.<br />Was working in a bigger library on Saturday and had a conversation with a 12 year old who was checking out audio books. She said, "I don't have time to read a whole book, that's why I like poetry." It made me think about how much our teen and college grad children text. Texting is a lot like poems. Concise and to the point. I asked the girl if she had ever participated in a poetry slam? "What's that?"MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-5470273315084050932008-12-03T12:31:00.004-06:002008-12-03T13:13:45.040-06:00THING 8, Sharing Creations TWITTER-style?Ok, so back to my re-run of 23 things...<br /><br />On the instruction page for <a href="http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/2007/12/thing-8.html">Thing 8</a>, I clicked <a href="http://showcase.litablog.org/index.php/David_Free">Slide</a><br />which jumped me to the BIGWIG Social Software Wiki<br />where I found a presentation discussing the who, what, and wherefore of <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">TWITTER</a>.<br /><br />Join twitter, add a presentation?<br /><br />There are other twittering librarians...<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/yalsa">http://twitter.com/yalsa</a><br /><br />OK, here goes.MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-84934366035466590582008-10-31T16:27:00.000-05:002008-10-31T16:28:01.985-05:00Thing 7.5 WEB conferencingSocial networking with live web conferencing<br />or a conference within a virtual world like Second Life<br />has practical uses. Hmmm..MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-33546176454344347732008-08-04T17:38:00.005-05:002008-08-04T18:36:31.554-05:00THING 7 Communication ToolsToday a lady called from California<br />with a reference question: Could we<br />help her find old images of a school<br />and church her mother attended 40<br />years ago? The lady is creating a<br />"memory quilt".<br /><br />We will find, scan and e-mail<br />the images to this Californian who<br />will, in turn, print them out on cloth<br />squares for her memory quilt.<br />How's that for a "mash up"?<br /><br />After reading the 2005 Smart Library<br />article about SMS or "text messaging",<br />it is interesting to note how pervasive<br />text messaging now is.<br /><br />The article mentioned that III offers<br />library software called AirPac,<br />adapted for small portable and<br />wireless devices.<br /><br />I "googled" AirPac and found this<br />link to the Minneapolis' wireless library catalog:<br /><a href="http://mplwebcat.mplib.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp">http://mplwebcat.mplib.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp</a><br /><br />It has a very basic and simple interface.<br />That is very cool. Access the library<br />from wherever you are, without a computer.<br />I played a little with the catalog and it looks<br />like it allows access to electronic library books<br />and information right from one's wireless device.MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-3881854122369312502008-07-10T21:15:00.004-05:002008-07-21T18:22:40.593-05:00THING 5, More Flickr Fun<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2690138327_a7cc8ea5b4.jpg?v=0"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2690138327_a7cc8ea5b4.jpg?v=0" border="0" /></a><br />photo is c/o Big HUGE Labs and <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/">fd's Flickr Toys!</a><br /><br />This cake is ready to eat!<br />Part of our pretend cake decorating contest.<br /><br />Happy <a href="http://www.mn150years.org/">Sesquicentenniel</a> <a href="http://www.mn150years.org/">Minnesota!<br /></a><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2690138327_a7cc8ea5b4.jpg?v=0"></a></p>MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-6689155903590542522008-06-30T09:44:00.003-05:002008-06-30T10:11:52.711-05:00Thing 4, Photosharing, PicasaLast Friday I took some photos<br />of the SAMMIE, Plum Creek,<br />Pioneerland "teen coop"; librarians<br />who are working on a collaborative,<br />cooperative project to better serve<br />our teen patrons.<br /><br />We met at the Redwood Falls<br />MN public library. Redwood<br />has a designated "teen" area<br />and teen programing in their library.<br /><br />I uploaded some of the<br />photos to a Picasa album.<br />Here's the embedded result:<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fm.a.weigelt%2Falbumid%2F5217671037489021313%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="288" height="192"></embed>MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-55842640206224762532008-06-22T10:04:00.007-05:002008-06-30T09:45:31.684-05:00Thing 3, RSS Depth-charge<span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogger</span> recently added the option for<br />"My Blog List" which I have taken<br />advantage of. I tried a <a href="http://www.springwidgets.com/download/">SpringWidget</a><br />for a little while on this blog, but it<br />wasn't as user-friendly as the blog<br />list option. One of the blogs I have<br />subscribed to has a "blog roll" too,<br />but the author has his private. Mine<br />is public.<br /><br />One's blog can be the repository for RSS,<br />bookmarks and links, organized just like<br />you want, tagged and marked.<br /><br />T'is a customized desktop and browser and a<br />librarian's dream-toy? An organizer's play land?MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-80382661522017955702008-06-17T12:42:00.004-05:002008-06-21T10:03:56.815-05:00THING 2 What is Library 2.0?<strong>Regarding</strong> Library 2.0, a link to a Stephen Abram<br />podcast on the topic was added in the right-hand<br />column Friday.<br /><br /><strong>On Saturday</strong> one of my librarian friends mentioned<br />that she thought her newly posted blog for the 23<br />things exercise was already less static than her<br />library's web page. She was only at Thing 3!<br />It is fun to hear others tout the benefits of this<br />exercise.<br /><br /><strong>My boss</strong> called several times this week to get<br />a little help with posting and making her avatar.<br />She was concerned that she would be "spitting<br />nails" soon, but I think it went well for her. It<br />is, of course, time consuming.<br /><br /><strong>In conversation</strong> recently it was<br />mentioned to me that young people's<br />concepts of privacy might be quite<br />different than a librarian's.<br /><br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">We have policies</strong> in place to protect<br />the privacy of our patrons that some<br />who use Web 2.0 all the time might<br />consider "over-protective". Although<br />the privacy of our 2.0 users is under<br />their control (if they read the options<br />in fine print), we may need to point out<br />the "how-to".<br /><br /><strong>Once we learn</strong> these things, there is no going back.<br />I wonder what percentage of businesses use<br />private wikis or MS Live office or Google docs<br />and such to communicate? Since we can communicate<br />with multiple people at once, these tools could be more<br />efficient, as long as folks are good at written communication.<br /><br /><strong>Recently</strong>, our teenager said he was kinda sick of<br />MySpace and Facebook. It will be interesting to see<br />whether the "been there, done that" attitude shows<br />up as a phenomenon with other teens. Not sure<br />how one gauges what is fad and what is here for<br />the duration.MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-53639536690313874232008-06-07T12:15:00.008-05:002008-06-21T10:57:24.799-05:00Thing 1, Refresh, UPDATED, again<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Since a new session of 23 things is starting</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">and I have volunteered to be a coach... I think</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">it would be a good time to revisit the things from</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">1 to 23. Perhaps do ALL of the challenge exercises</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">listed at the end of each "thing".</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">I wonder what it takes to have a more</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">sophisticated avatar? Maybe a little animation?<br />Librarian Jan P has a great one from <a href="http://www.meez.com/main.dm">Meez.</a><br /><br /></span><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width: 400px; height: 326px; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="fs=true" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=5689790041232227175&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">I made this banner when I first started 23 things<br />and finally figured</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> out how to add it to the blog.<br />It got sorta fuzzy, but it is a wave on </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">the beach of "23 things on a stick".</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">I am wishing I could animate the heading.<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://funonmarslikes.blogspot.com/">This lady</a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> has some </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">instructions for doing just that.<br /><br />Today I added Feed Burner for statistics.<br />Now, I notice that all the time I spent getting<br />the orange RSS on the side was re-inventing<br />the wheel. That symbol would have been<br />added automatically had I used Feed Burner<br />in the first session of 23 things.<br /></span>MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-71845516593429340962008-06-07T09:50:00.007-05:002008-06-07T10:26:22.262-05:00Small Discoveries1) If you open an archived entry on<br />Blogger/Blogspot and click on the title, it<br />will send you to the person's most recent entry.<br /><br />2) Through trial and error I have experimented <br />with font color by replacing existing parts <br />of code with other color codes. <br /><br />Want bright purple font in your template? Click on the <br />"edit html" tabs in your blog template and look for<br />stuff that indicates color and replace it with<br />other code from this <a href="http://www.w3schools.com">link</a>.MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-9199377604765975662008-05-13T18:02:00.005-05:002008-06-02T10:32:32.648-05:00OnwardRead about <a href="http://www.askmn.org/">this</a> or see it <a href="http://www.infoeyes.org/"> here</a><br />(for the visually impaired.)<br /><br />It is 24/7 access to a Minnesota<br />Reference LIBRARIAN!MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-7567355374678410502008-05-06T17:55:00.006-05:002008-06-02T10:48:56.551-05:00EncouragementI went on my first <a href="http://www.boulderlake.org/recreation/Boulderdash5k/boulderdash.html">5K run</a> this past<br />weekend! (evidenced in 17th picture down.)<br /><br />Actually, my best friend, her daughter and I<br />walked and jogged, finishing without too much pain!<br /><br />At the chili dinner following our run,<br />my best friend, her daughter, two college<br />students and our host talked a little bit<br />about Facebook, which led to a small discussion<br />about <a href="http://www.23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/">23 Things on a Stick</a> and librarians!<br /><br />In this party of people, I was the only one<br />who thought we ought to celebrate or toot<br />our horns about our 5k run by posting<br />to FACEBOOK!<br /><br />Perhaps I have been brainwashed by my<br />23 Things on a Stick experience?<br /><br />NAW, my advice to you is if YOU are<br />interested in learning WEB 2.0 skills:<br /> JUST DO IT!MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-5197399682516526412008-04-24T12:14:00.010-05:002008-06-21T10:40:24.205-05:00It has been 10 days since the last post.<br />In that time I have investigated the possible<br />addition of a "teen night" to our library events.<br /><br />I also toured the Rochester MN public library.<br />WooEEE. They even have an automatic book sorter<br />connected to the book drop-off.<br /><br />When visiting a social networking area for library<br />2.0 stuff at NING I found this little video "mash-up"<br />that reinforces our commitment to keep learning<br />how Web 2.0 and other up and coming information<br />devices can be integrated into library services!<br /><br />The text for this video was originally written<br />back in November 2006 by Laura Cohen in her<br />blog,"<a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybwq6s">Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective</a>".<br />Another video "mash-up" of the text was done<br />by the <a href="http://www.myplus.ca/manifestofinal.html">Pickering Public Library</a> in Ontario.<br /><br /><object height="320" width="383"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZblrRs3fkSU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZblrRs3fkSU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="320" width="383"></embed></object>MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-18716233592402754552008-04-14T20:18:00.005-05:002008-06-02T10:45:13.309-05:00THING 23Thing 23 was an online survey.<br /><br />For me, the thing least liked was <br />the wide-openness of our wiki entries,<br />but I must say reading other people's <br />comments was enjoyable. I don't<br />think we are tapping into a wiki's <br />utility for collaboration.<br /><br />Then again, I joined the Pioneerland <br />library group because of something<br />posted on that wiki! <br /><br />It is very fun to network with<br />other librarians! And it is interesting<br />to view the history pages of that wiki<br />to examine how our librarian entries<br />formed a sort of template each of us<br />mimicked.<br /><br />Onward and upward.MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-13413822307058624922008-04-14T20:06:00.003-05:002008-06-02T10:49:44.635-05:00THING 22Now this thing I can do!<br /><br />I PLEDGE TO KEEP WRITING<br />AND KEEP HONING THE SKILLS<br />LEARNED IN 23 Things on a Stick!<br /><br />I am off to add more resources<br />to my RSS aggregator.<br /><br />WOO HOO!MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-13539946814310357982008-04-14T19:16:00.006-05:002008-06-02T10:51:06.632-05:00THING 21Recently, someone I met in Guatemala<br />asked me to join a social networking group<br />called <a href="http://goodtree.com/e">Good Tree</a>. It appears to be a place<br />where non-profit organizations can get<br />support, recognition and money to<br />carry on. I understood 12.5% of the site's<br />revenue is donated to charities. All<br />they ask is that you use GoodTree as<br />your start page.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gather.com/">Gather</a> seemed user friendly. It<br />was sort of like a magazine<br />with networking. Definitely felt<br />more sophisticated, for grown-ups.MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-89330064919281198112008-04-12T22:12:00.005-05:002008-06-02T10:56:52.390-05:00THING 20Facebook definitely feels "tighter" than MySpace. <br /><br />I am giving Facebook a trial.<br />Nieces, nephews and relatives will befriend<br />me, right, by sympathy vote?<br /><br />Had about a 50% success rate sending<br />friend requests . Succeeded in getting a<br />few "friends!" Joined a couple networks.<br /><br />Went to some of the MySpace library<br />sites. My goodness, these sites can get<br />covered with busy-ness. Would be a<br />good place to practice graphic and<br />page design! Or maybe that's what we<br />are doing.<br /><br />Is this ever good for associative thinking! <br />I could get lost and loose track of time<br />in a social networking<br />space, because of curiosity.<br /><br />One thing leads to another and before <br />you know it, you can't remember your entry <br />place, except for the "back" button.MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946429759987771594.post-63487416480522700032008-04-11T16:19:00.017-05:002008-06-02T11:00:42.896-05:00THING 19, PODCASTINGA couple years ago my brothers and sisters<br />gifted me an 8GB Mp3 player. Shortly<br />thereafter I tried subscribing to podcasts with<br />an open source software called <a href="http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">JUICE.</span></a><br />Google reader and the Firefox live bookmark<br />are more recently tried aggregator tools.<br /><br />I looked into the podcast directories<br />listed in 23 THINGS. Here is an example<br />of an EASI podcast offered at <a href="http://easi.cc/podcasts/bfit/bfit.htm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Barrier-free IT</span></a><br />(this one is very serious, don't expect entertainment)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://easi.cc/podcasts/bfit/bfit8907/bfit8907.mp3"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 37px; height: 37px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N-OzqmIaLk9q9SyoDNK6UbhxWoBZJ6jjOR5S7w8cdMHxiYIQEJBKJFOzNoZtwR9JBIYHpehkUieZ_h8bXYeH0kMOcm8vkOhlXGZ2-UjjcWSSuMapOhUbPpTH5mn0bJd4-7CAC3cMcyk/s200/player+icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188433134972641746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://easi.cc/podcasts/bfit/bfit8907/bfit8907.mp3"><span style="font-style: italic;">Does Course Content Need to be Accessible?</span></a></span><br /><br /></span>At the EASI web site I saw the word "vodcast"<br />which stands for video podcast. It looks like<br />the word "podcast" includes vodcasts.<br /><br />Despite the fact that some aspects<br />of the EASI web site didn't<br />work right from my end, I found so<br />much useful information, I didn't care!<br />Case in point; look at <a href="http://www.rit.edu/%7Eeasi/lib.htm"> this page!</a> Most<br />useful for librarians who want to know<br />more about library accessibility issues<br />and solutions!<br /><br />A vodcast uses the RSS concept but is<br />like TV on demand. It works on computer/TV<br />and players like iPod touch.<br /><br />Look at <a href="http://getfireant.com/">FireAnt</a> or<a href="http://www.apple.com/search/?q=vodcast"> iTunes</a> to subscribe<br />to internet TV channels and podcasts/vodcasts.<br />Here's a link to a free <a href="http://getfireant.com/listings/episode?feed_item_id=1666063">2007 BBC Newsnight</a><br />podcast at FireAnt.MAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169091763405978971noreply@blogger.com0