Workshops
Below is a list of all the workshops I’ve taught over the years. Some were put together when I was working as an academic librarian, but most of them come from my life as a technology trainer for libraries. Click through for more info about any workshop. Several of the earlier ones are available under a creative commons license for you to use and abuse!
TheirSpace: Using Technology to Reach Your Students Where They Already Are
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This hour hands-on workshop will take a look at some exciting ways that teachers and librarians can take valuable information and push it to our students where they already hang out. We’ll explore ways to makeMySpace an educational resource, and learn about some other cool tools with relevance to teaching and learning along the way! Topics covered will include MySpace, RSS, and iGoogle.
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Can You Hear Me Now? What They’re Doing On Their Phones When They’re Not Talking
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The image of the teenage girl talking on the phone for hours has been around as long as their have been teenage girls and phones, but cell technology has totally changed the rules. Of course they could talk on the phone, but why talk when they can text? IM? Surf the web? Check movie times? This 2 hour workshop will demonstrate a variety of uses for cell phones, and help teachers and librarians understand the appeal of mobile devices. We’ll also discuss potential applications to teaching and learning.
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Making Some Noise: Podcasting @ Your Library
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Do you have a story to tell? Do your patrons? Your library may post the news on its Web site or maybe your library even has a blog. How about taking it the next step by getting yourself heard through a podcast?
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Library Technologies and Copyright Literacy
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This four hour technology and copyright course was requested by Houston Community College’s Instructional Media Center and Instructional Design Coordinators. One part of the workshop focused on helping faculty understand the full range of library and information technologies available to them, and the other focused on copyright in the classroom. Designed in conjunction with the HCC Libraries’ Distance Education Committee.
Past trainings:
- The course was offered at several HCC campuses on many locations throughout Spring 2007.
A Foot in the Door: Strategies for Reaching Out to Distance Education Students and Faculty
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Interested in reaching out to your college’s increasing distance education population, but don’t have a lot of money to do it? This workshop is for you! This full day, hands-on workshop will focus on ways that college and university libraries can use a collection of free tools to build a presence in online classes and DE programs. Attendees will:
- Learn the basics of blogging and explore its potential in terms of distance education
- Get an in-depth understanding of the power of web syndication (RSS)
- Learn how to harness RSS to deliver quality library materials, including database articles, library instruction articles, and more, to DE populations through online classes, DE webpages, or email
- Explore a couple of free options for virtual reference including Instant Messaging (via Meebo)
Past training dates and locations:
- Northeast Texas Network Annual Meeting, Carthage, Texas, October 17, 2006
(Taught under the name “Doing Something with Nothing: Providing Library Services to Distance Students – Without a Budget!”)
Info To Go
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A remix of “RSS In Your CMS,” “Info To Go” is a workshop that introduces the concept of RSS and provides hands-on opportunities to explore free RSS-to-email and RSS-to-Javascript tools, with a focus on Houston Community College specific applications. The class was developed for technologists working with classroom faculty. Co-taught with Barret C. Havens.
Past trainings:
- HCC Instructional Media Center, Houston, Texas. December 13, 2005.
