Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Storytelling Lessons from Bill Cosby via Presentation Zen

Following up on the last post below concerning good graduation speeches, here's one more from the great Bill Cosby. Now 73, Dr. Cosby many not be on the radar screens of a much younger generation, but ask any successful comedian  read more...

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Socializing in the world of Social Networks

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Today, blogging and social networking often go together (well, blogging is tied to social networking, but social networking is not about blogging) (I mean to bloggers and blog readers – today bloggers tend to be the blog readers – most often if you are blogging about blogging). Interaction plays an important role in social networks. In twitter, Interaction takes the form of many different thing.  read more... 

Monday, June 20, 2011

Assignments - June 20 - July 30, 2011

Assignments over the next 5 weeks:

1. do your research and post on your BLOG a minimum of 3 times each week for at least 15 by our next weekend
2. read and comment on your team-mates BLOG weekly and also read and comment on every other class member's BLOG during the 5 weeks
3. read and review our class BLOG - I will be making a couple of entries every week so check it weekly - http://inforesearching.blogspot.com/
4. review info on Creative Commons, (posted on class BLOG)
5. review PresentationZen material: book, video, info posted on http://www.inforesearching.com on class web page
6. gather at least 25-30 images that are related to your topic for your BLOG and preparing for your presentation

I will also be reviewing and commenting on your BLOGs. If you have any questions, be sure to let me know.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

About Creative Commons

Creative Commons licenses provide simple, standardized alternatives to the “all rights reserved” paradigm of traditional copyright. more...

Summer Session 2011

New class, 7 fabulous students. Check out their BLOGs.