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Juxtapositions: Teaching Elementary Children to Evaluate Websites
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Monday, June 22, 2009. Teaching Elementary Children to Evaluate Websites. Well, this is a cop-out; I actually have nothing to add; but I discovered that Kathy Schrock has created a great Evaluation Guide, for teaching elementary kids how to evaluate websites: Kathy Schrock's Guide. The child is then asked to determine the following [these are paraphrased and loosely interpreted]:. How fast do the pages load? How big are the images and what is the quality of the images? What quality are the sounds? Should...
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Juxtapositions: How Do Kids Really Feel About Ads on Commercial Websites?
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Monday, June 22, 2009. How Do Kids Really Feel About Ads on Commercial Websites? A colleague recently discredited a website that I found to be very helpful. Initially, I agreed with her; and then I had another thought. Certainly, inappropriate ads could never be tolerated; yet, child-focused ads may. While I love the smell of old books and websites with no ads, today's kid might actually enjoy their disco effects. To each his own. Posted by Jacki Kellum. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Juxtapositions: May 2009
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Sunday, May 3, 2009. Does Today's Pop Culture Deliver Stupidity? The pendulum is in motion! With every swing, new technology adds more bells and whistles to the Pop Culture Toy Chest. Information eddies and rushes from a stream that is ever-widening. No need for today's researchers. To go to the library- to pull out the card catalogs and periodicals. Research is at home- at the tip of one's fingers. Students today have it made. Yet, while it might seem. A group who are often characterized as lazy and spo...
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Juxtapositions: June 2009
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Monday, June 22, 2009. How Do Kids Really Feel About Ads on Commercial Websites? A colleague recently discredited a website that I found to be very helpful. Initially, I agreed with her; and then I had another thought. Certainly, inappropriate ads could never be tolerated; yet, child-focused ads may. While I love the smell of old books and websites with no ads, today's kid might actually enjoy their disco effects. To each his own. Posted by Jacki Kellum. My 1911 Roget's Thesaurus and Me. My ex-husband is...
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Juxtapositions: Should Reference Librarians Offer Medical Advice?
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Monday, June 22, 2009. Should Reference Librarians Offer Medical Advice? My ex-husband is a physician. Even though I helped fund a wealth of medical knowledge, Merck Manual became the do-all/be-all source of medical info in our home- even when a doctor was. On page 94 of the book: Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century. More information and to formulate their own plans of action. Some might argue that WebMD is a commercial site; but that actually works. The visitor, who gets the info free...
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Juxtapositions: June 2008
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Saturday, June 21, 2008. Dog Beach Morning in South Jersey. Posted by Jacki Kellum. Libraries Can Benefit from Their Long Tails. To summarize: In his book The Long Tail. Chris Anderson discusses a recent trend in the media industries. Once dominated by a few major players, the media market now includes a diluted, extended trail—a “Long Tail”—of minor players, who have created a string of niche markets. The problem is not as acute in the children’s section, because that department is new. Our library has ...
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Juxtapositions: My 1911 Roget's Thesaurus and Me
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Monday, June 22, 2009. My 1911 Roget's Thesaurus and Me. My very favorite, must-have reference is Roget's Thesaurus- not just any Roget's Thesaurus [I find some versions worthless]- but the. The general rule about writing is that one should not use the same word over and over in the same paper. Yet, even the best word-hounds get stuck. Roget's Thesaurus is invaluable for help avoiding this mistake- and in avoiding it, without a large investment of time. The American Heritage College dic-tion-ary.
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Juxtapositions: Should Reference Books Circulate?
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Sunday, June 7, 2009. Should Reference Books Circulate? The question was recently asked: Should library reference books circulate? I am working in a small,l public library, where the buzzing indicates that reference books don't. Circulate. They sit, gather dust, become old, and are never touched. In our small library, it is rare for kids to do research on site.Therefore, books that just rest on our shelves,. To be read in our library, are actually not. Is it a reference. 8220;After all,. The web is 24/7.
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Juxtapositions: web 2.0 is the BOMB!
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Monday, June 22, 2009. Web 20 is the BOMB! First, I recommend the book. Social Software in Libraries. By Meredith Farkas (2007). In the introduction to the book, Roy Tennant, User Services Architecht from the University of California says the following:. Farkas (2007) summarizes the impact of web 2.0 by saying the following about Social Information:. It allows people to communicate, collaborate, and build community online. It can be syndicated, shared, reused, or remixed. . . . That resource and my other...
