I took a literature class last fall, and there was an attempt by one member of the class to get a blog going on topics related to the literature we were reading. I was the only other person with blogging experience, so it was just the two of us who seemed interested. Today, I put a link in the library catalog for a free peer-reviewed ejournal that discusses technology use for educators. It’s called The Technology Source and it’s published bimonthly by the Michigan Virtual University. One of the articles in the most recent issue caught my eye. It is on using blogs to facilitate online courses and puts more emphasis on the professor communicating with the students than on student interaction, but it is still an interesting article.
blogging in the virtual classroom
I took a literature class last fall, and there was an attempt by one member of the class to get a blog going on topics related to the literature we were reading. I was the only other person with blogging experience, so it was just the two of us who seemed interested. Today, I put … Continue reading “blogging in the virtual classroom”
OK, I have always hated the librarian stereotype…ANYTIME anyone asks me ‘so what do you do?’, and I tell them I’m a library assistant they look at me skeptically. Yeah, I love to read, I’m a book worm, a book nerd if you must say. But I do NOT look like one…though I can tell you that MANY of those I work with would fit the stereotype to a t. Maybe in the future when they decide they are going to make a librarian action figure..they can use my picture!! 😉
I’m not sure what the above comment has to do with this blog post, but I’m certain that the author saw some sort of connection.