Category: Web/Tech
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Instruction via Instant Messaging reference: what’s happening?
An article from the most recent issue of The Electronic Library: Title: Instruction via Instant Messaging reference: what’s happening?Author(s): Christina M. Desai, Stephanie J. GravesJournal: The Electronic LibraryISSN: 0264-0473Year: 2006Volume: 24Issue: 2Page: 174-189DOI: 10.1108/02640470610660369Publisher:Emerald Group Publishing Limited Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze one Instant Messaging (IM) reference service to determine to what extent instruction is or can…
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Is Screencasting coming to SafariU?
I’m recommending another Jon Udell production to you; this time a 43-minute interview with CJ Rayhill of SafariU about their product, and technology in education in general. SafariU is an O’Reilly customized textbook product that allows profs to pick and choose content to create a customized copyright-cleared textbook for sale to students, and that also…
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Google Scholar indexing ERIC
I probably just missed it, but it was only today that I realized Google Scholar is indexing the ERIC database. That’s fine and dandy, but scholarly, it ain’t! Technorati Tags: Google_Scholar, ERIC
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Two things to listen to (to which to listen?)
I’ve got two short audio files to recommend. The first comes from the ALA Library 2.0 Bootcamp (which I think finished this week), and is from creativity consultant Kathryn Deiss. At first I thought it was a rebuttal to some of the posts that were disparaging the Bootcamp a couple of weeks ago, but then…
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Keeping in touch with the Big 3 Screencasters
I’m reading Naked Conversations right now, and earlier this week I was thinking how much I appreciate the TechSmith Visual Lounge blog. Once upon a time I had a good relationship with one of the customer service reps at Qarbon, and he kept me updated with what was new with ViewletBuilder, but he’s gone now…
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Two more candidates for Screencasting on the Mac
Still don’t yet have a way to test these myself, but here are two more candidates for screencasting on the Mac: Screenography — Major Pro: has the ability to output directly to Flash. Con: does not record audio (they say they’re working on it). $39.95 US (maybe regularly $49.95 US) Screenography is an extremely easy…
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Jon Udell, God of So Many Things
You’ve probably heard of Jon Udell before, possibly as the guy who built the first Library Lookup bookmarklet, or perhaps as the guy who’s credited with coining the term “screencasting“. Today though, I heart Jon because he built an unofficial RSS feed to receive episodes of This American Life as a podcast. When I moved…
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Directory of Screencasting Resources
Found this great list of screencasting resources as a result of a post by Amit at Digital Inspiration. This week (June 1), Jeremy Wagstaff’s Loose Wire column in the Wall Street Journal is about Screencasting. You can’t read the column online unless you have a subscription, though the article is currently available through Factiva, and…
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Who wants to be a Camtasia Studio or SnagIt Guinea Pig?
Techsmith is looking for 25 beta testers for upcoming releases of their SnagIt (screen capture) and Camtasia Studio (sreencasting) products. Technorati Tags: Screencasting, Beta, Techsmith