Podcasts and Google Scholar

For those of you wanting more... Some Podcasts I just found are:

NPR Youth Radio
NPR Books and Literature (not N. Pearl)
Nancy Pearl's Book Review Podcast is found in iTunes by searching KUOW (I overheard someone mention that today during class and, yep, that was the ticket!) One episode per week. Free.
Wine Library TV (looks like a vodcast)
Univ. of Minnesota Bookstore Author Events (David Sedaris!, among others) via iTunes U
Library of Congress mega podcasts on all sorts of topics in iTunes U

Google Scholar!! Go to http://www.google.com/scholar and enter search terms. Your results list will be all scholarly journals (even some jstor, which is an expensive paid subscription ??). Nice high end content. Go to http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html for "about Google Scholar" info.

I have a cool "giveaway" tomorrow for the first comment on this post... hee-hee

Web 2.0!!

Which 21st Century Tool we discussed today would you be most likely to adopt SOON, either in your personal or professional life, and WHY? BTW, are you aware just how fabulous your group is? I am!!

A few Updates

I mentioned the Boolean Machine today. Here's the link, check it out: http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3K/boolean/

Julie mentioned a "Rank these Sites" activity we do with our sophomore orientation classes. Here's the link to one of our sophomore orientation lessons, that includes some evaluation of sites, domain names, info literacy, and the ranking exercise: http://schoolcenter.nsd.org/GreekInfoLit

I also put these on the Resources page.

Teresa :)

Barb is Awesome!!

OK, so Barb presented a lot of great teaching ideas and resources today. What is ONE of the things she discussed that you're thinking, "Oh my gosh. I'm so going to apply that in my current situation (teaching, home, library). I can't wait!" Remember, she said to start with one thing and then build. Give us some details!!

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