Blogpost #5
As I am nearing the end of the course and finishing up my webpage, I wonder from time to time when will I next have the opportunity to use HTML and will I forget how, or is it like riding a bike? Much to my happiness, I stumbled upon this blog entry from librarian.net. Apparently, it is possible, using the templates provided and a little knowledge of HTML coding, to create PowerPoint-type slides without PowerPoint. How fun is that? I can totally envision myself playing around with this idea to create slides for presentations.
Another thing that caught my attention this week was the Library Journal article “Where the Readers Are” by Steven Bell. He talks about the fact that no matter how great a library blog is, there is still the issue of getting people to read it. He determined that one way for an academic library to do this is to incorporate the blog into courseware (like Blackboard) so that when students look at the announcement page, they automatically see the library blog. He did this and then sent out a survey which showed that 75% of the students “found the library posts useful and indicated the library should continue to provide this content to the course sites.” Additionally, some of the students said they had gone to a library event or been influenced by the blog in some way during the semester. These are students who probably would not have known about the information presented in the library blog had it not shown up on their Blackboard announcement page.
I found that concept very innovative and I wonder if something similar could be done between the public libraries and schools. I know that many of the teachers at our high school have webpages that the students check regularly. If the library could have blog information posting regularly about resources that might help with projects or even teen events going on at the library, it might have a really positive impact on both the high school students and the library.
Another thing that caught my attention this week was the Library Journal article “Where the Readers Are” by Steven Bell. He talks about the fact that no matter how great a library blog is, there is still the issue of getting people to read it. He determined that one way for an academic library to do this is to incorporate the blog into courseware (like Blackboard) so that when students look at the announcement page, they automatically see the library blog. He did this and then sent out a survey which showed that 75% of the students “found the library posts useful and indicated the library should continue to provide this content to the course sites.” Additionally, some of the students said they had gone to a library event or been influenced by the blog in some way during the semester. These are students who probably would not have known about the information presented in the library blog had it not shown up on their Blackboard announcement page.
I found that concept very innovative and I wonder if something similar could be done between the public libraries and schools. I know that many of the teachers at our high school have webpages that the students check regularly. If the library could have blog information posting regularly about resources that might help with projects or even teen events going on at the library, it might have a really positive impact on both the high school students and the library.
posted by Kim @ 9:12 PM
4 Comments:
At 6:33 AM,
Jessi said…
that is pretty cool, thanks for sharing that information...i will no doubt be visiting that in the future.
i had the same concerns about the "use it or lose it" of this class.
At 11:49 AM,
Michelle said…
Thanks for the information on the powerpoint slides format without using slides. This will prove helpful in the future.
Putting a blog directly into a Blackboard program would most likely help to get more readers.
At 12:04 PM,
Lyndy said…
I have often wondered when and whether I will use the skills I've learned in this class. I know I want to be able to use my HTML skills for my own use and possibly for my library as well. I have already set up an RSS aggregator, and blogging and reading others' has been very informative. I wish I had taken this class 5 years ago.
At 12:07 PM,
Carol Ann said…
As I read about blogs and how they have already progressed to a writing style, I feel that I am so out of date. Then... I talk to my peers and they have never heard of a blog, let alone read or written one.I am making progress in the tech world.
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