I posted my eTextbooks Resource page. It's still a work in progress. There is so much content and information floating around related to eBooks, eTexts, and open texts. I'm trying to distill it down so it makes sense to busy faculty and administrators, who basically want to know the how and why of it.
We had an eCircle meeting on Wednesday and Gardner Campbell skyped in. I loved hearing about his use of social media in the classroom. He said it doesn't work without teacher buy-in. The teacher must believe in the importance of the kind of learning community that is truly collaborative and not solely instructor led. He explained how he used Twitter in the classroom as a back channel. Earlier I had thought about trying to do this in a library session, but I've decided it would work better in a quarter- or semester-long class where you have time to discuss how to be a good digital citizen. I still love the Embedded Twitter librarian idea, but it would have to occur under the right circumstances.
I'm using a new (to me) iPad app to write this post, called BlogPress. Up until now I've only posted on my pc. It works great! I'm still struggling with the iPad keyboard though*. I found about BlogPress through the UWB Learning Technologies list of iPad apps, which is super helpful!
* I finally figured out what to do without arrow buttons. If you hold your finger down, a magnifying glass will pop up and you can move your cursor.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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