Tweet 1. http://creately.com/- a great tool for creating online diagrams. 2.http://mind42.com- the best tool for mind mapping I’ve found. Create them yourself, edit and share with in groups and more. 3. http://www.tagxedo.com/- create word cloud based info-graphics 4. http://visual.ly/- create visually appealing info-graphics and share what you have already created with everyone. 5. http://www.gapminder.org/- Explore [...]
Tweet Have you ever considered using infographics to teach library literacy? In my job as an academic librarian for a two year business college, we have started exploring various ways to use infographics for library literacy. Our biggest problem with many business courses as well as our medical and interior design courses is that it [...]
Tweet Powerpoint presentations in library literacy sessions can be boring if not done correctly. However, there are lots of ways to make them work and to encourage interaction. What about using twitter along with power point? I recently discovered this tool- Power Point Twitter Tools. Although I have not yet tried it, it looks like [...]
Tweet Using facebook in the classroom as a teaching tool has been presented as an idea by many people in recent months. Most college students are already on there and so instead of fighting against it and trying to get them to go elsewhere, why not just use facebook as a library literacy tool? If [...]
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