Wikis and Blogs

I started this blog because of athe last project I am doing for library school. The project is designed to help transfer and non-traditional students understand the library and Web 2.0 applications. It is a four-part workshop. The first night was library instruction and computer basic, the second night was an introduction to Google Docs and Apps and this third session
is the wiki and blog session; which is the session I put the most time and work into. The last session, which will be held the week after next, is podcasting. Anyway, it is 7:25 pm and no one has shown yet; the session was to begin at 7:00pm.

Bummer.

I can understand why academic librarians stop offering services which students are not required to attend. A ton of work goes into creating web pages, handouts, and evaluations only for no one to show. The lack of interest makes me want to cancel the last session of this program which is podcasting.


I did worry that no direct correspondence this week would result in a low turnout but all of the people who were here last week said they would be here this week. My evaluations were solid. I wish I knew what happened. I had an ad on Channel 22, the TV station for campus - I had really hoped that would do the trick. Direct correspondence, within a week of the event, seems to be the most effective form of advertising to college students.


I am seriously wondering if I should cancel the podcast session for the week after next or if I should post some flyers and do another direct e-mail. I think I'll take heart and go with the latter. I guess if I were a student and I had a choice of whether to go home or attend a library presentation, I would go home, too. Hopefully they are home and dutifully going through my online instruction modules.



For any blog followers - you guys already know how to do this - but my sessions are posted on a Google site:

https://sites.google.com/site/unboundlibrarian/

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Library 2.0 Class for Tansfer and Non-Traditional Students

In my last semster as a library student I am creating an in-house four-part workshop for library instruction and Web 2.0 designed to help transfer students and non-traditional students learn more about the library and technology.

The first in-house session only had two people in spite of a mass e-mail being sent to about 2600 people. Of those that signed up, two e-mailed me to let me know it was the basketball traffic which caused them not to come out. I have taken out an ad on the campus network for the next three sessions, so hopefully they will be well attended.

To reach those who are unable to come I am also designing online modules using Jing, photshop and dreamweaver and our own library webpage. Perhaps I'm making it too hard on myself. The first session was just a basic introduction to the library, the online catalog, and the databases. Both students that attended were business students. Since I have already prepared for a MBA class I have to teach tomorrow I was able to show them a number of different business resources that excited them- the SWOT analyses in BSP, Morningstar analyst reviews, etc.

This Thursday I am teaching a class about Google - setting up your Google account, using Google Docs, iGoogle, and Google Scholar.

The following Thursday I will be teaching wikis and blogs using PBworks and Blogger - this is what prompted me to start a new blog. And on December 1st I will teach the final session - podcasting. When all four online modules are available I will post them on this blog. I knowyou'll be looking forward to it.