Gaming program focused on hurricanes (South Carolina). Includes computer and board games, plus resource websites.
SLJ May 2011
2022
4 years ago
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Horizon Report 2011
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Key Trends
3. Critical Challenges
4. Technologies to Watch
5. The Horizon Project
6. One Year or Less: Electronic Books
7. One Year or Less: Mobiles
8. Two to Three Years: Augmented Reality
9. Two to Three Years: Game-Based Learning
10. Four to Five Years: Gesture-Based Computing
11. Four to Five Years: Learning Analytics
12. Methodology
13. 2011 Horizon Project Advisory Board
Horizon Report
1. Executive Summary
2. Key Trends
3. Critical Challenges
4. Technologies to Watch
5. The Horizon Project
6. One Year or Less: Electronic Books
7. One Year or Less: Mobiles
8. Two to Three Years: Augmented Reality
9. Two to Three Years: Game-Based Learning
10. Four to Five Years: Gesture-Based Computing
11. Four to Five Years: Learning Analytics
12. Methodology
13. 2011 Horizon Project Advisory Board
Horizon Report
Friday, May 6, 2011
User Experience: Resist that Redesign
Article focuses on making continuous, small changes to the library website rather than a big overhaul. Provides reasons why not to do a big change, and suggestions for implementing/easing the transition to such a committee/project.
"Don’t redesign your website. You will be tempted, especially if your website hasn’t received adequate attention in the past few years—but don’t do it. Learn from some of the most successful websites around. Amazon, Apple, Google, and Netflix have never done major redesigns. They’ve slowly evolved their sites instead. Like them, plan to make many small improvements constantly to your website through incremental iterative changes."
"Website redesign projects, even if they result in a technically improved website, are likely to affect adversely the heaviest users of your site. Consider the inevitable outcry that follows any change to the Facebook interface. Momentum plays a big part in usability, and people adapt to designs even if they’re less than ideal. Forcing them into an entirely new environment is jarring no matter how friendly the result. Fortunately, small iterative change spreads out the cognitive load required to learn new things on a site."
"If your site is truly that awful, there are probably plenty of obvious fixes you can make right away. Spend a year constantly tuning up your site and turning it into the site you want, learning as you go, rather than putting all of your money on the elusive perfect redesign. It’s going to take time, money, and the right talent, but it will pay off—and right away."
LJ March 1, 2011
"Don’t redesign your website. You will be tempted, especially if your website hasn’t received adequate attention in the past few years—but don’t do it. Learn from some of the most successful websites around. Amazon, Apple, Google, and Netflix have never done major redesigns. They’ve slowly evolved their sites instead. Like them, plan to make many small improvements constantly to your website through incremental iterative changes."
"Website redesign projects, even if they result in a technically improved website, are likely to affect adversely the heaviest users of your site. Consider the inevitable outcry that follows any change to the Facebook interface. Momentum plays a big part in usability, and people adapt to designs even if they’re less than ideal. Forcing them into an entirely new environment is jarring no matter how friendly the result. Fortunately, small iterative change spreads out the cognitive load required to learn new things on a site."
"If your site is truly that awful, there are probably plenty of obvious fixes you can make right away. Spend a year constantly tuning up your site and turning it into the site you want, learning as you go, rather than putting all of your money on the elusive perfect redesign. It’s going to take time, money, and the right talent, but it will pay off—and right away."
LJ March 1, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Teaching Children Philosophy through Children's Literature
"This website is dedicated to helping adults conduct philosophical discussion with and among elementary school children.
"Contrary to what many people think, young children are both interested in and good at discussing philosophical questions. Picture books are a great way to initiate a philosophical discussion with young children and this site will help you get started."
Good for educators. Also has a lot of Book Modules (essentially book discussion questions and guides) on picture and chapter books. Discussions are themed around philosophical ideas, but are basically just thought-provoking questions.
Teaching Children Philosophy
"Contrary to what many people think, young children are both interested in and good at discussing philosophical questions. Picture books are a great way to initiate a philosophical discussion with young children and this site will help you get started."
Good for educators. Also has a lot of Book Modules (essentially book discussion questions and guides) on picture and chapter books. Discussions are themed around philosophical ideas, but are basically just thought-provoking questions.
Teaching Children Philosophy
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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