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Fun, Thoughtful Technology In The Classroom


My colleague Sarah and I presented again this week at a VLA conference on using technology in the classroom to engage students. It was a great conference and I love getting together with other librarians from around the state. People are doing such interesting things, and I always come back with ideas. Our presentation was [...]

QR Codes At The Tipping Point?


This article about New York City putting QR codes on all of their building permits caught my attention. I found it interesting that a government agency was adopting this technology. QR codes are pretty cool. Whether it’s videos, pictures or a website, it’s great to be able to attach web content to a physical object. [...]

E-books Are Not Horseless Carriages


I’m reading the book (on my iPad) What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly the co-founder of Wired Magazine. It’s an optimistic look at the nature of technology and our relationship to it. I’d highly recommend it to anyone interested in philosophical, historical, evolutionary look at technology. I can’t say that I agree with all his arguments, [...]