Just another UBC Blogs weblog
As I watched this video, the first thing that came to mind was, ‘Oh, geez, I’d really like to do my part of our wiki project over again.’ I assembled all these points related to planning, consultation, articulating goals etc.- that is, all the stuff that a typical public library has had to do to […]
As I proceed through this course, I have become quite excited about the possibilities of using Web 2.0 platforms in my teaching. As I read the paper on New Media Literacies, I decided to experimentally replace each mention of ‘youth’ and ‘students’ with ESL for ‘college-prep’ students, the kind I currently teach here in Vancouver. […]
When I reflect on my own vague feelings of resistance to the idea of maintaining a persona on social media (which hasn’t stopped me from doing it), I wonder how much of it comes from my image of ‘ideal learning conditions’ based on experience. I went to Japan in 1994 to teach, and the common […]
When I think of the various affordances that social media have to offer, I repeatedly return to the question- no doubt because of the techno-phobe in me- ‘Who actually needs to do that?’ But as discussed on the wiki page, individual variables will play a crucial role in how and whether someone will take […]
This is my blog for LIBR 559M, wherein I will share musings about social media and what it means for information professionals.