Yesterday I attended "Information Landscapes for 21C Learners: Developing Inquiry Through Web 2.0 and Student Engagement", a seminar presented by Dr. Joyce Valenza. It was at the beautiful Dockside Convention Centre in Cockle Bay and the walk down from Central was lovely as usual. I was greeted by a vista of boats in Darling Harbour as the Sydney International Boat Show was on. The presentation that Joyce gave was inspiring, intimidating and overwhelming. All these marvelous ideas that she puts into practice! The tools and ideas flowed all day. I don't think that she sleeps. If I can put 1% of her ideas into practice I'll have achieved something.
Her 10 Big things for TLs are:
1. Acacadmic digital footprints
2. Creative Commons
3. Fair Use
4. Research
5. Content Curation
6. Keeping up with searching
7. GIGO - Garbage in, garbage out!
8. What is a primary source?
9. Creativity
10. Communication and collaboration
I needed a break from it all at lunch time to clear my head, so walked up into town to visit my favourite store :-) Dymocks. I do realise that I was attending a seminar about digital resources and Web 2.0 but I love paper too. I love the feel of a good book in my hands, the texture of the paper and the physical experience holding and reading a book.
The seminar was worthwhile... it has stimulated me into trying a few new things and, indeed, resurrecting my blog. Onwards and upwards...
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