#thing10

[fitmissworld-blog]

Insights into learning

Getting feedback from your students is important because it is always good to hear other peoples perspectives about something so that you can be unbiased and see things through other’s eyes. Student feedback can enhance your teaching as you are hearing what works for them or what might not work for them which can help change or adapt your practices to be more beneficial for the students. It allows us to track their progress and how they might be feeling about certain things i.e if they are struggling. Then we are alerted to possible concerns and it may help us work with them in specific areas to help get the students to be successful. 

Getting anonymous feedback is also useful so that the students can be completely honest. Tools to get feedback from students include creating surveys on websites such as Kahoot!, Quizlet and Mentimeter. 

[ankion23things-blog]

Thing 10 Wikimedia projects

I already know some things about Wikipedia. Often forget another free, open resource, as Wikimedia commons. Totaly new for me where Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikispecies and Wikivoyage. Sweden is a small country and the content is too small to be usefull, I think, except of course for Wikipedia. The english versions are much better. But it's good to keep all of them in mind, especially at work (in information service) and especially Wikiquotes. About Wikipedia - it's good that articles are marked so you know if it's a good article or one that needs to be supplemented.

[beabedazzler-blog]

Thing 10

I used Messenger to keep in touch with my parents while they were travelling abroad. We shared stories and pictures with one another. It was incredible to connect, despite the distance.

[kelliott976-blog]

Thing 10

For thing 10 I decided to go with messenger since it goes hand in hand with the Facebook app that I used for thing 9. I am familiar with all of the options except for hangout but I use them just about every day to keep in touch with friends. I like how in messenger you can see if the other person has read the message or not and I like how it's essentially like IMessage on an IPhone only it can be used for any type of phone. It has different options like sending gifs and other photos instantly as well as being able to share links to interesting things you may have found on Facebook. The only issue I really found with the app was that sometimes if I accidentally clicked on something it might get a little overzealous and send a gif or picture that I didn't mean to send. Overall I think it's a great tool to keep in touch with friends and family.

[latinab93]

Guess what the Halloween theme is today at work? 🎃 #HappyHalloween #Thing10 #DrSuess

[eblyem-blog]

Thing 10 - Live Streaming

Live streaming is appealing and I can see that it could be used well to show a library event in all of its glory.  I was discussing with a children’s events performer where in the library is best to hold an event, and he said that within the library itself - among the book as sometimes people need to see what is going on in the library to realise that it is for them, and to gain a better sense of what the library has to offer.  And so by streaming an event of any kind, it would showcase what we do in the library to what could potentially be a larger audience than we would have in the library.  This seems to be the key to live streaming, ensuring an audience, and I imagine that this could be as difficult as it is for in-library events.  The great thing about having an online video is that people come across it and watch it in their own time, this is different with live streaming for which you have to watch in the moment, although it seems that the option to record it is available.

Having studied for my last qualification using distance learning, which employed a number of methods for disseminating information online, I certainly feel that watching a conference or training session in this way is incredibly appealing.  This is particularly true in a time and environment where time out of work for training (not to mention travel expenses and training costs) is difficult to find.  The real beauty of live streaming is the interactivity; this kind of discussion allows for a greater sense of collaboration and interaction than a video.  Although there were a group involved in the Rudai hangout, there were many more of us watching and live Tweeting, which enabled a large number of people to be involved while the video element to the conversation kept the flow moving along more smoothly than Twitter chats generally do. 

I do wonder whether this kind of discussion would be useful for online meetings between librarians, again saving the travelling time of 10/12 people.  By recording a hangout such as this, it could then be shared with anyone that was unable to attend the meeting and also used to refer to later by those involved.

I tried to give Periscope a go, but seems as though you need the app to have full use of it.  Unfortunately my phone is a bit old and doesn’t have the capacity for this, maybe sometime in the future...!

[jhumphrey23mt]

Thing 10 Continued

I switched to Layar as Aurasma froze on my phone. I think the app wasn’t set to work on an iPhone 5s. Layar is cool but doesn’t have all the potential of Aurasma. I liked how much information I got when I did a geographic search. It came up with two local tourist items and I selected House of Miniatures. From there I could phone them, get Google directions from my present location, a link to their website, and a link to a map and reviews. I can see this App being helpful this summer when we travel to South Dakota. I also used it to scan the QR code on the back of the summer challenge flyer. I have never used QR codes before and found it very easy to use. I liked that it took me to the registration page and I didn't have to type in or remember an URL.

[raubtixr-archive-blog]

@tuesdaybelyakova

To her friends, it probably seemed like that Annie spent her time inside the walls with sitting around, nagging and being slightly overprotective over the human beings she cherished, but that was only a small part of what she actually did. Annie liked the thought of possessing money, but without a fake name and some acting, the shifter wasn't able to work to earn money. So, she did it the easy way.

Eyeing the crowd on the market place from the shadows of an alley, Annie searched for a victim. Putting the hood of her coat over her head, the shifter stepped out of the alley, trying to appear normal as she pushed herself into the crowd. And after only a few minutes, she found someone-- a young woman, probably not older than Annie. The shifter was just able to see the dark green gemstone on the woman's necklace as she passed Annie and damn, she'd love to own that, but the shifter already knew that she probably wasn't going to be able to get it. Some coins from her pockets would have to suffice.

Annie would have to make it seem like an accident. Pushing herself past some people, the shifter tried to get closer again. There she was. But there was also someone behind Annie who seemed to be in a real hurry so they just happened to push Annie towards her target. This was too easy. The woman wouldn't even know what happened.

When Annie bumped into the other, a swift hand snatched whatever it could get out of the other woman's pocket and stuffed it into Annie's. And now she just needed to get out of there. After quickly apologizing and giving the woman a friendly smile she had practiced for some time, the shifter made herself scarce, walking out of the crowd.