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Logging in to iCONN – a ScreenToaster Screencast

Mar 9th, 2009
by pollyalida.
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Steve Cauffman from the CT State Library put together this great screencast using the free tool ScreenToaster. Note he took advantage of Screentoaster’s captioning feature to make the video more accessible.

ScreenToaster is one of several tools we covered in a recent class on Screencasting.

Connecticut’s 23 Things Program

Mar 7th, 2009
by pollyalida.
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After a successful project for staff at the state library, the Connecticut State Library is taking their 23 things project statewide. Terrific! I spend a lot of time teaching in CT and am so excited to see this program going statewide.

The program kicked off February 9th, but there’s still time to join. They’re just into Thing 2 – Blogs. There will be a new topic every 2 weeks.

The program officially wraps up on July 27th. Complete all of the activities by July 27, 2009 to receive a continuing education certificate.

I hope tons of CT library staff take advantage of this terrific learning opportunity. As an unofficial CT librarian, I’m going to follow along and participate at this blog: Polly’s CT 23 Things.

Fun stuff from Connecticut Libraries

Jun 13th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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One of the things I love about traveling all over to teach is hearing about new projects and ideas from the library staff in my classes. I always come back with a bunch of scribbled notes on pieces of paper that eventually sift out of my notebooks, folders, pocketbook and who knows where in my suitcase.

So here are the notes that have surfaced from last week’s trip to CT:

  • Mystery on Pine Street – Wacky, fun, stop-motion claymation style video created by kids at the Cornwall (CT) Free Library as part of their 2007 Summer Reading Program.
  • Forman School Library – Short audio book teasers to encourage summer reading. The mp3 files are stored on their wikispaces account and presented with an embedded audio player.
  • Writers Club – Norwalk (CT) PL – Great project had kids reading their own riddles, writings and offering book reviews. They’ve used the handy playtagger audio player that comes from del.icio.us. Nice simple way to embed an audio player on a regular web page.