Prezi, an alternative presentation format to PowerPoint, is my next exploration for 23 Things for Professional Development: Thing 17: The Medium is the Message- Prezi and Slideshare. I first heard of Prezi several months ago from friends who thought of me … Continue reading →
Thing 19 for the 23 Things for Professional Developmentis another reflection week. This time the emphasis is on integrating the tools that we have been playing with. I thought I should confess that my Firefox / Zotero experiment (cpd23. Thing … Continue reading →
Thing 15 for 23 Things for Professional Development is about conferences, including presenting at them. I’m speaking at the Missouri Library Association conference next month and I want your help. The topic is: The World of Book Blogs. My idea … Continue reading →
23 Things for Professional Development, cpd23, is up to Thing 14: Zotero / Mendeley / citeulike. In other words, citation managers. Thing 14 is about three different tools that can be used to manage references and sources. I’ve heard of … Continue reading →
It’s Monday! What Are Your Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. Be sure to check out her post today to see her selections and the list of links to all the other participating bloggers. Read … Continue reading →
If I’m really going to catch up on the Continuing Professional Development 23 Things, cpd23, during this reflection week, then I’d better hop to it. The next Thing shows up tomorrow. I’m going to ignore Thing 10 – Graduate traineeships, … Continue reading →
Today, I’m catching up on the free professional development program for librarians and other information professionals called 23 Things for Professional Development. Apparently, Brits use the term CPD (Continuing Professional Development) where Americans would use the phrase Continuing Ed. See, … Continue reading →
I’m on track to write 50,000 words for the second month in a row (and I’m not counting blog posts!). And I’m off track and behind on just about every other aspect of life. It’s going to take some adjustment … Continue reading →
Thing 7 is about professional organizations (or organisations if you’re British). I’m kind of between organizations right now since I’m kind of between professions right now. I’m still a member of the Missouri Library Association. Here’s a shout out for … Continue reading →
Still playing catch up in the Continuing Professional Development 23 Things program. Next up, Thing 6: Online networks. This post asks us to think about and experiment with social online networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. I’ve been on all three for years, … Continue reading →