TechNotes Fall 09

Here is my list of topics for TechNotes in the fall. I think I'll try going to a bi-weekly format, which will hopefully improve attendance. I'll be cranking out a schedule within the next few weeks.

AsULearn - Basic
AsULearn - Advanced
SynchronEyes (or whatever it's called now)
Using the Online Assessment Survey tool
Using Games in BI sessions
Using Clickers in BI sessions
LibGuides - Advanced
Elluminate

Firefox Search Engine plugin

If you missed today's Firefox TechNotes, then you probably didn't know that I would be rolling out a plugin for the little search box in the upper right of the Firefox browser.

Well, I suppose you can get it anyway:
WNCLN Catalog

Of course, if you have no idea of what I'm talking about, it means you really should have come to today's TechNotes. Or at least stop me in the hall and ask me about it.

Keep up with TechNotes and TeachNotes

For those of you who haven't been able to attend TechNotes or TeachNotes (or just lost all the links to the stuff I've been showing you), I'm making life easier for you.

I've put together two web pages with the schedule, the information and links, and now the screencasts of the sessions.

So if you go to these links for TechNotes or TeachNotes, you'll be able to find out what you've missed (and in some cases, see it), see what's coming up, and try out all the links.

30 Sites TechNotes

Here is the Google Notebook link for today's TechNotes, 30 sites in 30 minutes.

Podcast/Vlogs/Flickr

Here is the link to the Google Notebook for today's TechNotes on Podcasts/blah blah blah

Look! A logo!

I thought that TechNotes needed a logo, so I made one. Here 'tis:



I'm also going to put together a web page with links and information on past topics, as well as a schedule of future topics.

April TechNotes

For the April edition of TechNotes, I thought I'd change things up again, and hopefully this time I'll get the scheduling just right.

I will stick with Wednesdays, but in order to get a larger audience, I will do the same talk twice, at both 9:30 and 4:00, still in Room 026. Hopefully, this will allow a range of people an opportunity to come and learn a little something new.

Here are the dates and topics for April:
April 2 - Podcasts/Vlogs/Flickr
April 9 - Elluminate
April 16 - 30 more sites in 30 minutes
April 23 - Firefox
April 30 - Moodle

As always, let me know if you've got some great new ideas for TechNotes topics!

March TechNotes

The March TechNotes will continue to be on Wednesdays in Room 026, but will move to 1:30 - 2:00 pm, in hopes that people who couldn't make the earlier time can come then. After polling both on the web and in person, and then chucking that out and picking out stuff I wanted to do, here's March's topics:

March 5 - 30 sites in 30 minutes
March 19 - Web/Library 2.0
March 26 - More Google!

TechNotes Poll

Visitors to this actual website will notice the poll on the right, but for those of you reading through RSS readers, you may not know of its existence.

To get some feedback and help me figure out what to talk about for March's editions of TechNotes, I put up a little poll so people can give me a little feedback about what they'd like to hear discussed.

As always, if there is some other idea you have for TechNotes, or anything else, just let me know.

Today's TechNotes

For those who attended today's TechNotes, here is the link to the export.opml file. For most feed readers, you should be able to import this file and pick and choose which feeds you want to keep.

You can also go to http://www.bloglines.com/public/ricese and subscribe to any or all of the blogs I read there.

Please let me know if you need assistance of any kind.

TechNotes

I'm going to start holding a half-hour information session each week on a technology topic for anyone who wants to come and listen. Hopefully, both neophytes and technophiles will take away a little something they didn't know about before. These will be very informal and short, so feel free to drop in anytime.

This Wednesday, Feb. 13 will be about AppSearch, the federated search product.

Wednesday, Feb. 20 will be about Blogs and RSS
Wednesday, Feb. 27 will be about Google and its million and one products, at least a couple of which you probably have not heard of.

All sessions will be from 9:30 to 10:00 am in Room 026.

Everyone is welcome!

And if you have any suggestions for other topics, just let me know!