Practical uses for QR Codes – #3 Promoting e-Resources

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Libraries – this one’s for you. Continue reading →

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Five top tips to get the most out of Foursquare

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Like many who dabble with social media, when people ask me why I use a particular site I usually find myself encouraging them to start exploring the site for themselves.   Continue reading →

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A Geocaching Odyssey

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

About a year ago, when I first began exploring how geocaching could be used in libraries, I started thinking of ways it could also be used to bring a fresh approach to learning, especially to the more marginal subjects being taught today. Continue reading →

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Managing your digital footprint, or, making sure you don’t put your foot in it…

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

We’ve all been there – a ‘friend’ publishes an embarrassing photo of you on Facebook and it runs rampant through your networks like a virus, a tongue-in-cheek tweet intended as a direct message is accidentally sent as a public tweet on Twitter, much to your eternal shame (naming no politicians in particular…), or a Foursquare check-in during work hours is taken completely out of context and your career is in ruins. Continue reading →

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Empowering the Digital Natives event

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

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Managing, sharing and presenting resources relevant to the ‘digital natives’

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

I appreciate the term ‘digital natives’ is not new – in fact, it was coined about ten years ago now by Marc Prensky who wrote about the idea in Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants,  but a recent study carried out by the Open University has shed new light on the debate challenging the perceptions/misperceptions about the idea of digital natives. Continue reading →

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Foursquare fans or followers of Aphrodite – check-in here!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

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Are you Google Plussed or nonplussed?

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

For the last week I’ve been dabbling with Google+ and thought it was about time I stuck my head above the parapet. Continue reading →

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Practical uses for QR Codes – #2 Virtual Tours

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

Libraries – this one’s mainly for you! Continue reading →

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Practical uses for QR Codes – #1 Sharing your Contact Details

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

One of the great things about QR Codes, and many social media tools in general, is that they’re constantly evolving, so you’re always discovering new ways of doing things and new uses for things (even when you thought: “Yeah, QR Codes – been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt with the QR Code on the front!”). Continue reading →

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