I was finally doing a bit of reading via my Google Reader, when I came across RefSeek, written up by Jane Hart on her very handy blog.
Ref Seek is a website for students and researchers that accesses articles from web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers. The idea behind the site is to make academic information easily [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Google reader’
November 18, 2008
RefSeek - what is the future for subscription databases?
September 2, 2008
Google Reader - Commoncraft helps explain what we’re all on about!
A turning point for me in my development as an online learner, was when I set up my Google Reader and started subscribing to blogs written by teachers and people interested in education and the impact of technology on learning. Whenever I talk to people about how I made the leap from someone with no idea to someone [...]
May 25, 2008
Snackr - a new way to read RSS feeds
I read about Snackr while browsing through Download Squad via my Google Reader. If you read a lot of blogs you’ll know that you have to have a means of managing the plethora of information you want (need!) to consume. My reader is invaluable - I subscribe to sites by pasting the url into the add [...]
March 20, 2008
Back from camp - time to tell you about Google Notebook
Returned from camp today. Had a great time with fantastic Year 7 students willing to give everything a go. I’m a huge supporter of Outdoor Education camps since I left on my first one two years ago. On that one, we paddled 60kms down Australia’s Murray River and camped on river beaches nightly for five [...]
March 13, 2008
Our flat world surprises mediasauce!
Had an interesting experience today. The Elibrarian (a fantastic support - it’s wonderful having someone on staff who operates on the same page and can implement many of the ideas we talk about) sent me a link to a page that had featured on Stephen’s Lighthouse - Stephen Abram’s blog. We both subscribe to this site [...]
February 12, 2008
Information overload - get a Google reader!
I’m constantly amazed by the changes I have seen in myself over the last two and a bit years. They’re not physical (not to say that I’ve been unaffected by the ravages of time!), but more attitudinal. As I’ve become more familiar with technology, I’ve noticed a shift in my reading habits. I’m a Teacher- Librarian [...]