URL for Brittania Registration

Register for Brittania for free....would help to have this link!

Brittania for Bloggers!

I have been reading Joyce's Valenza's latest posting and find this article indicating that Encyclopedia Brittanica will provide access to their product free of charge to Bloggers. Of course, I am skeptical as is Joyce and will register to find out how this works....in the meantime, if you are interested, check it out! Brittania for Bloggers.

Quarterlife

OK, now I am beginning to wonder where technology ends, life begins, TV is television and the internet becomes broadcasting???

Visit http://quarterlife.com/ this is amazing! All boundaries have blurred here. Did you ever like watching thirtysomething, or My So Called Life on TV? Well the same producer has decided to broadcast his latest examination of life as a twentysomething today. This means these people are digitally literate. The main character is a serious blogger/writer. She observes life and posts her observations visually and textually.

The show is broadcast in segments online twice weekly. There is a social network associated with the show where viewers can interact, question and suggest plot ideas.

HOW COOL IS THIS?! Web 2.0 moving forward into interactive entertainment

Blogs and Librarianship

I have been exploring the use of a blog as a means of discussing book club books with students. These kids are busy, they are on the move and they are reading. I want to engage them in discussion without pinning them down to a lunch hour meeting. They have not, however bought into the idea of the blog....what to do? I am going to post nags/reminders on the web page and some brief announcements as reminders. Hopefully it will take off soon.