I think the 23 Things program from Edinburgh University has been helpful. It has introduced some new things (Altmetrics), reminded me of others (Geocaching), and let me delve deeper into things I already knew about but hadn’t tried before (Wikipedia editing). It has been nice to have a training that has been quick and completable … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 23 – Reflection →

I downloaded the Just a Line app to my phone. It looks like it will be a fun app to play around with. It would be neat to be able to share with friends, but it looks like that will have to wait until we are in a post social distancing era. I’ve previously used … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 22 – Fun, Play, and Create →

I have previously used Kahoot. It seems like a great resource for quizzes etc. I explored GeoGebra a bit. It seems like a good resource, especially now that parents are having to help out their kids as they learn from home. Math was always a touchy homework subject. I may have also just spent a … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 21 – Online Games and Learning Tools →

LinkedIn is a network that I have used, sometimes more than others. My LinkedIn profile got updated last year when I was looking at applying for a new job. It isn’t anything that I look at regularly though. Beyond when I am job hunting it doesn’t seem like a super useful tool for my career, … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 20 – Professional Social Networks →

Altmetrics is a very interesting way of looking at how scholarship has a real world impact outside of the ivory tower. What it doesn’t do is comment on the quality or integrity of the research. Just because something gets shared a lot on social media doesn’t mean it’s true. Andrew Wakefield and his anti-vaccine study … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 19 – Altmetics →

I’ve used AR before. I have played Pokemon Go and Wizards Unite, both of which were pretty cool. More recently though I’ve used Googles 3D AR animals. You just use your compatible phone and search for your desired animal using Google and then click “View in 3D” (Here’s a list of available animals). It has … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 18 – Augmented Reality →

I have geocached (is that a verb?) before. We used it as an activity when I was a Guider and we took our Pathfinders camping. It was very fun, though I don’t remember what website we used. I did download the app and there are a few in my area, but given the current restrictions … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 17 – Geolocation Tools →

I haven’t used OneNote very much but more recently (due to COVID-19) I have been using the Staff Notebook portion of Teams a lot. I like that it has sections that can be shared amongst the whole group and sections that are just between myself and my supervisor. I’ve found it intuitive and easy to … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 16 – OneNote/ClassNotebook →

I used to use Tumblr all the time but haven’t been back there in an eon. Anyway here is a link to a Tumblr in my field Books & Libraries

I am pretty familiar with podcasts and SoundCloud. I go through phases of listening to ALL THE PODCASTS, or listening to none, there is no middle ground. I’m currently in a no podcast phase (I’ve been listening to audiobooks from the library though!). As for SoundCloud, Steel City Stories uses it to post some of … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 14 – Audio →

I have used Youtube for a long time, and there are several creators that I will even sit through ads for. What I didn’t know, since I’ve never uploaded anything is that there are different types of licences… or that Vimeo offers even more types of licences than Youtube. This kind of surprised me given … Continue reading 23 Things: Thing 13 – Video →

I’d never heard of Open Educational Resources before, but I imagine that they are needed more than ever right now.  I’m quite interested in the Radical Digital Literacy ORE from the University of Edinburgh. It may be one that I revisit at a…