Jing Project--Visual Communication Starts Here

or so they say. It's like a Captivate or Camtasia "lite" supposedly. I will find out soon and let you know. It's for quick video or screenshot (with voice) capture and sharing, up to 5 minutes.

See short and sweet Video Tour explanation in upper right-hand corner of page.
http://www.jingproject.com/faq.asp

This short video shows you how Jing works.
http://blog.jingproject.com/2007/07/how_do_i_use_this_thing_called.html

Google rival, Cuil, may be the one

New search engine "Cuil" (pronounced "cool" and Irish for knowledge) claims to search 3 times as many web pages as Google. I liked the results from my initial search--"information literacy" tutorials.


Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7528503.stm

English Composition: Writing for an Audience

http://www.learner.org/resources/series128.html
How does one write a great essay? Is it possible to come up with an original voice? These two questions and many more are discussed in this 26-part series on English composition. Offered as part of the Annenberg Media website, this video series "introduces basic principles and strategies for communicating in writing to a variety of audiences and improving general composition skills." Over the course of this series, interested parties will hear from a wide range of writing professionals. Each episode is 30 minutes long and the program titles include "Finding Something To Say", "Reading as a Writer", and "Peer Feedback". The material is quite varied, as users will find segments with Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh arguing about the definition of "welfare" and writers from the television program "MAD TV" talking about the experience of collaborative writing. [KMG]
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Greetings!

The purpose of this blog is to eliminate extra e-mails sent to my illustrious colleagues at Iona College and to centrally locate library information I think may interest some of my fellow librarians. Everyone is welcome to visit and comment, though.
Only time will reveal the longevity and usefulness (or lack of) of this trial endeavor.
Thanks for stopping by.

Callie