Today’s challenge was creating my own infographic. Infographics are a creative method of presenting information using images and text. I am not good at creating my own drawings, but the program I chose, Canva, had tons of beautiful templates to choose from. In fact, the hardest part of this challenge was choosing a template. I…
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Teaching with Images (LIBS 602 Sandbox #2)
Over the years, I have spent a lot of time teaching my students how to avoid plagiarism. With what I have learned this week about copyright law, I can now teach them how to avoid copyright infringement as well. In order to do that, I need to become an expert in citing images. Therefore, I…
Blogs…
Throughout the MLIS Program, you may be required or choose to create blog entries. These may be part of assignments or they may include your own professional reflections. This blog is an opportunity for you to reflect on your work. There’s more information about “Blogging” Using Posts from ODU’s ePortfolio tutorials. The entries for your…
Word Clouds: A Useful Classroom Tool (LIBS 602 Sandbox #1)
It has been fun exploring word clouds this week! Word cloud generators take a word list you provide and cluster them into a shape using a wide variety of colors and fonts. I tested Word It Out, Answer Garden, Monkey Learn, Word Art, and ABC Ya to see which word cloud generator fits my current…