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Jason from Salem State showed xtranormal, a web-based animated video tool, which he uses in his instruction classes. One movie he demonstrated was an introduction to his services. (He mentioned he had one on databases, but didn’t show it.) He showed the process of making an xtranormal video, including customizing the backgrounds, characters, and adding [...] Laura from Bryant demonstrated PollEverywhere, an audience response system that uses cell phone text messaging (rather than clickers) to poll audiences. Options include multiple choice and free text responses. Polls and poll results can be integrated into Powerpoint. One attendee noted that clickers only allow multiple choice types of questions whereas this offers free text [...] Julia from Boston College talked about how they use Mosio’s Text-a-Librarian service. She noted that they only staff it 10-5, but would like to expand it. Q: What kind of questions are you getting? A little bit of everything! A student was looking for an image once but also hours and those types of questions. [...] Do your students text all the time? As a reference librarian at Bryant University, I notice our students texting constantly. At a recent conference several of my colleagues saw a demonstration of Poll Everywhere (http://www.polleverywhere.com/), a text message voting application that allows students in library instruction classes to participate using their cell phones. You [...] |
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