Edu-Blog

As TS coordinator Renee has commented at Professional Development Steering Committee meetings, blogging is here to stay! Use of blogs in education is on the rise.

Check out MSU's Blogs for Learning, a web site recently launched about blogging in higher education.

Another web site Blogs in Education offers summaries about blogging with students in various subject areas.

In our Learning Assistance Department, librarian colleague Kim is using a blog for student feedback during instruction sessions. Visit Kim's Library Blog to see how students are responding and to find helpful research tips.

Any thoughts about how these resources apply to our services to LCC students?

Mouses & Trash Cans

Mary S. (tutor in TS) and Karl (from Library Services) joined this week's Lunchin' for Laptops. Karl, who was one of the facilitators at the 2/2 inservice, plans to start a blog in the near future for use with students at the library and browsed our blog. Mary explored the links provided at last week's inservice by librarian colleague Suzanne B. for Researching Family History.

During today's session, some helpful tips came up about scrolling on laptops without an external mouse:

• hold down the left button on the touch pad mouse while dragging a finger down the pad


• use the touch pad to place the arrow/ cursor on the web page, then tap the tab and use the up or down arrow buttons on the keyboard

Also, tips about commenting on Blogger were shared:

• if the same comment is posted twice and you are the author, find the symbol with a trash can located in the lower left corner undert the specific comment for deleting


• when a comment is deleted, the comment box (which shows in a pop-up window) will read that the author removed the comment

Feel free to ask Mary or I for a live demonstration for any of these strategies!