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Can students learn online skills from a teacher? More and more, I’m thinking the answer is no. Countless times, I see high school students watch a YouTube video to better understand a concept that was already covered in class. http://www.alatechsource.org/blog

ALA TechSource

Today and tomorrow I’m at the Digital Public Library of America meeting in Washington, DC. I’m a “convener” (I’m hoping that means “judge, jury, and executioner”) of the “ Audience and Participation Workstream ,” which is trying to assess who will use the DPLA and why. Others are working on technical, legal, financial, and content questions. http://www.dancohen.org/2011/10/20/the-digital-public-library-of-america-first-things-first/

The Digital Public Library of America: First Things First

No Shelf Required — A moderated discussion of the issues surrounding eBooks, for librarians and publishers.

Flipboard app releases update, allows consumers and advertisers to publish March 30th, 2013 · by spolanka · No Comments A colleague forwarded this interesting blog post to me about Flipboard. The author, Mathew Ingram, discusses Flipboard’s new release features . http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/