Librarian in the Cloud

Lifelong Learning in Libraries Ignite Talk

Heather Braum — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:10:58 +0000

I jumped off a cliff last month and did something way outside my comfort zone: I gave an ignite talk (5 mins, 20 slides designed ahead of time, and auto-advanced every 15 seconds) at the Digital Media and Learning Conference in San Francisco. The talk was titled, “Learning from Birth to the Grave @ Your…

What’s on my iPad version 2.0

Heather Braum — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:38:54 +0000

Last year, I wrote “What’s on my iPad?“, a list of all the apps on my iPad. It’s been almost a year, and I need to get a new list published. It appears below. There are many additional online resources out there for iPads used in education and libraries: iPad Resources list, compiled by Erin…

DML, Maker Spaces, Libraries, and Ignite

Heather Braum — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:45:55 +0000

Hi blog. It’s been awhile. I wonder if anyone still reads you…. What’s been new? Information Overload presentations. Grad school work. Day job. And DML2012. DML2012 was. incredible, and had me wishing more librarians had been present. With the increased focus in some part of our profession on the potentials of maker spaces (read David…

TEDxOKC: Anthony Shadid: “Democracy in the Middle East, Elusive Dream or Coming Reality?”

Heather Braum — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:05:19 +0000

I had never taken the time to polish and publish my notes from TEDxOKC last spring. Tonight’s tragic news that NYTimes Reporter Anthony Shadid suddenly passed away in Syria is prompting me to dust off my notes from his incredible talk and finally publish them as I took them. I will never forget his talk…

Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-01-27

Heather Braum — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:59:00 +0000

@teacherman82 you have got to be kidding me. the only way to move forward is to learn from the past. ALL of it. #1234 why Tea Party is bad in reply to teacherman82 # @teacherman82 does that mean TN will also skip the 13th amendment? and the 3/5 compromise? will stop now… in reply to…