Monday, December 8, 2008
Recession-Proof Jobs
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-five_high_demand_jobs_in_2008-279
http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/18/recession-proff-jobs-lead-careers-cx_tw_0718recessionproof.html
http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/18/recession-proff-jobs-lead-careers-cx_tw_0718recessionproof_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=15000
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2008/tc20080717_842379.htm
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1858788,00.html?referer=sphere_related_content
http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-829-Who-is-Hiring-Is-Your-Job-Recession-Proof/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/01/AR2008110100229.html
http://www.jobfox.com/Site/Employer/pdf/TopJobsJuly08.pdf
Friday, November 14, 2008
Education Today...and Tomorrow?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=PlayList&p=6E4F971487C61ED9&index=17
Enter your reply as a comment here on my blog. Will count toward discussion grade or bonus points if you've already submitted your quota.
LiveText Portfolio
Follow these instructions:
1. Your paper must be saved in Word 2003
2. Click on the assignment
3. Click on Upload Attachment
4. Click on Upload New
5. Click on Browse and select your paper
6. Click on Upload File
7. Click on Insert Selected Attachment
8. Click on Submit Assignment
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Wiki Etiquette for Students
http://educators.pbwiki.com/Wiki+Etiquette+for+Students
Let me know what you think.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Service Oriented Architecture
Here is a humorous approach to understanding SOA through the eyes of "Greg the SOA Architect", systems architect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bKAG7G1rzg
There is an entire series of these videos that will enlighten you on the concept of Service Oriented Architecture.
Lighten up and Laugh!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Libraries and Blogs
Specifically, you would like to:
- Enhance instruction to include an orientation for new students, guide to resources, tutorials and documentation for education on topics such as plagerism and scholarly journals.
- Enhance Library News and Happenings
- Provide introduction of Library Staff, their roles and expertise
- Add new content such as driving directions, what's new, and items for sale
As we discussed, there are many new tools that will allow you to incorporate these features into your website. Blogs, wikis, text/chat, and screencasts being the most relevant. Since time was limited, our focus was on reviewing how blogs are being used by Libraries across the country. In future meetings, I hope that we will learn how to use the blog tools that we have available to us.
Below are several applications of blogs created by other libraries that we reviewed. Please take a look at these and post your comments here. Each of you have a different perspective, and perhaps, goals you would like to achieve, so, let's include them here. This will help us continue our dialog and work toward implementation of these new services.
- Library Suggestion Blog:
http://blog.vcu.edu/libsuggest/ - Library Director’s Blog:
http://www.aadl.org/directorsblog - Library Support Staff:
http://librarysupporter.blogspot.com/ - Library Newsletter:
http://www.aadl.org/taxonomy/term/60 - http://mjcpl.org/Library-Buzz
- Faculty Research:
http://edtech.tennessee.edu/rite/blogs.shtml - Collaborate with other Librarians:
http://www.catalogablog.blogspot.com/ - Library Archives:
http://governorsacademyarchives.blogspot.com/ - Library Website:
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/services/
In addition to blogs, there are so many areas to explore. Depending on your preference, we'll do this again and focus next on creating blogs using the tools we have available or on learning about how wikis can be used. I might suggest that next session cover wikis. This is because wikis are the most logical tool for creating and distributing your instructional materials which is your highest priority. You just let me know when and where and I'll start working on pulling some information together.
Again, I appreciate the opportunity to work with such an enthusiastic group. Thanks!
Lisa
Monday, May 5, 2008
IT Problems
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/apr/30/dragons.den.gremlins.bt
from Steve Clark, Webmaster, Athens State University
Friday, April 25, 2008
Podcasts
Monday, April 14, 2008
Information Systems Links
User Centered Interface Development:
http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/is202/f98/Lecture21/
http://www.usabilitynet.org/management/b_design.htm
http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~pancake/ptools/guidelines/
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
More exciting presentations
One by Dick Hardt about Identity 2.0.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrpajcAgR1E
This one by Larry Lessig, who takes credit for this new style of powerpoint presentation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q25-S7jzgs
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Fair Use
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo
Friday, March 14, 2008
Wimba 2008 - Conference Archives
To review the archives of conference sessions, select the link below:
http://www.wimba.com/connect08/presentations.php
Recommended Book - Wikinomics
For more information: http://www.wikinomics.com/
Thursday, February 28, 2008
New Google Tools
The new service is called Google Sites and does require users to sign up for a free Google Apps account. The advantage of big advantage here is that Google's tools are free, accessible from any Web browser, and the content doesn't expire when a class ends or a student graduates.
Details can be found at: http://sites.google.com/
Google Sites offers:
- easy page creation and templates for common types of pages
- allows you to upload files up to 10MB in size. Each Google Apps account
- receives at least 10GB of storage in Google Sites. Google Apps Premier and Education editions get an additional 500MB for each user account.
- can insert videos, docs, spreadsheets, presentations, photo slide shows, and calendars
- permission settings let you designate owners, viewers and collaborators (meaning they can edit pages) for your site.
- And you can make your Google Sites available to just a few people, your entire organization, or the world
(From Professor Mike Gibson, CIT, Athens State University)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Presentations
http://www.cs.uah.edu/~delugach/Courses/Common/How%20To%20Give%20A%20Terrible%20Talk.pdf
Also, just for fun, those of you, like me, who are getting up there in years can appreciate this. Ever thought about all of the things you learned how to do that are now obsolete? Well, visit this site for a few
http://obsoleteskills.com/
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
HCI Resources
Here is a similar website created by HCI Professionals. Take a look.
http://www.hcirn.com/
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Data Security News
CNN article on the use of phishing e-mails to gain usernames and passwords to bank accounts.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/12/cyber.thieves/index.html
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Usability Testing Tool
Now, there is a software system to monitor usability and report statistics. Check out Morae by Tech Smith. Morae is software for usability testing and user experience research that helps you identify site and application design problems and share them with stakeholders. With the insight Morae provides, you can make critical design changes that will improve sales and conversion rates, boost Web site traffic, and increase customer satisfaction. Improve application and Web site usability today!
http://www.techsmith.com/morae.asp
IT News of Interest
$1 Billion for FBI Biometric Database
The FBI is expected to announce in coming days the awarding of a $1 billion, 10-year contract to help create a database that will compile an array of biometric information -- from palm prints to eye scans. See: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/04/fbi.biometrics/index.html
Post offices try to stamp out digital losses
As discussed in Chapter 2 of the text, organizations face business pressures from new technology and must adapt to survive. This CNN story discusses how technology is changing postal services around the world. See: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/04/mailinthe.digitalage.ap/index.html
Internet failure hits two continents
Damage to two undersea cables resulted in a widespread Internet failure affecting parts of Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Read the full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/31/dubai.outage/index.html
FYI - a third undersea cable was cut the next day (Friday).
Notes on the SmartPen
The smart pen that Wired Campus flagged back in May was unveiled last week at a technology conference in Palm Springs, Calif. The company behind it, LiveScribe, has been aggressively marketing the device to college students with the slogan “Never miss a word.” It’s basically a combination recording machine and camera. Users take notes while a minirecorder, embedded in the pen, records whatever is being said. Later, to clarify the written notes, the user can touch the pen to a specific passage and listen to a recording of the instructor speaking those words. A tiny camera links what is being written to what is being recorded.
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2110/inventor-targets-colleges-students-with-smart-pen
Monday, February 4, 2008
Evaluate Web Site Content
And, by all means, give credit to the people from who you have borrowed ideas! In my research work, just this week, as I read about Web 2.0 and social software, I have literally read the same paragraph at least 3 times! Yes, I mean the exact same paragraph, with the exact same words, in three separate publications, without a citation! I don't know who to give the credit to! In this e-world of cut/paste/copy/paste, this is easy to do, but, just as easy to correct - either "quote" the author with reference or paraphrase the content and reference.
This information from UCLA library is a very concise guide for evaluating web content. http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
For a more detailed list of resources, visit the Cornell University Library website. This site has an extensive list of resources to help you learn how to validate your web resources. Please visit this link http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html and keep these in mind as you select links for your research work. Specifically, as you find related links for your wiki pages, make sure they are solid academic sources, or current professional business literature.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Information Systems
Because these systems are extremely complex, most organizations purchase ERP software from companies who specialize in building these types of systems. For very large corporations, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP are the vendors of choice. If you aren't already familiar with these names, you should read up on them as I assure you that you will hear them sometime during your management career.
For more information on these vendors, visit their websites listed below. (Be patient with Oracle as it doesn't look like they know much about web design, judging from the look of their website - I hope they design ERP software better than this.) By the way, Oracle bought PeopleSoft a few years ago, so, you'll find them both at the same website even though I've listed separate links for them below.
http://www.oracle.com/applications/e-business-suite.html
http://www.oracle.com/applications/peoplesoft-enterprise.html
http://www.sap.com/usa/index.epx
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Videos about Wikis, Blogs, and RSS Feeds
Great video on wikis, what they are and how to.
http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs
Video on RSS Feeds from same individuals
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Project Management
Once such resource is Dr. Ed Yourdon, a pioneer in early software development methodologies, has written a book titled, Death March Projects. The link below is for an excerpt for the insightful book. This excerpt focuses on two key questions explored in the book, specifically, What is a death march project and why do they happen? Enjoy these insights from such a valuable member of the software engineering community.
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=169512
Another valuable resource is the book "The Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks. This book first presented the concept, then foreign to software developers, that more programmers don't necessarily equate to a quicker project completion. In fact, our instinct tells us the exact opposite. If your project falls behind schedule or you want to finish quicker, hire more programmers. Read this excerpt from Brooks' book to see how this doesn't solve the schedule problem.
http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs1104/HLL/Brooks.html
Computer Software
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511258.aspx
In the applications software arena, Office 2007 is the latest version of Microsoft's popluar application suite. Just like Vista, the user interface of this new edition is substantially different from previous versions and requires some practice getting used to. Here is a helpful website for beginners with Office 2007. It describes by product the new features in this version.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/getstarted/CH101130561033.aspx
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Software Projects
Take a look at this to see what software engineering students across the pond developed during their senior project course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIUkw9LN10o
Here's another example of the extremely creative projects students come up with - this one uses Second Life, virtual environment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkkl3LucxTY
And, if you're into toys, here's another.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD3SyXHj2-Q
How about learning software engineering by playing a game?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bevTSt8US24
Software engineering really can be fun!
Ubiquity of Computers
Read this to see how computer chips are now in running shoes and your music player.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/
And, in your sunglasses!!
http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2006/summerguide/071706-survival-oakley-rokr.html
Surely not, on your children too!
http://www.rfdesignline.com/news/202601957
And, according to Bill Gates and Microsoft, no longer will the keyboard and mouse be primary devices for communicating with computers. Natural interfaces are the next great wave - think Wii and iPhone. Pretty soon we will be touching, talking, and gesturing to our computing devices.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWJb2UKf9zI
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7174333.stm
So, when you hear the term ubiquitous computing or ubicomp, don't visual your traditional computer. Think about everyday objects with computer chips embedded within them that we talk to, touch, or control with our eye or hand movements. Certainly gives us as UI designers something to think about.