ED 654: Barbaric Yawp (Big, Imperfect Intro Post)

Post a Picture of Yourself What is this? You want me to post a picture of myself… on the internet? THE INTERNET?! But… terrible things will happen if I do! I will have a web presence* and I don’t want one! I want to be completely anonymous. Ok, not really. I embrace this “new world” we live in, one where we are present online in one way or another. Here I am. I do know people who very seriously hold Continue reading ED 654: Barbaric Yawp (Big, Imperfect Intro Post)

My first conference presentations! (AkLA 2014)

Though I have not yet received official word, I think it’s safe to say that three of my proposals for the 2014 Alaska Library Association Conference have been accepted (considering the program committee asked me to confirm that I am willing to do all three)! Though I have attended many conferences and taught many workshops, I have never led a workshop or session at a conference. I am quite excited to design and deliver these sessions in late February! Managing Continue reading My first conference presentations! (AkLA 2014)

ED 431 Assignment: Web Presence

*** Please note that my ED 431 course requires us to post our assignments in draft form for classmates to provide feedback. The following entry is a draft. I encourage all criticisms of content or style. Thank you!*** Personally, I define one’s web presence as the combination of all the activities one engages in online that come up in search results on Google and other engines — whether that person intended for that information to be publicly associated with them Continue reading ED 431 Assignment: Web Presence