Teaching kids to use the library can be challenging.  There’s a lot to learn and it’s not always the most interesting information for students.  Because of this I typically try to introduce the material using these Powerpoint presentations and then I periodically reinforce all of the information throughout the year with library games (I’ll post some of the games I have).  Before I show them the Powerpoints I tell the kids that we’ll be playing games later in the year about the information in them and this definitely helps hold their attention!  I actually found these somewhere online a few years ago (and if I can go back and find the source, I’ll make sure to post it) but I adapted them to suit my needs.  I hope you can download them and adapt them to work in your classroom or library.  If for some reason you can’t open them or need them in Keynote, let me know and I’d be more than happy to email you whatever you need. So here they are… enjoy!

Call Numbers
This one introduces students to all library call numbers with a very brief quiz at the end.

Nonfiction Numbers
This one reviews nonfiction call numbers in more detail with a brief quiz at the end.

Learn the Library
This one goes over parts of a book and the sections of a library and could easily be adapted for classroom use.

Using the Internet for Research
This one is much more advanced and goes over using the internet for research, citing sources, and copyright.

Please see below for the powerpoints for Chap 9, 10 and 11

Chapter 9 – Beam deflection

Chapter 11 – Energy method

Chapter 10 – Column

And also assignment for Chapter 9,  Assignment 11

Here’s a list of all the things we found on the internet about Podcamp Halifax!    New stuff will come up as soon as we find it!   Be sure to let us know if you’ve sent something by Tweeting it with the Hashtag #podcamphfx or just adding a comment here.

Video

Jay Gilmour Podcamp Organizers and Sponsors (Before keynote)

Cprav @firecatkitty’s Battledecks presentation (mildly NSFW for language)

Blog Posts

Kathy Jourdain Social Media Changing Norms

Neil Gillis – Podcamp Halifax 2010

East Coast by Choice (Kimberly/Alias Grace) – Podcamp Halifax 2010

Kaleidoscope (Brad Fraser) : Day 222 – Podcamp Halifax

New Punishment (Darrin Searancke) : Podcamp Halifax (#podcamphfx) Keynote

Life in Chebucto West (Shaina Luck) : Podcamp Halifax 3.0

It’s All About Me  (Michelle McCann):  Into the Darkness

Flying Fish Media (@BanjoManJeff) : A look at the future of publishing from Podcamp HFX

Rich Graphics :  #PodCampHfx 2010 – One Day of Social Media Paradise in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Anatoliy Gruzd: Podcamp Halifax 2010

Giles Crouch/Webconomist: Media Badger Blog – Social Media Use in Atlantic Canada – 2010 Report

Phil McSwinney / Digital Mayhem – It’s Been Too Long!

Images

Michelle Doucette’s Podcamp Halifax 2010 photos

Other

Ryan Deschamps & Maria McGowan :  The Social Media Strategy on Slideshare

The TwitterSheep Word Cloud January 26, 2010



Powerpoint and homework for Friday class on design of shafts ja.

Chapter 8 – Design of Shaft

Homework 10

Dear all,

we will start our new chapter on Analysis and Design of Beams (Chapter 5) on Friday. Please download the powerpoint from the below link.

Chapter 5 – Analysis and Design of Beams

Since some students will be occupied during February 1-7, 2010, the tentative date for the 3rd exam is Thursday 28 January, 2010. We will discuss this in our Friday class.

You do not have to submit HW8 and HW9. I just post them here for your practice. As usual, any questions on all problems are welcome.

Homework 8 – For your practice

Homework 9 – For your practice

The Mobile Internet Report:

Ramping Faster than Desktop Internet, the Mobile Internet Will Be Bigger than Most Think.

Material wealth creation / destruction should surpass earlier computing cycles. The mobile Internet cycle, the 5th cycle in 50 years, is just starting. Winners in each cycle often create more market capitalization than in the last. New winners emerge, some incumbents survive – or thrive – while many past winners falter. The mobile Internet is ramping faster than desktop Internet did, and we believe more users may connect to the Internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs within 5 years. Five IP-based products / services are growing /converging and providing the underpinnings for dramatic growth in mobile Internet usage – 3G adoption + social networking + video + VoIP + impressive mobile devices. Apple + Facebook platforms serving to raise the bar for how users connect /communicate – their respective ramps in user and developer engagement may be unprecedented.
Decade-plus Internet usage / monetization ramps for mobile Internet in Japan plus desktop Internet in developed markets provide roadmaps for global ramp and monetization. Massive mobile data growth is driving transitions for carriers and equipment providers. Emerging markets have material potential for mobile Internet user growth. Low penetration of fixed-line telephone and already vibrant mobile value-added services mean that for many EM users and SMEs, the Internet will be mobile. We use a data-rich, theme-based framework for thinking about how the rapidly emerging / changing mobile Internet may evolve. One thing is clear: new computing cycles create / destroy material wealth – and the mobile Internet cycle should be no different. For our compilation of well positioned / potentially challenged / unclearly positioned companies, see pages 11-13.

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Dear all,

Below are the ppt and the assignment for chapter 7.

Chapter 7 – Stress Transformation

Assignment 7

Dear all,

Happy New Year 2010! Wishing you all the bests for the coming year.

Below is the powerpoint for today’s class

Chapter 8 – Combined Loadings

Homework 6

After finished Chapter 4 on Bending, we will continue our discussion on transverse loading (Chapter 6 in Beer). Please find the ppt below. Contents for midterm exam will cover up to this part.

Chapter 6 – Transverse Loading

Note that we’ll have a make-up class next Tuesday Dec 15, 2009 from 17.30 at  CB1504.  Hopefully, we’ll be able to finish chapter 6 so that we will have time for questions in class on Friday .

Four Temperament

Talk on why formation

Apostolate (Spanish version)
Coherence (Spanish version)
Fortitude (Spanish version)

The talk was given on seminar in Finland based on Culture/Fashion/Beauty.

What is beauty (text with powerpoint)
What is beauty (powerpoint)

Most of these Powerpoints are based on the material found in www.arguments.es (but changed to suit teens)

Passion and Death of Jesus Christ (Catechism of the Catholic Church)
Sign and Miracles – Public Life of Jesus (CCC)
True God and True Man (CCC)
The Mass

This powerpoint was used in a fashion seminar to explain what is beauty and how beauty is important in how we dress.

beauty and fashion