Knowledge Building Community Power Up with INFOhio Learning Commons Booth #229 ICoaches IMatrix I On INFOhio Thank You! 21 Essential Things Discovery Portal Electronic Resources Twitter GO! INFOhio Knowledge Building Community Learning Skills This slide illustrates the many INFOhio projects, resources, communications, etc. Please refer to the handout that has the INFOhio eTech sessions listed on one side and an INFOhio update document on the other side. The update sheet gives just a few points about the topics listed. “Visit INFOhio during eTech at booth #229. INFOhio will be able to assist you with any interests or questions you have regarding INFOhio resources and services”. Facebook Communication eBooks

Power-Up with INFOhio – New look…same great source of information INFOhio webpage redesign. New look…same great source of information. INFOhio is working on a webpage redesign to bring INFOhio information up-to-date. The first phase has been the presentation of this new homepage look. So what projects, services, resources does INFOhio have for users….. (next slide)

Apps, QR Codes and Widgets, Oh My! Melissa Higgs-Horwell Jennifer Schwelik eTech Ohio 2012

Apps – They are Taking Over!

Apps – Growing in Leaps and Bounds

INFOhio Mobile

INFOhio Mobile Apps

www.infohio.org/ER/TechSupport.htm

PBS Apps

Apps! Apps! Everywhere! bloomsapps Richard Byrne and Stephen Byrne http://android4schools.com iPad Apps for Education blog http://www.iste.org National Archives Math Ref Free bloomsapps https://sites.google.com/site/bloomsapps/

Quixey Search Engine for Apps http://www.quixey.com/

College Library Belt Buckle & Tatoos McDonald’s Wrapper Library Card & IDs Museum Tombstone

QR CODES 2 Dimensional bar code. Originated in Japan in 1994 Alphanumeric text that camera phones interpret and take you to a website, email, text message, etc.

Reading QR Codes i-nigma for Apple, Android, and Blackberry Qrafter for iPhone or iPad Dansl or iCandy for desktops QuickMark if no cellphone http://qrafter.com/get/

Generating QR Codes Kaywa Kerem Erkan Delivr Generate a code to link to a URL, text, phone number, http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ keremerkan.net/qr-code-and-2d-code-generator/ Youtube video “Teachers Make a QR Code by Shannon Holden from New Teacher Help on edWeb Kaywa Kerem Erkan Delivr

Mobile Barcoder Firefox Add-On 2 Quick Ways to Generate QR codes + = + Mobile Barcoder Firefox Add-On 2. Add .qrcode to Bit.ly shortened address

URL Shortener Bitly From: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_765hsdw5xcr&revision=_latest&start=0&theme=blank&authkey=COX05IsF&cwj=true To: http://bit.ly/cuDGQw

Shorten URL’s to Simplify QR Codes

Linda Behen, Mother of Mercy High School, Cincinnati Library Uses Linda Behen, Mother of Mercy High School, Cincinnati

Classroom & Library Uses Joanna McNally, Orange High School, Cleveland

Classroom & Library Uses Student produced booktalk podcasts Author blog or website Book trailers List of similar books Scan-venger hunt

Classroom & Library Uses Online book discussion Library databases for research assignments Videos & websites in textbooks Bookmarks Comprehension questions for parents to help students with. Polling

Classroom & Library Uses Use Firefox Mobile Barcoder to put up code for any website you are showing to class. Add QR codes of math tutorials to math worksheets Add to worksheets for students to check answers Add code to Dropbox Add to EBSCO, WorldBook, or Science Online articles

Daring Librarian Poster for Parents

Daring Librarian QR Tutorial Poster http://bit.ly/np8ux8 QR codes in Education , Stephen Anderson http://livebinders.com/play/play/51894 Cybraryman’s QR Code resources http://cybraryman.com/qrcodes.html

CCR: University Uses Poster at Shawnee State University Library

CCR: University Uses

CCR: University Uses QR Codes in OPAC tighten the gap between print and digital content.

To Try Out Delivr Snap.Vu TagMyDoc

Keeping Up Join Diigo Group QR Codes in Education Follow Scoop.it QR Codes in Education (curation)

QRazy about QR Codes

Widgets: Not Your Econ Prof’s Widgets “I want my lovely databases to be as easy to get to and as handy as Google.” Joyce Valenza

Netvibes & Other Start Pages

www.infohio.org/ER/TechSupport.htm

Finneytown Library Media Center

Scarlet Oaks Cybrary

To find the link to this widget generator, go to the Discovery Portal Librarian’s Guide and click on Home.

Widget Directions

Joyce Valenza’s Widget Wiki http://newtoolsworkshop. wikispaces

Apps, QR Codes and Widgets, Oh My! Melissa Higgs-Horwell horwell@infohio.org Jennifer Schwelik jennifer.schwelik@ideastream.org eTech Ohio 2012