this is a Camtasia tutorial I did for our library, introducing students to the Reference section as a way to pick a topic for their assignments. We have a professional sound guy on campus that helped me.
This is a link to my favorite tour I found while researching library tours and what other folks say to students:

I'm always curious about how other librarians are using survey tools in their classes:
http://blog.surveymonkey.com/blog/2013/05/14/customer-spotlight-grand-valley-state-university-libraries/

i don't have texting on my phone so I always felt a little left out at conference presentation that took polls from the audience. They are a great way to get a quick read on an audience though!

Google reader goodbye

I am fascinated by the demise of Google Reader. Especially after I switched over to them a few years back when bloglines was going away (They didn't.)
http://betabeat.com/2013/07/booting-up-supposedly-google-reader-is-dead-because-no-one-wanted-to-take-care-of-it/

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/06/what-will-replace-google-reader.html

I did ad the flipboard app to my ipad a few weeks ago. This is a great and beautiful way to read articles when I'm not attached to the internet. Or so they say.. I haven't tried it yet!
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/19006/20130723/flipboard-mac-pc-google-reader-alternative-feedly.htm

cheating infographic

Sometimes I just love infographics
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2012/07/23/do-online-students-cheat-more-often/

Surveymonkey and assessment

Interesting article discussing surveymonkey and similar survey tools as bad ideas for ture assessment of learning
http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/spectrum/Archives/Vol-14/No-2/pub-sp0911-monkey.pdf

Offers good guidelines on creating a survey with the tools, but warns of specific pitfalls and ways to make the most of the free tool.

Adventures in library instruction

http://adlibinstruction.blogspot.com/
A great blog that enlists the perspectives of librarians who teach. Have gotten many ideas and I love that I can listen to them in my office or on my mp3 player! Great use of podcast software.

One-Shot library instruction

This blog looks interesting in terms of the way i teach most of the classes for the library: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jveldof/workshopdesign/
I can see some of the advice helping to develop online webinars for faculty and face to face options for students. Could lead to a for-credit class in the future?

Creating a great presentation

https://www.openforum.com/articles/how-to-create-a-truly-great-presentation/
This is great reminder for how presentations can be captivating in person and online.

using synchronous software for library instruction

I am more and more curious about how online synchronous software could be used to reach our online students. These are interesting articles, but I want to find instances of successful implementation.

https://wiki.umbc.edu/download/attachments/7569424/vcu.pdf

http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2013/papers/DebonisMillerPomea_KeepIt.pdf

Maybe this article regarding best practices would be the best option for getting started with reaching online students?

http://distancelearningsection.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/distance_library_instruction_best_practices_revised_2012.pdf

Beauty tips inspiring library instruction

Here is an interesting article that discuss youtube videos that are inspiring library instruction: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/06/opinion/backtalk/inspiring-library-instruction-with-youtube-beauty-tutorials-backtalk/

Since I've been working on tutorials that address information literacy skills, there are some great tips and advice for creating videos in this article.

Just starting out.

This is my blog geared towards my online class this summer, Technology Tools through the ION program. I'm hoping to contribute and catalog some interesting and helpful sites for research and reference purposes.