Word has it, there are more (and even better) places to search for newspaper, journal, and magazine articles than in Google (or any other search engine). Databases provide access that search engines can’t. Do you know how to use our databases? If you’d like to catch a clue, check out this recent video, produced in-house. [...]
Entries from November 2007
November 20, 2007
ESL Students Give Thanks, Build IL Skills
Instructor Jennifer Johnston brings her ESL students to the library for instruction and then has them practice their English skills by writing letters of thanks. This and other examples of information literacy skills-building assignments can be found on the Faculty Toolkit. Have a look at the most recent letters shared by students…
“Today, I came to [...]
November 13, 2007
Students Build Games
The Student Game Showcase features games created by students in Computer Science/Computer Information Systems. The showcase page itself is the work of students in Ravinder Kang’s Fall 07 Web Development course. The games and the showcase are examples of ways in which students at Highline are developing visual literacy skills in the process [...]
November 8, 2007
2D and 3D information visualization
Definition: The use of computer supported, interactive, visual representations of abstract data to amplify cognition.
Presentation techniques to visually illustrate information: cityscapes, cluster maps, fish-eye views, rooms, concept walls, spheres, trees…
Open-source 2D and 3D information visualization products include:
3D virtual reality worlds
Croquet Project
CubicEye
Visual Understanding Environments
Worlds.com
Read on! See the source of this information and get access to multiple [...]
