Author Archives: Guest Author

CamScanner for Apple and Android

This guest post by Oliver Jenkins, a freshman in SEAS and Wharton, describes an app that could help with studying and notetaking: Hi everyone! I’m here with a great app for iOS and Android which has gotten some recent changes which … Continue reading

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CAMRA Media Festival – Feb 24

This guest post by Arjun Shankar describes Penn CAMRA’s upcoming media festival, which includes an afternoon panel about our experiences with Lisa Mitchell’s South Asia Studies classes: We are really excited to let everyone know about Penn CAMRA’s first annual … Continue reading

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Authentic Images, starting with Andy Warhol?

This guest post is written by Heather Glaser, Assistant Fine Arts Librarian, with assistance from Elizabeth Beck, Kirby Bell and Ed Deegan. It describes image resources at Penn Libraries that can be very helpful for undergraduate course projects: It seems like every … Continue reading

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Using iPads in the Rare Book Room

This guest post by Cathy Turner describes her experiences with our iPads in the Classroom program: This year in my class, Literature of the Great Depression in America, I designed three class days (I called them clinics) around connecting the … Continue reading

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Pinterest for design ideas

This guest post is by Richard Berman. Rick teaches courses in Urban Studies, and shared his use of Pinterest at the Lightning Round at our October symposium. Pinterest provides a simple way to collect, organize, annotate and share images from … Continue reading

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Learning How to Study Better – Online!

At the Weingarten Learning Resources Center, we offer workshops (and private appointments) on study skills and strategies, but recently we decided to try a new medium: online workshops using Adobe Connect. When my supervisor first asked if I was interested … Continue reading

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Jacob Finkel – Seltzer Reflection 2012

When I applied for the Seltzer Family Digital Media Awards, I had no idea what an amazing experience was in store. The opportunity it gave me to explore a project of my own interest and to use cutting-edge media technology was fantastic. … Continue reading

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Megan Lewis Velong – Seltzer Reflection 2012

Last spring I applied for the Seltzer Family Digital Media Award grant in hopes of receiving support for my Visual Studies Senior Thesis. As a Visual Studies major, my thesis project consists of both a written and visual component, the … Continue reading

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Julia Wolfe – Hoesley Reflection 2012

Before beginning the Hoesley program I was most excited to learn about graphic design and creating my own website. What I realized from our sessions about both of those though is just how big, complex and time-consuming they both can … Continue reading

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Ross Kelley – Hoesley Reflection 2012

My name is Ross Kelley, and I was part of the 2011-2012 cohort of the Hoesley Digital Literacy Fellows program. I was excited to join the program so I could learn about the many valuable software tools I never thought … Continue reading

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