Category Archives: Session: Teach

Talk & Teach: My sometimes friend the database

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Holland Hopson

Databases are my friends. Every application that I use and care about has a database built into it somewhere: digital audio workstation, video editor, address book, calendar, to-do list (don’t forget online shopping…). Important research is predicated on the analysis … Continue reading →

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TEACH: Tips and Tricks for Using the Cloud to Make Your Classroom More Interactive

Posted on August 2, 2013 by sara maurice whitver

As an instruction librarian, I have been doing a lot of experiments to try to make my classroom more interactive. Clickers and Poll Everywhere haven’t worked for me. My classes are usually very discussion-based, but in the discussion I felt … Continue reading →

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Proposal: a play session on text analysis tools

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Thomas Wilson

This session will have elements of teach and play.  Bring your favorite web-based text analysis tool (i.e., virtually, of course) and share what you like, what it does well, and what you wish it did.  I’ll start with Textal.

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It’s session proposal time

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Melissa Fortson Green

Now that I have your attention… Greetings THATCampers! Now is the time to start thinking about what you’d like to do or discuss at THATCamp Alabama. From now until our THATCamp begins on August 9, you should propose one or … Continue reading →

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