Monthly Archives: June 2014

Sir Isaac Newton (Weird Al Yankovic) vs. Bill Nye in Epic Rap Battles of History #woot4science #awesomesauce

robinna/ June 23, 2014/ STEM, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Yay for Science!  Oh and check out this page for behind the scenes http://laughingsquid.com/sir-isaac-newton-weird-al-yankovic-vs-bill-nye-in-epic-rap-battles-of-history/ “Physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, played by “Weird Al” Yankovic, and science educator Bill Nye face off in a new episode of Epic Rap Battles of History”

Interview with inventor of Kevlar, Stephanie Kwolek

robinna/ June 23, 2014/ Technology, History of Technology, STEM, Innovation, Creativity, Blog posts/ 0 comments

I love this story. RIP, Stephanie Kwolek. “I love learning and I’m love learning new things, making discoveries… while her mother encourage creativity and even a future in fashion design,  her father was a naturalist and inspired stephanie’s curiosity about the outdoors. I had a father who was very much interested and plants and trees. I spent a lot of

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The difference between marketing and community

robinna/ June 19, 2014/ Libraries, social media, Blog posts/ 0 comments

This is excellent article, because it gets to the purpose of social media. Marketing is to sell something and while higher ed (and especially libraries) have things to sell, we also are about making something – communities, literacy, empowering our communities, educating our students, energizing our faculty, helping … So, we are both. The fundamental difference between marketing and community

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Mexico’s statement to support OA

robinna/ June 17, 2014/ Technology, Blog posts, Site achives/ 0 comments

Just last week, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto announced via his official webpage the enactment of reforms to several federal law frameworks concerning science, technology and education that will allegedly “insert Mexico into the Information and Knowledge Society”. The legislation changes, he claimed, would: • Give access to Mexicans open access to the scientific and academic production that is financed

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Our connection to old photographs and sharing on social media

robinna/ June 12, 2014/ Culture, marketing, social media, Blog posts/ 0 comments

People share old photos to social media for many reasons including 1)Identity – establishing identity 2)Connection –  with people locally/regionally or to a regional area (place they grew up) – old friends/family or to identify old friends/family 3)Education – learning about and participating in history 4)Nostalgia 5)Research 6)Organize the world/Understand humanity 7)Art/Creative value (some of just like to look at

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