Digital Literacy Contest – Thursday, Oct. 8

Posted on October 5th, 2009 in Announcements, Events in the InfoCommons @ West by Stacey Ewing

DIGITAL LITERACY CONTEST

CASH PRIZES!  COMPETITION FOR THE MIND!  FREE FOOD!

20 questions in 30 minutes using the Internet to find your answers.  
Point are given for correct answers, incorrect answers are penalized, and highest score wins!!

1. Register for the contest here:  http://digitalliteracycontest.org/students/register

2. Bring your laptop on Thursday, Oct. 8 or use one of the 18 computers provided on a first come/first serve basis.

3. Particpate in the contest!

4. Partake – Free Food & Contest Discussion after the contest while the scores are tallied.

5. Winners announced at the end and prizes disbursed.  :D

MORE INFORMATION:

Date:  Thursday, October 8, 2009

Time: 5:30-7pm

Where: Library West, InfoCommons

Register: http://digitalliteracycontest.org/students/register

Further Info: http://digitalliteracycontest.org/students/ufl 

Contact:  Stacey Ewing (staewin@uflib.ufl.edu) or Laura Jordan (laujord@uflib.ufl.edu)

Mind MashUp Workshop – Tuesday, Oct. 6

Posted on October 1st, 2009 in Announcements, Events in the InfoCommons @ West by Stacey Ewing

Mind Mashup Event

FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE WORKSHOP!

Members of the UF student group, Florida Free Culture, will hold a free workshop to show you how to use Open Source software programs (Audacity, Blender, Inkscape & The Gimp) to “remix” images, music, and videos licensed under Creative Commons to create new content.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop so that they can bookmark and/or download these free resources and use them again.   Light Refreshments will be served.

Where:  3rd floor InfoCommons of Library West

Day:  Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm.

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