Whitefriars College teacher librarian Tania Sheko has developed a new art blog entitled Art does matter. Using microblogging platform tumblr, there is little text on the blog.
But that is the beauty of tumblr. And Tania has the perfect platform for what she is trying to resource and convey to art students.
View Docs Online certainly is a quick and simple alternative to GoogleDocs.
Simply browse your computer for the document you want to upload, click ‘View Docs Online’ and voila, your document is ready to be embedded into blogs, shared via email, Twitter, Delicious, Diigo, LinkedIn, Tumblr (and many more) or even exported as a PDF. Here is a video to show you more about View Docs Online:
Tumblr is an example of a tumblelog. What’s a tumblelog? It is a type of microblogging platform that some people say is better than Twitter.
Wikipedia describes tumblelogs as
Tumblr specifically lets you share your links, photos and thoughts via your browser, phone or email.
Tumblelogs are being used for creative and artistic reasons such as displaying artwork and photos. It could be used in school libraries for quick book reviews, photos of displays or links for particular assignments. Students would not be able to sign up for a Tumblr account as it restricts users to those over 18 years of age. However, the Tumblr site is visually attractive and could be of some to use to school libraries.