Before anything else, thank you, Jenny, for taking the time to respond. I put these posts out there with the thought, "maybe one person will find something interesting in this." I'm glad someone's out there.
Your first question is the easiest. Four more index cards come after Zeleny: R. Zelnik, J. Zeman, Z. Zeman, and B. Zilynskyj. (And maybe there will be more by the end of the year as I go through files.)
You're right, the .jpeg and .pdf files that result from using one's phone to digitize doesn't make the words in the files searchable as far as I can manage, but .doc files are searchable with the "good old windows search." :) Thank you for the Prezi idea, because I hadn't thought of using it that way, and I'll play around with it. And you're also right to day that I'm not about to give up the note cards, for more than one reason. One is, we know technology comes and goes and digitally formatted items can become "locked," that is, inaccessibly trapped in software or other technology. My note cards could go up in smoke or the ink could fade (though I try to use archival ink!), but software changes so much that I'm not willing to invest the time it would take to covert all the information in the note cards a digital system. Another is, some stuff is not available online, so hyperlinks, etc., don't apply. A final one for today is, (and your response sparked some questions for me, so thank you) wondering how memory works. When everything is digitally searchable, what is a person forced to commit to memory? I can't memorize all my note cards, but I like the experience of sitting with a source for a while and then reflecting on what I got out of it. And I like going through the note cards when I'm thinking about a project and stumbling across an author I'd forgotten about (and then I get to read my reflections on reading it earlier). When I need to search for something, I go to a library's database to get a good start, so I don't feel I need my own database. Maybe I'm showing my age here, and this is probably the result of my own quirkiness and suspicions / prejudices against the digital age's effects on how we use our brains, which I will undoubtedly assert more forcefully as I get older. :)
The topics cards are messy and ad hoc. As topics or projects occur to me, I start one. A big heading such as "Popular Religion" at the top with authors' names listed haphazardly below. Nothing fancy. But yeah, they're on the same large-size index cards.
Bless you for asking about Hannah and Rosie! And for noticing the cute hen butts! I got a little stuck there, but I think I know what to cover next -- and I know the ending, but I don't know how they get there yet. You've inspired me to work on it. Do you have any philosophies you think they should talk about?
I took a peek at your profile and all it says is that you teach evening classes. What do you teach?
A few questions for you Dr. Grant. Was Zeleny, Rostislav the final author in your index card list? You have a nice collection of index cards there btw..
I recently found that using the notes app on the iPhone will allow you to copy documents fairly easily, but it's not searchable. What have you found that allows you to build a searchable document, or a way of being able to search a group of documents for a specific keyword? If you wanted to find all documents related to "veniam docendi" would you be able to do so without note cards? Would the good old windows search function for your .Doc files work for that? Could you create a Prezi with all of your documents with the hyperlinks and cross references? Not asking you to abandon your note cards.
I understand not wanting to share your topics cards, could you generate one as an example and post it, or would it be in more or less the same format of the one you posted?
Final question for the evening.. when will Hannah and Rosie be returning? You left everyone on a bit of a cliffhanger and you make cute hen butts.
Before anything else, thank you, Jenny, for taking the time to respond. I put these posts out there with the thought, "maybe one person will find something interesting in this." I'm glad someone's out there.
Your first question is the easiest. Four more index cards come after Zeleny: R. Zelnik, J. Zeman, Z. Zeman, and B. Zilynskyj. (And maybe there will be more by the end of the year as I go through files.)
You're right, the .jpeg and .pdf files that result from using one's phone to digitize doesn't make the words in the files searchable as far as I can manage, but .doc files are searchable with the "good old windows search." :) Thank you for the Prezi idea, because I hadn't thought of using it that way, and I'll play around with it. And you're also right to day that I'm not about to give up the note cards, for more than one reason. One is, we know technology comes and goes and digitally formatted items can become "locked," that is, inaccessibly trapped in software or other technology. My note cards could go up in smoke or the ink could fade (though I try to use archival ink!), but software changes so much that I'm not willing to invest the time it would take to covert all the information in the note cards a digital system. Another is, some stuff is not available online, so hyperlinks, etc., don't apply. A final one for today is, (and your response sparked some questions for me, so thank you) wondering how memory works. When everything is digitally searchable, what is a person forced to commit to memory? I can't memorize all my note cards, but I like the experience of sitting with a source for a while and then reflecting on what I got out of it. And I like going through the note cards when I'm thinking about a project and stumbling across an author I'd forgotten about (and then I get to read my reflections on reading it earlier). When I need to search for something, I go to a library's database to get a good start, so I don't feel I need my own database. Maybe I'm showing my age here, and this is probably the result of my own quirkiness and suspicions / prejudices against the digital age's effects on how we use our brains, which I will undoubtedly assert more forcefully as I get older. :)
The topics cards are messy and ad hoc. As topics or projects occur to me, I start one. A big heading such as "Popular Religion" at the top with authors' names listed haphazardly below. Nothing fancy. But yeah, they're on the same large-size index cards.
Bless you for asking about Hannah and Rosie! And for noticing the cute hen butts! I got a little stuck there, but I think I know what to cover next -- and I know the ending, but I don't know how they get there yet. You've inspired me to work on it. Do you have any philosophies you think they should talk about?
I took a peek at your profile and all it says is that you teach evening classes. What do you teach?
-Jeanne
A few questions for you Dr. Grant. Was Zeleny, Rostislav the final author in your index card list? You have a nice collection of index cards there btw..
I recently found that using the notes app on the iPhone will allow you to copy documents fairly easily, but it's not searchable. What have you found that allows you to build a searchable document, or a way of being able to search a group of documents for a specific keyword? If you wanted to find all documents related to "veniam docendi" would you be able to do so without note cards? Would the good old windows search function for your .Doc files work for that? Could you create a Prezi with all of your documents with the hyperlinks and cross references? Not asking you to abandon your note cards.
I understand not wanting to share your topics cards, could you generate one as an example and post it, or would it be in more or less the same format of the one you posted?
Final question for the evening.. when will Hannah and Rosie be returning? You left everyone on a bit of a cliffhanger and you make cute hen butts.