www.futura.edublogs.org
tinyurl.com/38srmj
wiki: necclibrarians08.wikispaces.com
The Media Center, or Library, is a bit different today. We loan cameras and jump drives, etc. One issue is the vendor databases. Kids don't know what EBSCO or Facts or File or any of those other databases. The vendors need to provide the info via a gadget or widget- an RSS feed.
Why shouldn't what this years project from a class not be there for next years class to add to or improve?
Aren't there other ways to give students the same services, regardless of what tools they have at home? Are there open source of free solutions that can serve the same function? We certainly need to be aware of copyleft and how to share our own content.
It's important for us to embrace the tools and use them ourselves. http://technotuesday.edublogs.org
The key for the Media Specialist is advocating for the students first. What is it that the library needs to provide for the students? To advocate with the principal, learn how they learn & share with them in this way. Make the Media Center not just information central but innovation central.
Librarians should be functioning as a co-learner. She suggests using terms that learners are already familiar with. A blog is an online journal. Make the journey with them.
Librarians sometimes get caught up teaching info literacy and forget to promote reading. On a personal note, I have typically seen it the other way around.
Neat idea- add a note to the back of the book with a list of links to more info on the book, author, or characters. She has extended the book and made it simple for students to find more info, as well as lead them into other books.
del.icio.us is also shown as a way to share more info on books. Interesting wiki shared: http://readingtech.wikispaces.com/
Suggested that our students are not digital natives, but are simply digital. http://heyjude.wordpress.com/
If anyone has any doubt that the world is talking launch twittervision. A quote from Newsweek; cyberspace is a place we go. The web is where we live. Computers and the internet are more than just tools. Information Literacy Meets Web 2.0 from Facet publications was suggested as a book. flickrcc is way search images with Creative Commons licenses.
Whole presentation is up on the wiki, noted above.
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