This is super excellent! Excellent arguments and questions to ponder (as always).
http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2008/2/16/have-we-met-the-enemy.html
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Thing 2: Library 2.0
I love a good quote:
L2 is going to require a great deal of inter-departmental integration. In order to be adept at navigating L2 waters, the old fiefdoms need to disappear. L2 requires drastic and sweeping changes to our internal cultures and will require some form of institutional enlightenment.
<http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/09/11-reasons-why-library-20-exists-and-matters/>
Retrieved 2.17.08
I wonder what this will mean for school libraries? What do our "fiefdoms" look like? What sort of "institutional enlightenment" do we need? What have we already experienced? How will our new district CTO seek to bring this about?
One thing I would like to see is a wider use of creative commons for LMS/teacher lesson plans. We can't learn 23 new things every quarter AND write amazing, interactive SMARTboard lessons AND reshelve 2 - 3,000 books a month AND ....
As for "inter-departmental integration" - we need to have what teachers want and teachers need to want what we can offer. Both sides need to expect win-win, and not just complain that the computer lab is always full. (did I say that out loud? and in public??)
L2 is going to require a great deal of inter-departmental integration. In order to be adept at navigating L2 waters, the old fiefdoms need to disappear. L2 requires drastic and sweeping changes to our internal cultures and will require some form of institutional enlightenment.
<http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/09/11-reasons-why-library-20-exists-and-matters/>
Retrieved 2.17.08
I wonder what this will mean for school libraries? What do our "fiefdoms" look like? What sort of "institutional enlightenment" do we need? What have we already experienced? How will our new district CTO seek to bring this about?
One thing I would like to see is a wider use of creative commons for LMS/teacher lesson plans. We can't learn 23 new things every quarter AND write amazing, interactive SMARTboard lessons AND reshelve 2 - 3,000 books a month AND ....
As for "inter-departmental integration" - we need to have what teachers want and teachers need to want what we can offer. Both sides need to expect win-win, and not just complain that the computer lab is always full. (did I say that out loud? and in public??)
Thing 3: RSS
I was really hopeful that I would be able to add a button to my toolbar to add content directly to my Google Reader. But alas, it appears that particular capability is still in labor and delivery.
But I found the next best thing to quickly add content to my Google Reader! In Google Reader, click on "manage subscriptions" at the bottom of your list of subscriptions. Click on the "Goodies" tab at the top. Scroll to the bottom to "Subscribe as you surf" and it will give you a link that you can add to your bookmarks/favorites. It says you can drag it but that didn't work for me. I had to right click on the link, then choose "Add to Favorites." It said it might be unsafe, but I thought I'd go for it. The word "subscribe" is now one of my favorites. You then go to a blog you want to add to Google Reader and click on this favorite and it opens Google Reader. You need to choose to subscribe and then the blog is added! I also used "manage subscriptions" to create folders since I was starting to get quite a number of items in there. I will be adding all my fellow LMS's blogs so I can see who is adding new stuff for this challenge. (I am now watching you! :)
I really like it that I don't have to visit each web page individually and that I can see the opening blubs of the posts. I can quickly scan through to see what I want to read. Some of my feeds include friends, church, fellow LMSs, technology info, grant info... It is nice to have one place to go to check up on all the different areas of my life.
But I found the next best thing to quickly add content to my Google Reader! In Google Reader, click on "manage subscriptions" at the bottom of your list of subscriptions. Click on the "Goodies" tab at the top. Scroll to the bottom to "Subscribe as you surf" and it will give you a link that you can add to your bookmarks/favorites. It says you can drag it but that didn't work for me. I had to right click on the link, then choose "Add to Favorites." It said it might be unsafe, but I thought I'd go for it. The word "subscribe" is now one of my favorites. You then go to a blog you want to add to Google Reader and click on this favorite and it opens Google Reader. You need to choose to subscribe and then the blog is added! I also used "manage subscriptions" to create folders since I was starting to get quite a number of items in there. I will be adding all my fellow LMS's blogs so I can see who is adding new stuff for this challenge. (I am now watching you! :)
I really like it that I don't have to visit each web page individually and that I can see the opening blubs of the posts. I can quickly scan through to see what I want to read. Some of my feeds include friends, church, fellow LMSs, technology info, grant info... It is nice to have one place to go to check up on all the different areas of my life.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Thing 2: Web 2.0
Some quotes for thought from http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/1.htm (2.14.08):
The Web moves from simply being sites and search engines to a shared network space that drives work, research, education, entertainment and social activities—essentially everything people do. You and your mobile and nonmobile devices—PDA, MP3, laptop, cell phone, camera, PC, TV, etc.—are always online, connected to one another and to the Web.
3 Icebergs: The “just in case” collection, Reliance on user education, The “come to us” model of library service. "The post-print era." As a Web 2.0 reality continues to emerge and develop, our patrons will expect access to everything – digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts, etc. You think they can’t have everything? Think again. This may be our great opportunity.
"Librarian 2.0"
Where were these discussions held and these skills taught in my MLIS program???
Adopt Web features The features of Amazon and Google of interest to students and scholars ought to be incorporated into the services libraries make available. Libraries should welcome the submission of reviews, assignment of keywords (“tagging”), addition of scholarly commentary, and other forms of user participation.
Library 4.0 revives the old image of a country house library, and renovates it: from a retreat, a sanctuary, a pampered experience with information—subtle thoughts, fine words, exquisite brandy, smooth coffee, aromatic cigar, smell of leather, rustle of pages—to the dream economy’s library, the LIBRARY: a WiFREE space, a retreat from technohustle, with comfortable chairs, quiet, good light, coffee and single malt. You know, the library. I’ll meet you there.
pick up here: http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/advocacy.htm
The Web moves from simply being sites and search engines to a shared network space that drives work, research, education, entertainment and social activities—essentially everything people do. You and your mobile and nonmobile devices—PDA, MP3, laptop, cell phone, camera, PC, TV, etc.—are always online, connected to one another and to the Web.
3 Icebergs: The “just in case” collection, Reliance on user education, The “come to us” model of library service. "The post-print era." As a Web 2.0 reality continues to emerge and develop, our patrons will expect access to everything – digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts, etc. You think they can’t have everything? Think again. This may be our great opportunity.
"Librarian 2.0"
Where were these discussions held and these skills taught in my MLIS program???
Adopt Web features The features of Amazon and Google of interest to students and scholars ought to be incorporated into the services libraries make available. Libraries should welcome the submission of reviews, assignment of keywords (“tagging”), addition of scholarly commentary, and other forms of user participation.
Library 4.0 revives the old image of a country house library, and renovates it: from a retreat, a sanctuary, a pampered experience with information—subtle thoughts, fine words, exquisite brandy, smooth coffee, aromatic cigar, smell of leather, rustle of pages—to the dream economy’s library, the LIBRARY: a WiFREE space, a retreat from technohustle, with comfortable chairs, quiet, good light, coffee and single malt. You know, the library. I’ll meet you there.
pick up here: http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/advocacy.htm
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thing 10: Wikis
I am really into wikis lately. I set one up today on Wikispaces to facilitate some group work with my PLC (professional learning community). It is called "Making Reading Our Business" as we are using the book "Reading is our Business" by Sharon Grimes to guide us. We are working on connecting reading strategies. We are all very excited about what we are learning, so feel free to check us out at . Our consensus is that we feel more like "real" teachers - and the teachers in our buildings are beginning to see us that way as well. Wikispaces is giving away 100,000 free wikis to educators - the basic wiki is always free, but they are giving away their full access, paid version free to educators.
I have also used PBWiki to set up a family recipe collection. Feel free to check it out and steal all my secret family recipes. :) One thing my mom discovered on her Mac is that you have to use Firefox to have easy, full access to all the features. It looks like they are working to make Safari fully compatible in their next release.
I have also used PBWiki to set up a family recipe collection. Feel free to check it out and steal all my secret family recipes. :) One thing my mom discovered on her Mac is that you have to use Firefox to have easy, full access to all the features. It looks like they are working to make Safari fully compatible in their next release.
Thing 1 - take 2: getting started
OK - I am probably just going to do this blogging part here, because I am tired of trying to figure out edublogs. It didn't seem to be that different from Blogger, and I really wanted to try something new...and I loved my cute background with pink tulips... But since this is the main vehicle for my showing my learnings, I decided to fall back on the familiar. Something about this needs to be "easy" and if I have any chance of doing this on a regular basis, this needs to be the easy part. And I already have my avatar on the side bar! (That was the final straw for edublogs - they even had a blog post about adding a picture to the sidebar and I just couldn't figure it out!)
I really like how easy it is to make additions to your blog in Blogger. I have added all my district "friends" and it was very quick and easy to do. It was very easy to add my avatar - and I didn't have to read a "how-to" 15 times and still not get it to work. I really liked my template/background in Edublogs, so it would be nice to have more options for that in Blogger.
Have I mentioned how much I love my avatar?! It's funny how excited I get about this, when as someone commented, "What do you actually DO with an avatar??" But I love my red suit and my white cat...get it? A library CAT?! Cool!
I really like how easy it is to make additions to your blog in Blogger. I have added all my district "friends" and it was very quick and easy to do. It was very easy to add my avatar - and I didn't have to read a "how-to" 15 times and still not get it to work. I really liked my template/background in Edublogs, so it would be nice to have more options for that in Blogger.
Have I mentioned how much I love my avatar?! It's funny how excited I get about this, when as someone commented, "What do you actually DO with an avatar??" But I love my red suit and my white cat...get it? A library CAT?! Cool!
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