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Collaboration in the Classroom

http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-just-want-to-say-one-word-to-you.html

So, if you’re an administrator, what are you doing to foster collaboration among your staff, and especially your teachers? And I’m talking more than just PLC’s, although that’s not a bad start. What are you really doing to fundamentally change the structure of your school(s) from one of isolation (close the door and [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Category: Dominican University GSLIS, Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library Technology, Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

Will Richardson Talks with Howard Rheingold

If you have some time, don’t miss this engaging chat between two of my favorite innovators in the technology/education world. Their discussion centers around social networks, learning and the future of education.

http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/a-talk-with-howard-rheingold/

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February 18th, 2009 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Innovators, Library Technology, Participatory Culture, Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

Six Reasons I Heart the DominiNET Student Blog

I’ve posted about this blog already but I have to come back to it. A Dominican University Journalism class is using a Blogspot blog to report news and more to the campus and beyond. Our Dean of Rosary College, Jeff Carlson, shared the URL with me and I subscribed immediately.

I was rather [...]

November 20th, 2008 | Category: LIS Weblogs Rule!, Social Software & Sites | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Google Friend Connect

Via Brett Kochendorfer

Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. This means means more people engaging more deeply with your website — and with each other. In this video, Google Product Marketing Manager Mendel Chuang gives a short introduction to Google Friend Connect.

Very interesting -especially [...]

November 13th, 2008 | Category: Library Technology, Library Web Sites, LIS Weblogs Rule!, Social Software & Sites | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Nine Tips to Get the Most Out of Social Media

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/9-tips-to-get-the-most-out-of-social-media.html

Some of my favorites:

4. Integrity

Don’t be phony! Be yourself — it’s what your social network friends added you for. There are, of course, many ways to “game” just about every social media system, to get more diggs, to appear to have more followers, to get your posts Stumbled, and so on. But in the end, [...]

August 25th, 2008 | Category: Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

More from the Cloud

http://www.cloudtrip.com

Again, via ALA Direct! Check out all the choices, including http://posterous.com/

August 7th, 2008 | Category: Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Micro-Content: Twitter & More, RSS and Content, Social Software & Sites, Top Tech Trends | Comments are closed

Roselle PL Ning: “Let’s Talk!”

http://rosellelibrary.ning.com/

I’m getting ready for upcoming presentations today and I realized I needed to give Roselle Public Library a big shout out for the Ning network created for patrons and staff. Take a look. I’m glad to see a library choose a social tool, put some time and effort into its upkeep, and see [...]

August 2nd, 2008 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Innovators, Social Software & Sites | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Banning Social Networking… Again?

Lori Reed writes:

http://librarytrainer.com/2008/08/02/bill-to-ban-facebook-in-libraries/

What I am really here to say is that it’s important to educate children so that they can make smart decisions in any circumstance.

From USA Today:

Congress is considering a bill that would bar children who use computers in public libraries from accessing Facebook and other social networking websites without [...]

August 2nd, 2008 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Social Software & Sites | One comment - (Comments are closed)

What’s Up at Franklin Park Public Library

I’m always happy to hear from former students. I just got a nice email from Mick Jacobsen. TTW readers may remember him from his info about LibGuides. He’s moved on to some cool stuff:

Our first gaming event is taking place later today (spearheaded by me).  We have a Wii and PS2 [...]

August 1st, 2008 | Category: LIS Education in the 21st Century, LIS Weblogs Rule!, Social Software & Sites | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

More on Social Learning

http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/counters-to-enterprise-20-objections/

John at Library Clips weighs in on 15 Objections to Using Social Learning:

Objection #5: How Do You Know it’s Accurate?

What if someone posts inaccurate information (unlike email it’s visible to a lot of people), and someone acts on it?

I actually mentioned this in a previous post as the garderns job, to go back [...]

July 30th, 2008 | Category: LIS Education in the 21st Century, Social Software & Sites, Top Tech Trends | Comments are closed
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