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At the end of the day Friday, David Warlick recorded a podcast discussion with the panelists. Take a listen to hear some thoughts about the read/Write School Media Center. http://m2.slapcast.com/mp3/dwarlick/dwarlick-2006-11-03.mp3 I was impressed at how easy and fluid this was” David had a mic for his iPod, we went round robin and each person responded to questions or comments from the other folks. Yet another way to capture idea, thinking and conversations in the thick of a conference or workshop.
Via Nicole (who is blogging up a storm these days, grab her feed if you haven’t already): Our blogs are a new self, we’re writing ourselves into existence on the web with each post and populating the online world. Your blog is your new public self in the new public space of the web.
Via Patty: http://www.ccpl.lib.oh.us/park/index.html Park Library (branch of the Clark County Public Library in Springfield, Ohio) IS Library 2.U. Watch Park’s staff day video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt5Jgs0me4
Brian Kenney, editor of SLJ, urges public libraries to provide more activities, tools and tech for young people. Most librarians get it..but: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6386666.html It’s the public library directors who need to listen. Staff members need better tools and skills, while their youth need more space, materials, and computers. As Gómez says, “We cannot view out-of-school-time programming and services as an adjunct to core library services.” For that to be true, a lot of public library directors will need to take a hard look at their library’s resources and how they’re spent. Maybe it’s time to stop moaning about that seldom-visited […]
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Rachel Singer Gordon on Library 2.0: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6379554.html Simply put, think about ways to remove barriers. This can be as simple as rethinking our position on no cell phones, no drinks, and no instant messaging. (And we wonder why people run out the door to latch onto the free wireless access at Panera instead?) Do you still make people sign paper forms to use the Internet? Think about the “no” at your library and how you can turn that into a “yes.”
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http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2006/11/stellenbosch_da.php Just a bit that caught my eye from Richard Wallis’s notes at Stellenbosch: The New Learning Landscape Prof Johannes CronjeTeaching and Training Studies University of Pretoria – Who Killed E-learning? The buzz-word e-learning has died The vision of the e-learning doing it all died with it – monumental failures Why? – over emphasis on technology being the life blood of e-learning presenting things – push technology – ppt/pdf too much text lack of on going support – no clear e-learning strategy – no maintenance of commitment Nobody will morn its passing we are looking – elsewhere Strong competition for […]
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/11/03/this-is-a-library-maven/ This is a pretty bold person. She’s not going to let any native take over the technology, because she’s a leader, an information leader. She hijacks classrooms when the substitute is there. There are never enough lesson plans, so she is able to cover things that she’s been trying accomplish.