Kim Cofino twittered a link for her excellent presentations for the TeachIt! conference this morning, which reminded me that I hadn’t ever shared my presentation from the Internet Librarian session I did on Web 2.0 tools that librarians could share with their administrators. So in the interest of sharing resources, here are my slides: [slideshare id=144623&doc=il2007-1193251903222853-4&w=425] Several administrators, [...]
Entries from November 11, 2007
Flashing back–web tools for administrators
November 11, 2007 · No Comments · ISW2007, Leadership, Podcasts, Web 2.0
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The library is everywhere
November 8, 2007 · 5 Comments · libraries, Play
Recently, David Warlick had been exploring metaphors for the library, and has posited that librarians are like viruses, “infecting their schools with the desire to evolve.” While I think that is an interesting metaphor, I’m not sure I want to be a virus I had been thinking that the library is like a heart, permeating [...]
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Hearing student voices
November 7, 2007 · 3 Comments · Learning, Teacher Learner
Our campus staff development started its second strand last week–centered around the theme of authentic student engagement. (Our staff development period is built into the school day once each week). To begin the series, we on the staff development committee decided to invite panels of students to speak to our staff about how they [...]
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Textbooks meet web 2.0
November 6, 2007 · 1 Comment · Learning
In a tremendously insightful post, educational consultant Lee Wilson recommends ten strategies that publishers should consider to harness the power of web 2.0 (and to preserve their businesses I might add). As these tools become more and more integral to educators, textbook(and reference book) publishers will have to transform themselves into more accessible media. Some [...]
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We’ve gotten Kudos!
November 6, 2007 · No Comments · Innovation, Student projects
Bob Witowski at our campus has just received a coveted “Kudos from Drape” award from Darren Draper (who created the Pay Attention video, if you’re not familiar with his work) for Bob’s experiment using cell phones in his Algebra classroom. We’re mixed in with some pretty good company getting this award, so big congratulations [...]
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Learning in a community
November 3, 2007 · 9 Comments · TechForum
We all seek community–it’s human nature. We form communities within our departments at school, or with other like-minded staff, while students form them around clubs, activities, or even Facebook, MySpace, gaming, etc. When we talk to teachers about the power of virtual communities or networking, I’m not sure it’s one of those things that really [...]
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Remembering our “customers”
November 2, 2007 · 2 Comments · il2007, ISW2007
As I come away from Internet Librarian and try to pull together a thread running throughout the conference, I would say it is this: Web 2.0 is here to stay, but we must be cognizant of our users, whether they are “library patrons” or students or teachers. This theme has been running around the blogs [...]
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