Tim Lauer twittered a fascinating NYTimes article, “Literacy Debate: Online R U Really Reading?” about the changing nature of reading that our students are doing. As students do more and more of their reading online, as the article posits, (based on various research studies), how are we adapting our instruction/reading programs/”novel” assignments to account for [...]
Entries from July 26th, 2008
Serendipity
July 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Change, Leadership
One of my favorite things about learning is the serendipity of it all. We know we need to learn something or grow in some way, and voila, as we are out in the world, and read blogs, and read books, we stumble over these things serendipitously. That’s one of the things I love about bookstores [...]
Unleashing the student within
July 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0
“I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. But I knew the woman I wanted to become.” Diane von Furstenberg Her career was an accident in her life, but as a result of it, she became more confident. “To be confident makes you beautiful, makes you happy, makes you fulfilled.” When I heard Diane [...]
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A new model?
July 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · libraries
As our library facility moves closer to completion(December?), I’ve been pondering how to use the new space we’ve created more effectively, and create a student-friendly facility. At NECC, I was fortunate enough to meet David Loertscher(guru in library field!), who shared with me his new book, The New Learning Commons: Where Learners Win, cowritten with [...]
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Changing vision of libraries
July 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · libraries
Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody reminds us that forces outside of education are driving changes throughout society. How that trickles down to school libraries is the question? And how do we advocate for the “21st century” library? Julia Keller had an interesting column in the May issue of American Libraries, “Killed By Kindness,” pointing [...]
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Leading a community
July 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Leadership, Web 2.0
July 4 was National Leadership Day. I’ve been thinking a lot about NECC, and about leadership, and what qualities I think are most important in a leader. Though frankly, I’d like to expand the definition of leader to include all of us, because every person on a campus can provide some sort of leadership for [...]
When we all contribute
July 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Web 2.0
In thinking about our Library 2.5 session at NECC, Feed, Tag, Research: Remixing for Library 2.5, I’m realizing one of the best parts of it was the ensemble. (In fact, most of the sessions I participated in were ensembles and it’s exciting to see the collaboration at work.) I’ve posted a challenge at the end [...]
Promoting K12 Online conference with your teachers
July 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Wes Fryer are sharing ideas on how we can encourage teachers to participate in K12 Online 2008 conference and make it local. April (didn’t get the last name) shared how her school used it to provide a day of staff development for their teachers. They set up 15 sessions for teachers to [...]
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Library 2.5 at NECC
July 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0
Update: (thanks to Doug!) All the links to our slides and resources from our NECC presentation can be found at http://necclibrarians08.wikispaces.com/ including Kim Cofino’s video presentation!
21st Century classrooms and learning
July 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Web 2.0
Session with Chris Lehmann and Marcie Hull (SLA). Chris’s slides are excellently designed–appealing visually, clear and crisp, to the point–great example for good presentations. Chris–(directly quoting here!) We work best and learn best when it matters to us. Some kids don’t know what matters to them though, yet. We always need to remember we teach [...]
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