ERIC Number: EJ796181
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1542-4715
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A Few New Things
Valenza, Joyce Kasman
Library Media Connection, v26 n7 p10-13 Apr-May 2008
Citing the website "43 Things" (http://www.43things.com/) and derivatives Learning 2.0 (http://plcmcl2-about.blogspot.com/) and California's School Library Learning 2.0 (http://www.schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/), the author suggests other activities to help librarians and teacher-librarians train themselves for leadership in new information landscapes, including: (1) Create a wiki pathfinder; (2) Create a wiki booklist; (3) Create a template for blogging the research process; (4) Move literature circles to blogging form; (5) Rethink PowerPoint and other presentation strategies; (6) Podcast booktalks and/or book reviews; (7) Tell a digital story or inspire student storytelling projects; (8) Create a social network; (9) Do a survey; (10) Attend a workshop or conference online; (11) Set up a personal information space; (12) Use an image portal to celebrate student art and archive student activities; (13) Use image generators to promote library materials or to enhance curriculum; (14) Learn more about fair use and alternative licensing; and (15) Learn about Open Source and Web-based applications and the equity they offer schools and individual learners.
Descriptors: School Libraries, Technological Advancement, Internet, Library Services, Librarians, Activities, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Story Telling, Intellectual Property, Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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