login
|
|
|
|
The Overwhelmerati's quest is to overload us with so much information that we become permanently lost and too tired to think. Fortunately there are smart people battling the Overwhelmerati and winning. Joyce Valenza is one of those people. posted by Jason Ohler |
|||
14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media
Do you like this story?
Every now and again I read a hands-on, minds-on article that is so insightful, helpful and articulate that I breathe a sigh of relief knowing that there are actually smart people out there who can help students make their way through the info thicket on the internet. Joyce Valenza's article in TechLearning, 14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media, is one of the articles. She is the Teacher-Librarian at Springfield Township High School, author, and technology advocate.
She opens the article as follows:
This is the best time in history to be a teacher-librarian. Major shifts in our information and communication landscapes present new opportunities for librarians to teach and lead in areas that were always considered part of their role, helping learners of all ages effectively use, manage, evaluate, organize and communicate information, and to love reading in its glorious new variety.
A school’s teacher-librarian is its chief information officer, but in a networked world, the position is more that of moderator or coach, the person who ensures that students and teachers can effectively interact with information and leverage it to create and share and make a difference in the community and beyond.
For background, take a look at the Standards for the 21st Century Learner. These information-fluency standards scream inquiry, critical thinking, digital citizenship, creative communication, collaboration, and networking.
For librarians, and for most other professionals, the game has changed. There is no textbook for new practice, and it is absolutely true that some of us are a little more retooled than others. Nevertheless, there are at least 14 retooled learning strategies that teacher-librarians should be sharing with classroom teachers and learners in the 2009–2010 school year.
I'm hooked. Insightful, well-written, on point.
If you need a grab-and-go, here are her 14 points. But I strongly recommend you read the article in its entirety because she provides very helpful detailed explanations of each point.
1. New fun with intellectual property.
2. Documentation doesn’t have to be a miserable task.
3. Moving beyond one-trick, single-search mode.
4. Pushing information and working with widgets.
5. Searching yourself.
6. Scouting and networking.
7. Transparency and the research process.
8. Organizing tools.
9. Survey tools for research and learning.
10. Connecting with authors and experts.
11. Communicating research and telling new stories.
12. Rethinking collection.
13. Reading 2.0.
14. Intellectual freedom extends to Web 2.0.
MORE INFO
Joyce’s related blog posts, wikis, and documents
NewToolsWorkshop (newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com)
School Library Journal Blog (www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html)
New Fair Use Code of Practice: A Call to Action
On finding free ebooks (www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/850035885.html)
2.0 is an intellectual-freedom issue (www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/30034403.html?q=intellectual+freedom)
Wake up for real—The laptops have hit the fan (www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1930037393.html?q=wake%2Dup)
PaperBackSwap.com: for book lovers in tight times (www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/50037205.html)
Teacher-Librarian Manifesto
Springfield Township High School Virtual Library (www.sdst.org/shs/library)
Pilot new version of the Springfield Township High School Virtual Library (springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com)
Joyce’s SlideShare Page (www.slideshare.net/joycevalenza)
ISTE Eduverse Talks, Beyond the Dewey Decimal System (slcn.tv/node/2693) SecondLifeTV, February 17, 2009
Pandora Revisited (bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/?p=445) (Podcast by Bob Sprankle) (slideshare www.slideshare.net/joycevalenza/pandorarevised)
Chat with Miguel Guhlin (www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/archives/2008/07/entry_7368.htm) on Transparency and Brand NECC 2008
Women of the Web: On Libraries (www.edtechtalk.com/node/3059, with Doug Johnson) Show #65, EdTechTalk, 2008
Other resources from wonderful library folks:
Standards for the 21st Century Learner (AASL)
New Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights
AASL’s Top 25 Tools for Learning and Teaching
Reading 2.0 (Anita Beaman and Amy Obert)
WebTools4U2Use (Donna Baumbach)
Revised docs supporting intellectual freedom for young people (ALA)
Examples of Effective Virtual Library Practice
NECC Library Tools Smackdown
Web 2.0 Meets the Standards (ALA Session)
Helene Blowers’ Learning 2.0
California School Library Learning 2.0
And a couple of posts that got us thinking more about our roles:
The Ideal School Library by Darren Draper
Social Media Specialists?: The use—or nonuse—of social tools sparks Twitterstorm (Lauren Barack)
Joyce Valenza is the Teacher-Librarian at Springfield Township High School, author, and technology advocate. Read her SLJ NeverEndingSearch blog: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch
(image is a screen shot from the New Tools Workshop wiki.)
