One person who keeps pushing for real teaching and learning applications in School Library 2.0 is Chris Harris, blogging author of Infomancy .
Chris's piece in School Library Journal, "Say good-bye to your mother’s school library," articulates several ways to think about how to use Web 2.0 technologies to advace our goals, including:
-->Ramping Up Book Discussions--this is one application that seems to be ocurring to lots of folks, but Gigi Lincoln's "Student Reflections on Night by Elie Wiesel" remains a stellar example.
-->Discard the Flex vs. Fixed Model: A discussion about elementary libraries, Chris makes a compelling argument that web2.0 technologies will, sooner or later, make the notion of fixed vs. flex scheduling moot.
-->Push Library Services Out to the World: I think this has always been the goal of good libraries, and good librarians have taken advantage of new technologies at every turn to do this. From bookmobiles to telephone reference to web portals, IM reference and library blogs, the goal is to help our communities understand that library, like church, is about the spirit, not the building.
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Strong reasons for ALL school library media teachers to become web 2.0 savvy -- encourage your colleagues to take this online tutorial and cheer them on. Good post.
I'm sharing the link to the student discussion of "Night" with our 9th gr. English teachers and students who are just finishing reading the book. Thanks for sharing.
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