Libraries, Ebooks and Beyond: Library "Makers" Share How It's Done - The Digital Shift - 16 views
PLA 2014: Seven Trends in Children's and Teen Library Services - 2 views
Chicago Digital Library - 22 views
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In the first stage, teens are mostly text-messaging or instant-messaging friends and haunting sites such as Facebook — what the researchers call a "lightweight means" of maintaining friendships. "Messing around" begins when teens take an interest in media itself: composing music, editing photos or shooting video, driven more by interests than a desire to be with friends. "Geeking out" involves using new media in an "intense, autonomous and interest-driven way" that often leaves friends in the dust as teens seek out experts for help.
School Library Monthly Blog » Blog Archive » Are you an embedded librarian? - 20 views
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"It's something to consider as we continue to look for ways to share our knowledge in what is increasingly a classroom-centered ecosystem with classroom-accessed digital resources. It's also a kind of power shift … not a loss of power, but a different kind of power. There's something about being in the teacher's own classroom that puts you right where the learning is without the learning being disrupted by moving to a lab or library. And that's powerful."
The Future of Reading and Writing is Collaborative | Spotlight on Digital Media and Lea... - 19 views
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“I think the definition of writing is shifting,” Boardman said. “I don’t think writing happens with just words anymore.”
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In his classes, Boardman teaches students how to express their ideas and how to tell stories —and he encourages them to use video, music, recorded voices and whatever other media will best allow them to communicate effectively. He is part of a vanguard of educators, technologists, intellectuals and writers who are reimagining the very meaning of writing and reading.
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The keys to understanding this new perspective on writing and reading lie in notions of collaboration and being social. More specifically, it’s believing that collaboration and increased socialization around activities like reading and writing is a good idea.
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Bibliotech: 6 concerns about trends in digital collection development - 1 views
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Librarians feel compelled to acquire eContent from only one distributor because it is too confusing – for them, for students, for teachers, for business managers - to purchase eContent from a variety of distributors, thus materials selection is driven by who they buy from, not what a
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igns with the curriculum. This is a classic example of the tail wagging the dog.
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It is our job to develop our collections, aligning them with our school/district’s curriculum – not to buy ready-made packages from vendors. It is our job to create, instructional materials, and to determine how to best assess our students’ learning. This requires granular knowledge of our patron base, our curricula, and our collections. You can't fake this. It takes a long time to build that knowledge base. If we relinquish these responsibilities to commercial interests, we literally sell out our own profession.
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10 Trends on Information Literacy and LILAC 2011 - 0 views
ALA Releases Media Kit to Help Libraries Make E-book Case to the Public - 6 views
Cool! Harvard Library Lab Releases 20 Project Overview Videos Online | LJ INFOdocket - 0 views
Digital Libraries to School Libraries - 0 views
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