Can We Talk About the MLS? | Editorial - 0 views
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Public libraries in rural areas really don’t have a large enough donor base to make extensive fundraising worthwhile. The other problem public libraries have with outside fundriasing is that if you start taking in a lot of major gifts and donations, then your steady stream of revenue, the local government, may just wind up cutting your funding.
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“Students who pick their major based solely on postgraduation salaries, as opposed to passion for a field, will in all likelihood struggle in both school and career.”
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would agree that public librarians questionably need a library specific degree, or a degree at a graduate level anyway, as evidenced by the wealth of paraprofessionals who often do at least as good a job in that setting, though for management I think you would want someone trained in public management with library experience. In an academic setting, there is a credibility issue that begs credentialling in the areas of research and education, and credentialling to a higher standard than is now present in library schools, hence the inadequacy of the degree university libraries particularly, or at least that degree alone. The degree needs to be reinvented and would best partner to at least confer joint degrees in librarianship and business, education, and other disciplines
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Why We Need School Libraries | Diane Ravitch's blog - 11 views
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When we defund a school’s library, we dismantle the very capacity of the school to conduct its mission. Exterminating librarians defeats the purpose of school itself. When the librarian leaves and the library is starved, we lose our very access to the sustenance of learning and knowledge.
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And this is the true function of a library: it provides an atmosphere where ideas can be suspended long enough to permit rearrangement. Libraries are the petrie dish of intellect and the information stored there provides the agar of learning. But students themselves muster the work necessary to grow understanding.
How to delete every Facebook wall post, wipe your Timeline | ZDNet - 24 views
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The new Timeline will dig up some seemingly long-lost memories, and many you will wish to forget. Some will choose to delete their Facebook altogether, while others will simply leave things be, deterred by the arduous task of deleting the vast amount of data they are presented with.Here's an alternative I'm informing my senior students of..
Can We Keep the EdTech Bubble From Bursting? - Online Universities.com - 12 views
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"With venture capital flooding into the education sector, dozens of companies popping up every day, thousands of schools buying into new technology, and millions of students and lifelong learners around the world getting on board, we need to ask if we've built the edtech house on a foundation of solid rock, or sand."
10 Tips for Using Evernote to De-Stress College from Student Ambassador Megan Cotter | ... - 15 views
Can E-Books Make Society and Education Better? | Online Universities - 15 views
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65% of college freshmen read for pleasure for less than an hour per week or not at all
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The percentage of non-readers among these students has nearly doubled—climbing 18 points since they graduated from high school
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By the time they become college seniors, one in three students read nothing at all for pleasure in a given week.
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Don't Shush Me! In Some Libraries, It's OK to be Loud | MindShift - 22 views
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Buffy Hamilton, who calls herself “The Unquiet Librarian,” holds the phone receiver away from her ear at Creekview High School library in Canton, Ga., revealing a cacophony of noise in the background.
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Creekview High School’s media center looks and sounds nothing like the silent libraries of the past. The new emphasis on collaborative learning and the use of digital tools to produce dynamic research projects lead to a louder, more hands-on environment that can prove beneficial to students later on in college. Hamilton says graduates have returned to thank her because their digital skills are more advanced than those of their classmate
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The shift to a noisier and more interactive library model is relatively new in U.S. public school systems. Some examples are evident at universities and private schools in Georgia, New York and California, all of which have taken a lead in transforming their libraries. In Massachusetts, the Cushing Academy, a private boarding school for high-school students, gave away its collection of over 20,000 books two years ago and transformed its library into a digital center with e-books and searchable databases.
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My view: flipped classrooms give every student a chance to succeed - 0 views
Using social media for student research, part 1: setting up | edSocialMedia - 47 views
40 Most Awesome iPad Apps for Science Students | Best Colleges Online - 17 views
High School Makerspaces: Q&A with MAKE's Dale Dougherty - 22 views
10 Tests of Good Digital Citizenship - 0 views
YALSA » App of the Week: Snapguide - 40 views
American Youth Read Books in Print (For Now) - 7 views
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A new study from the Pew Research Center on young Americans' library habits defies the conventional narrative of today's youth as a generation who have abandoned print. Despite being heavy Internet users, the press release states that "Americans under age 30 are strong supporters of traditional library services," including in-person assistance and-yes-books.
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Students Prefer Print for Serious Academic Reading http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/students-prefer-print-but-not-books-for-serious-academic-reading/44871
Werner Herzog texting while driving documentary "From One Second to the Next" is worth ... - 9 views
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"This documentary on Texting and Driving is haunting. It focuses on four accidents, some of them fatal, and Herzog aims his camera squarely at the faces of both victims and perpetrators, asking them to describe in detail what happened and the aftermath. Herzog emphasizes the change in civilization he perceives in part by examining an accident in which an Amish family was killed and another in which a horse-shoer's truck was involved." For Senior Students.
Keeping Public School Libraries Relevant - 13 views
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"Public school libraries have always served an admirable purpose in education. In an indirect way, K-12 libraries have given students support in learning endeavors and been a go-to spot for information. With that being said, as the first Internet-generation rises through the public school ranks, libraries need big changes to remain relevant. It is not enough to simply "be there;" school libraries need to reach out to students and pull them in with helpful resources that combine traditional and contemporary theories in literacy."
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