Taking Traing to Patrons – 21 Things for 21st Century Parents

January 14, 2010 · Posted in Learning 2.0, Patron Services, Training · View Comments

The fabulous Gretchen Caserotti and staff in the Childrens Department at the Darien Libray are kicking off a learning 2.0 class for parents. From the website:

You are raising kids in a digital world. Facebook, Twitter and a growing number of websites and social tools are becoming increasingly important in most aspects of our 21^st Century world. Information Literacy is crucial to your children’s success in school and technology is now completely integrated into your child’s life. Today’s students want web 2.0 tools to be a part of their learning lives because these are the tools that enable them to connect, collaborate, create and engage in learning that is relevant, contextual and experiential.

Why should they have all the fun? Join us through 12 weeks of learning through engagement in online technology in 21 simple activities that you can do on your own time, at your own pace. This program is designed to help you learn about, and how to use, web 2.0 technologies so that you may better support, guide and parent your digital native kids safely and confidently through both the perils and the possibilities that this brave new digital world offers.

Kids don’t just learn in school. You are your children’s first and forever teachers.

So, join in the fun – come play and learn with us!

The official kick-off party is February 2nd and the program runs 12 weeks. I can’t wait to see the lessons and hear how it turns out!

Tags: 23 things, Learning, Learning 2.0, parents, patron raining, Training

Libraries and Transliteracy – the video version

October 7, 2009 · Posted in Digital Divide, Digital Services, Information Access, Librarianship, Libraries, Technology, Training, Transliteracy · View Comments

I took my slideshow on transliteracy and turned it into a video. I was curious about how easy it was to turn a slideshow into a video (its super easy!) so I thought I’d try it. Most of my presentations aren’t meant to stand alone and so don’t really translate well to video. When I was putting the transliteracy one together I wanted it to be able to stand alone, so I thought I’d give it a try. A little self indulgent I know But anyway here it is.

Learn more about transliteracy

Tags: books, computer, customers, digital, form, future, government, instruction, internet, Librarians, Libraries, library, literacy, patrons, reading, services, teaching, Technology, Training, Transliteracy, virtual, web

ALA Learning – On Demand Training for Staff

October 5, 2009 · Posted in Training · View Comments

I have a new post over at ALA Learning about on demand training for staff, the benefits of it and how to make it happen.

Because these impromptu, or on demand, sessions are one on one, people often feel more comfortable asking questions they may not ask in front of a group. One on one sessions have other advantages too. You move at the pace of the individual, not the group or a schedule. You can walk them through the process step by step, more than once if needed. You can see if the person doesn’t understand right away and explain it again or in a different way.

I also find that providing on demand training can make staff more interested in attending your training classes, give you new ideas for training sessions and even get you invited to department meetings for training!

Tags: ala learning, on demand, skills, staff, Technology, Training

Libraries and Transliteracy Slideshow

October 1, 2009 · Posted in Digital Divide, Digital Services, Librarianship, Patron Services, Technology, Training, Transliteracy · View Comments

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about transliteracy and how important the concept is for libraries and librarians. I’ve created a slideshow I hope conveys the message and is easy to share.

I have also added page with information on transliteracy.

Libraries and Transliteracy

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