For Digital Natives There Is No Web 2.0
From the New Canaan High School Library
Video from Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy
Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.
In October 2009 the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy released its report. The report itself is over 100 pages and worth reading. It is available to download as a pdf or to read online. If you just want the bottom line, you can see just the recommendations it makes or the ones that especially pertain to libraries.
Top Ten Links – Week 2
My hand selected best links I shared on Twitter from 1/8/2010 through 1/14/2010 in no particular oder:
- Just call me Tenzing Norbook, I guess. Toby Greenwalt’s response to Seth Godin’s post about libraries and the discussion that takes place in the comments.
- 2010: The Only Year of the E-Reader great article from Fast Company on why, despite the awesomeness of many of the new ereaders, they wont be sticking around long.
- Top Innovators Practice 5 Skills the Rest of Us Don’t if you can stand yet another article about innovation the 5 skills are something we should all be doing, innovator or not.
- To Know the Library Is To Love the Library — But Who Knows the Library? Toby’s article on the Huffington Post
- A Taxonomy of Reflection: Critical Thinking For Students, Teachers, and Principals (Part I)
- How to remove yourself from a Twitter List – lets face it, check what twitter lists you’re on is just one more part of being aware of your online identity, if you show up on one you don’t like you have some options
- Perpetual Beta – a new blog from Jason Griffey and American Libraries, about technology of course.
- Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English – another fine video from the guys at CommonCraft
- The Alexander Graham Bell Guide to Changing the World – ideas are good, action is better.
- All the ones from ALA Learning – blog authors introduction & interviews, and two new bloggers! Buffy Hamilton and Lauren Pressley!
Books, More Than Just Words
November 27, 2009 · Posted in Video · View Comments
Going West from the New Zealand Book Council
found on Boing Boing
Libraries and Transliteracy Blog- Media Skills Integrated into Core StandardsA draft of K-12 standards put forth by the National Governor’s Association, as part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI), integrates media skills as a key design consideration of these standards. The draft points to the importance of these skills: To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a technological society, students [... […]Tom Ipri
- What is Transliteracy?I attempt to answer some questions about transliteracy including what is it, in my Librarian by Day blog post – Defining Transliteracy I have been asked this question many times by librarians so I am way overdue for this post. Most recently I was asked “….are librarians the people best equipped to define and interpret transliteracy (as opposed [...] […]Bobbi Newman
- Digital Literacy Skills Essential to Closing Broadband Gap #knightcommThe Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy sites the Broadband Adoption and Use in America (pdf) report released by the Federal Communications Commission in Digital Literacy Skills Essential to Closing Broadband Gap when emphasising the importance and need for digital literacy The survey findings reinforce the growing body o […]Bobbi Newman
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