My outlook on social networking has changed somewhat since working with the library's teen advisory board. The public library that I currently work for uses social networking to simply list and share event information. We also have a few pictures to illustrate past programs. I love the idea of using social networking to communicate with patrons but I was not aware of the potential.
For instance, we have a Facebook page at the library where I work and I supervise a teen advisory board (TAB) that would like to use it to discuss young adult books, movies, and video games. In addition, they would like to share their writing whether it be fiction or poetry. Facebook is their preferred choice to communicate their ideas and current events. By allowing TAB members to explore social networking to express their skills or to simply communicate using technology.
Thus, there are some resourceful ways to use social networking in a library. By showing students how to do this we can maximize the amount of useful information and knowledge technology can offer. A good example on how a library can use social networking in a valid and resourceful way is Yale's Science Libraries:
http://www.facebook.com/yalescilib#!/yalescilib?sk=wall
Like Yale's Science Libraries Facebook page my public library is able to post information on all current events including classes offered, library news, and programs taking place at the library. Pictures of the library and events are also posted. In addition, you can find information about the library's hours, contact information, and location.
In the 21st century students and patrons are exposed to a digital world that can provide more opportunities to seek and find more information. Social networking is a fun way to learn to become technologically literate and perhaps open the path to exploration, discovery, and creativity.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
IL Thing #2 Podcasting
When I originally tried out podcasting for the 23 things activity I used it for a booktalk about Lois Lowry's "The Giver" for a group of upper elementary students and some middle schoolers. In regards to using podcasts for booktalks for instruction I still believe that this is an excellent fit. To teach students how to make their own booktalks through podcasting is a fun activity that allows them to create whatever they would like. For contextual learners a blog could be used in addition to the podcast. The blog could have written directions while the podcast offers audio directions.
As a result, podcasts can be used to instruct a course, provide news, offer book reviews, lectures, historical speeches, and even library story times. The Denver Public Library makes historical speeches available through podcasting on their library's website:
http://podcast.denverlibrary.org/
In addition, the American Library Association's ALSC blog provides some great podcasts that provide lectures, award speeches, authors, and various library and literacy related discussions:
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/?cat=51
Here is the link to the podcast I created for a book talk (the link will only be available for 30 days - it is free through www.Archive.org http://www.archive.org/details/BookTalk_107 I was able to create the audio through a free software program called Audacity.
As a result, podcasts can be used to instruct a course, provide news, offer book reviews, lectures, historical speeches, and even library story times. The Denver Public Library makes historical speeches available through podcasting on their library's website:
http://podcast.denverlibrary.org/
In addition, the American Library Association's ALSC blog provides some great podcasts that provide lectures, award speeches, authors, and various library and literacy related discussions:
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/?cat=51
Here is the link to the podcast I created for a book talk (the link will only be available for 30 days - it is free through www.Archive.org http://www.archive.org/details/BookTalk_107 I was able to create the audio through a free software program called Audacity.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
IL Thing #1 Blogging
Blogging is a way to communicate with the world. You can vent to complete strangers or comment on someone's discoveries. Whether you choose to blog about recipes or class assignments, information is being shared. Blogs can be used in the classroom to discuss a specific topic and add supplemental links to additional resources. Libraries can use blogs to teach patrons about databases or how to use e-readers and download digital libraries. The possibilities are endless.
I decided to comment on my previously written 23 Things I was curious to checkout one of the other 23 Things blogs and came across IPL's 15 Things. The first activity was blogging. So, I boldly went where many people have gone before and wrote on entry on IPL's blog:
My entry on IPL's blog is about my recent experience at the 2011 ALA conference in New Orleans. I was given the opportunity to sit in on some incredible sessions, view extraordinary documentaries, and listen to some humbling speakers. Being a librarian I thought it was important to share this information with other librarians. Thus, blogging allows us to share information and hopefully encourage others to do the same.
I think blogging is a good learning tool to create a medium for people to share information and learn how to do this through a technological forum. At the library I work at we allow teens (grades 6-12)to compete in a summer reading program where they can receive raffle tickets to win and iPod Touch everytime they write a book review on our blog. They have a template to fill out on our website and they then submit their book reviews for the world to see. In return, the teens can view other book reviews submitted by their peers: http://mclsteenbookreviews.wordpress.com/
Information literacy instruction can be explained through blogs. Blogs can allow instructors, libraries, and users to participate in a blog from anywhere in the world. Not only are they globally accessible but for the most part blogs are free. As Click and Petit (2010) highlight there are many different free blogs that librarians can create to help with teaching and training information literacy and library instruction. They further explain that most students today are already familiar with web 2.0 technologies and are ready to engage with them in a class or library setting.
Thus, blogging can be very beneficial for the instructor, student, and the professional. Blogging can begin with just text and then expand by adding visual content and other web 2.o technologies. Communication and collaboration are created and broadened by the simple development of words, lessons, visuals and even comments that turn into discussions all thanks to a blog.
Click, A., & Petit, J. (2010). Social Networking and Web 2.0 in Information Literacy. International Information & Library Review, 42(2), 137-42. doi: 10.1016/j.iilr.2010.04.007
I decided to comment on my previously written 23 Things I was curious to checkout one of the other 23 Things blogs and came across IPL's 15 Things. The first activity was blogging. So, I boldly went where many people have gone before and wrote on entry on IPL's blog:
My entry on IPL's blog is about my recent experience at the 2011 ALA conference in New Orleans. I was given the opportunity to sit in on some incredible sessions, view extraordinary documentaries, and listen to some humbling speakers. Being a librarian I thought it was important to share this information with other librarians. Thus, blogging allows us to share information and hopefully encourage others to do the same.
I think blogging is a good learning tool to create a medium for people to share information and learn how to do this through a technological forum. At the library I work at we allow teens (grades 6-12)to compete in a summer reading program where they can receive raffle tickets to win and iPod Touch everytime they write a book review on our blog. They have a template to fill out on our website and they then submit their book reviews for the world to see. In return, the teens can view other book reviews submitted by their peers: http://mclsteenbookreviews.wordpress.com/
Information literacy instruction can be explained through blogs. Blogs can allow instructors, libraries, and users to participate in a blog from anywhere in the world. Not only are they globally accessible but for the most part blogs are free. As Click and Petit (2010) highlight there are many different free blogs that librarians can create to help with teaching and training information literacy and library instruction. They further explain that most students today are already familiar with web 2.0 technologies and are ready to engage with them in a class or library setting.
Thus, blogging can be very beneficial for the instructor, student, and the professional. Blogging can begin with just text and then expand by adding visual content and other web 2.o technologies. Communication and collaboration are created and broadened by the simple development of words, lessons, visuals and even comments that turn into discussions all thanks to a blog.
Click, A., & Petit, J. (2010). Social Networking and Web 2.0 in Information Literacy. International Information & Library Review, 42(2), 137-42. doi: 10.1016/j.iilr.2010.04.007
Monday, June 13, 2011
LIS 5937 Information Literacy and 6 Things
It is not the fin just yet! Six of these 23 things will now be explored more in depth to see how they can be applied to teaching information literacy and library instruction.
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