Comments for Libraries and Learning http://aslansw.edublogs.org Libraries 2.0 and beyond Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:45:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on School Libraries and Web 2.0..are we ready for Library 2.0? by Audrey Nay http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/school-libraries-and-web-20are-we-ready-for-library-20/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Audrey Nay Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:45:41 +0000 http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/school-libraries-and-web-20are-we-ready-for-library-20/#comment-9 Judy started me off on my web 2.0 journey..my problem is that there are so many paths to take so much to share and so little time with each class...our kids are keen borrowers!!I have also encouraged them to take their time finding and selecting books they will enjoy. Judy started me off on my web 2.0 journey..my problem is that there are so many paths to take
so much to share and so little time with each class…our kids are keen borrowers!!I have also encouraged them to take their time finding and selecting books they will enjoy.

]]> Comment on What is schooling really about? Can libraries make a difference? by Audrey Nay http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2009/03/06/what-is-schooling-really-about-can-libraries-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Audrey Nay Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:40:28 +0000 http://aslansw.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-8 Maybe I will try something outside of the square for our new library....I do love colour...or maybe something along the lines of SMARTS!! Maybe I will try something outside of the square for our new library….I do love colour…or maybe something along the lines of SMARTS!!

]]> Comment on What does a teacher librarian in the 21st century do? by Marita Thomson http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2009/05/11/what-does-a-teacher-librarian-in-the-21st-century-do/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Marita Thomson Tue, 19 May 2009 11:33:34 +0000 http://aslansw.edublogs.org/?p=16#comment-7 Loving books was never enough to be a teacher librarian or any librarian for that matter. You need to enjoy the front line with students/teachers/public, or you'll go crazy (of course, this may happen anyway). I think I became a librarian because I loved finding out about things, solving puzzles, finding the newest most exciting things. Getting the latest books is part of this, but the internet has made finding anything you want to know much easier (used to wait weeks for obscure books on interlibrary loan). Now our challenge is - as it always has been - to tame the information. To make sense of it, to package it in usable bites and to help users to manipulate it and create new knowledge. Web 2.0 makes this a possibility. Also a joy and a headache (mostly through the enormous choice and pressure of time). These tools also make it even more fun to share literature. It's all good. Loving books was never enough to be a teacher librarian or any librarian for that matter. You need to enjoy the front line with students/teachers/public, or you’ll go crazy (of course, this may happen anyway). I think I became a librarian because I loved finding out about things, solving puzzles, finding the newest most exciting things. Getting the latest books is part of this, but the internet has made finding anything you want to know much easier (used to wait weeks for obscure books on interlibrary loan). Now our challenge is – as it always has been – to tame the information. To make sense of it, to package it in usable bites and to help users to manipulate it and create new knowledge. Web 2.0 makes this a possibility. Also a joy and a headache (mostly through the enormous choice and pressure of time). These tools also make it even more fun to share literature. It’s all good.

]]> Comment on Online professional learning? Does it appeal to you? by Sue Blyde http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/online-professional-learning-does-it-appeal-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Sue Blyde Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:13:20 +0000 http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/online-professional-learning-does-it-appeal-to-you/#comment-6 I have had some very positive experiences with online learning and would appreciate PD being available in this mode. I do not live close to a capital city and travel to face-to-face events combined with being able to take time out from school makes most of them prohibitive. I have had some very positive experiences with online learning and would appreciate PD being available in this mode. I do not live close to a capital city and travel to face-to-face events combined with being able to take time out from school makes most of them prohibitive.

]]> Comment on Online professional learning? Does it appeal to you? by Jessica Jorna http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/online-professional-learning-does-it-appeal-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jessica Jorna Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:24:25 +0000 http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/online-professional-learning-does-it-appeal-to-you/#comment-5 I would be interested in this, because I am doing online learning already. I would be interested in this, because I am doing online learning already.

]]> Comment on School Libraries and Web 2.0..are we ready for Library 2.0? by Westley Field http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/school-libraries-and-web-20are-we-ready-for-library-20/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Westley Field Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:19:28 +0000 http://aslansw.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/school-libraries-and-web-20are-we-ready-for-library-20/#comment-3 Yes the biggest challenge we all face is change, which is not new. But if we don't engage kids with the tools of today they will turn away. Are you literate in Facebook, twitter and Google maps? If not then you are illeterate and what does that mean? Yes the biggest challenge we all face is change, which is not new. But if we don’t engage kids with the tools of today they will turn away. Are you literate in Facebook, twitter and Google maps? If not then you are illeterate and what does that mean?

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