/cgi/wp Living on the cutting edge of Information Literacy and Technology Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:26:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a recent blog post, AASL compared a report that they sent to President-Elect Obama's Tranisition Team with one sent by ISTE.  Both documents reflect recommendations and ideas related to education on which  they feel the incoming President should focus.  While there are obvious differences, the one important thread in each ... /cgi/wp/?p=16 Web 2.0 is here!   It's exciting!  There are so many cool tools to use with students!  Collaborative!  Engaging! Higher Level!   Ooops sorry this site has been blocked for:Forums, Message Boards Social Networking Images Streaming Freeware and Software download WCC - Blocked  WeatherbugWell anyway the list goes on for reasons to block.  What about reasons to unblock? I ... /cgi/wp/?p=15 I am finally beginning to recover from jetlag and start to synthesize things I saw at last week's AASL conference.  I attended some really outstanding sessions, in particular the one by Joyce Valenza was packed full of ideas and tools and generally inspiring.  I saw vendors out there with great ... /cgi/wp/?p=14 As I finished reading the book Everything is Miscellaneous, one quote absolutely struck me!  "The metadata is an absolutely crucial part of the knowledge."  How powerful this statement is becomes obvious as we try to teach our students how to navigate the information jungle.  The book itself was a fascinating ... /cgi/wp/?p=13 Tonight at midnight, the New York Times will open up most of its archives for all to use with no fees.  I would love to be in the Board room of some of the major database providers - Thompson Gale, ProQuest.    Is this the beginning of a trend which will ... /cgi/wp/?p=12 As our culture is shifting to one of digital creativity and synthesizing pieces from different arenas to form something new as in mashups, the restrictions of copyright can be a deterrent.  Certainly one of our jobs as media specialists is to teach our students about fair and equitable use.  It ... /cgi/wp/?p=11 I always seem to come away from Professional Study Day exhausted but with a feeling of a fresh slate.  It was a jam-packed day.  It was absolutely wonderful to see all of the collaborative, twenty-first century presentations.  We truly have the opportunity to shape our students' future as was demonstrated ... /cgi/wp/?p=10 Check out this video on TeacherTube!  I have been around the profession nearly 30 years and it certainly made me LOL!  It's a wonder any of us ever went into the profession!  But the profession has changed so much since my days in library school (1970s).  I remember when sound ... /cgi/wp/?p=9 I have followed discussions in other blogs over the last several months on the credibilty of information found in wikis.  Wikis represent one of the new froniters in education.  Educational reform has always been highly debated, and the shift ot collaborative, egaging eduation has come slowly.  The debate over the ... /cgi/wp/?p=8 The Internet Librarian column in the latest issue of American Libraries has a wonderful piece entitled "What Wonders May Come: a Look Forward to the Marvels of the 20th Century".    That's right!  The 20th Century!  The article was discovered in the archives and was written in 1907.  It is actually remarkably ... /cgi/wp/?p=7