AASL published the revised standards Oct. 25: Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/AASL_Learning_Standards_2007.pdf
The 4 main principles:
1. Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
2. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge
3. Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society
4. Pursue personal and aesthetic growth
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Earth Metaphor is Appropriate
"The tiller of change is advancing on the field, the corn has been harvested, and the stalks will soon return to the soil. We better be thinking about the new crop, or the field will lie fallow."....Univ of California @ Berkeley,Peter Brantley’s post about Libraries Re-shaping
Brantley has a vision for the next generation of libraries. His focus is on Academic Librarianship but could be applied to a wide range of settings. I appreciate its radical nature because the library profession and large institutions such as New Trier and universities are glacially slow at accepting change. Brantley says that it's time to change:
1) most cataloguing(copy cataloguing) is "superfluous"
2) acquisitions (large contracts with vendors) should be negotiated by business people; librarians are not trained in large scale business transactions.
3)overhaul library systems and integrate acquisitions--" a handful of programmers [can]solve [these issues if] they are left sufficiently unencumbered. "
4)downsize print collections; digital collections have huge advantages in "discoverability, access, and consumability".
5)develop a new hybrid of library/IT that genuinely addresses student/patron needs
Why effect these wrenching changes?
Brantley is supportive of change..."Because It's Time. The librarians that I have talked with - admittedly, they self-select, although they represent a cross section of functions - are ready to move forward into the future. We know how much things have changed; we're not kidding ourselves. We know there should be fundamental transformation, even if some of us necessarily and selfishly want its expression to come in just-a-few-more-years. Yet, a bright future beckons. It is exciting, and we can be part of it. We know it - we have a huge range of skills, and we're bursting with new ideas."
As the Earth evolves and adapts to change, so too should libraries. Innovative Web 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing the way the world interacts with information. We need to be dancing just as fast as we can.
Judy Gressel
Brantley has a vision for the next generation of libraries. His focus is on Academic Librarianship but could be applied to a wide range of settings. I appreciate its radical nature because the library profession and large institutions such as New Trier and universities are glacially slow at accepting change. Brantley says that it's time to change:
1) most cataloguing(copy cataloguing) is "superfluous"
2) acquisitions (large contracts with vendors) should be negotiated by business people; librarians are not trained in large scale business transactions.
3)overhaul library systems and integrate acquisitions--" a handful of programmers [can]solve [these issues if] they are left sufficiently unencumbered. "
4)downsize print collections; digital collections have huge advantages in "discoverability, access, and consumability".
5)develop a new hybrid of library/IT that genuinely addresses student/patron needs
Why effect these wrenching changes?
Brantley is supportive of change..."Because It's Time. The librarians that I have talked with - admittedly, they self-select, although they represent a cross section of functions - are ready to move forward into the future. We know how much things have changed; we're not kidding ourselves. We know there should be fundamental transformation, even if some of us necessarily and selfishly want its expression to come in just-a-few-more-years. Yet, a bright future beckons. It is exciting, and we can be part of it. We know it - we have a huge range of skills, and we're bursting with new ideas."
As the Earth evolves and adapts to change, so too should libraries. Innovative Web 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing the way the world interacts with information. We need to be dancing just as fast as we can.
Judy Gressel
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
"The Long and the Short of It. . ."
Sending a link to a colleague or friend? Sometimes those very long URLs break or do not open. Check out tiny url first - a free service that creates shorter, persistent URLs, which you can use instead. Pretty neat!!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Information Fluency Ning
Come visit and join the Information Fluency Ning started by Joyce Valenza who is helping librarians to network in a social Ning space with the support of the the Information Fluency Project at IMSA.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Web 2.0 Professional Development Class
On Thursday September 27, Chris Rios and Judy Gressel will present "Engaging Students with Web 2.0 tools" in the New Trier Library, Room C before school. A second session is scheduled for October 25, 2007 for more advanced users of Web 2.0 tools.
If you aren't planning on attending the class, be sure to check out the wiki we built which is a good set of links to a variety of tools. The tools are organized into categories: Social Networking; Social Lending; Wikis; Blogging; Google; Geotagging; Photosharing; Tagging; Audio/Visual Resources and miscellaneous.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Second Life and TeacherTube
Tonight at the NICE meeting we viewed a demonstration of Second Life. Very time consuming but a fascinating way to rub elbows with the tech gurus. There's an ISTE party there every Thursday night. I will miss the party tonight, but our speaker Lori Abrahams was leaving the NICE meeting to change her avatar into a ball gown for the gala event tonight.
We also were reminded about visiting TeacherTube, a site very similar to YouTube with teacher created content such as lesson plans and other useful items to show in your classes. I looked for one on Noodle Tools but couldn't find it. So perhaps our own New Trier Library can upload one when it's ready. See the one created for how to cite a book in a bibliography. There is also one created for David Warlick's Citation Machine.
Citing a book in a bibliography
They are giving away a brand new laptop every month through the end of the year! Increase your chances of winning by:
* Signing Up
* Inviting Your friends
* Uploading Videos
Look here for more details.
The proliferation of web tools is both amazing and exhausting.
Judy Gressel
Electronic Field Trips
Has anyone tried an electronic field trip such as those offered by Colonial Williamsburg? Here's the link: http://www.history.org/trips/
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