Transcript School Library 2.0

School Library 2.0
Harnessing the web in your school library
By
Gayle Schmuhl
According to Terry Burrows (Blogs, Wikis, MySpace, and More
p. 17), "instead of thinking of the web as a place where
browsers view data through small windows on the reader's
screens, it was actually more broadly the platform that allowed
people to get things done. Thus instead of needing to buy and
install software for word processing, spreadsheets,
presentations, and editing photographs, it would be possible to
perform all of these activities using applications that were built
into the website and used through the web browser."
Web becomes the platform not the computer for using applications
such as word processing, creating presentations, digital photography,
along with older applications like wikis and blogs.
Examples of Cool Web 2.0 School Library Tools
Word Processing – Google Docs, Zoho Writer
Note taking – NoteMesh, MyStickies, Notecentric, Zoho Notebook, Google Notebook
Calendars – Scholastic Calendar, Google Docs, Assignaday, CalendarHub, HipCal
Spreadsheets – Google Docs, Zoho, NumSum
Concept Mapping – Gliffy, Bubbl.us, ThinkFold
Digital Photo – Picasa, Flickr, Pixate, Picsviewr, Pikifx.com
Social Bookmarking – Delicious, Backflip, Google bookmarks, Yahoo bookmarks, Diigo
Organization – Backpack, Remember the Milk
Citation Generators – Easybib, Noodletools, Son of Citation Machine, Endnote, DocsCite
Presentations – Google Docs, Thumbstacks, SlideRocket
Best Practices & Standards
Best Practice School Libraries Web 2.0
•Use Wikis to advertise library information/services/share
information
•Use Blogs to excite students about books and reading
•Use Podcast of book talks, research skill lessons, promote library
usage
•Use Slideshows to share via web of special library programs, books,
research skills and other library promotions
•Use Photo Editing tools to store and edit photos for students,
staff and library use in projects and promotions
•Use note tools for collecting and organizing information for school
projects and reports
•Use Word Processing tools to type and collaborate on reports and
projects for students, staff and library
•Use Citation generators to teach correct citations for sources
Best Practices from the Trenches
Ginger Lewman – K-8 Charter School Emporia, KS
Using social networking site, Classroom 2.0, distance collaborations were formed
with other teachers and their classrooms, student were learning “what time is it?”
and different time zones from across the country and world.
Nancy Bosch – Gifted Education K-6 Shawnee Mission SD
Shawnee Mission , KS
Using blogs, teachers would find links to creative writing
prompts, then students would post to a blog created by their
teachers. They also would locate appropriate RSS feeds like
Word of the Day which students were also required to post their
ideas.
Lisa Parisi – Teacher Grade 5, Denton Avenue Elementary School, Herrick UFSD, New
Hyde Park, New York
Using Podcasting, students wrote scripts and created websites where they uploaded
MP3 files about fantasy books they read. Eventually, with a grant, this classroom will
produce a monthly newsletter podcast with guest speakers, student commentary and
class discussions.
Best Practices from the Trenches
Dr. Tom Stiff, Susan Stiff , Diane Hammond, & Dr. Steve MacLean- McMaster University
They helped to connect students in grades 3-12 with scientists and researchers in
Antarctica studying Aerobic Capacity of Weddell seals. Students and scientists would post
to each other using a blog daily about life in Antarctica, finding the seals and muscle tissue
samples. Students also posted using a blog to Astronaut Clayton Anders, who was on the
International Space Station about living in space, and the construction of the space station.
ODE – Science Academic Content Standards
•Grade 7
•Earth and Space Sciences
•Earth Systems
8. Describe how temperature and precipitation determine
climatic zones (biomes) (e.g., desert, grasslands, forests,
tundra and alpine).
Grade 7
•Life Sciences
•Characteristics and
•Structure of Life
1. Investigate the great variety of body plans and internal
structures found in multicellular organisms.
10 Best Practices for using Wikis in Education
1. Include detailed wiki instructions or a link on the home page
and provide time for practice
2. Post wiki conventions and require participants to abide by them
3. Be patient with students and realize they may require technical
assistance as they learn how to participate in a wiki
environment
4. Create a culture of trust within the wiki
5. Provide clear and explicit course expectations
6. Assign meaningful, authentic activities
7. Include a common goal for collaborative activities
8. Define and identify student roles, activities, and assessments
9. Remind students of course deadlines and schedules
10. Model examples of collaborative activities
10 Best Practices for using Wikis in Education available at
http://itcboisestate.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/10-best-practices-for-using-wikisin-education/
Best Practices from the Trenches
Carolyn Foote – District Librarian Westlake High School , Austin TX
Using Wikis, this librarian creates wikis where student share links and collaborate to
help each other. In addition, wikis are used to compile classroom notes, encourage
creative writing and to develop book lists. Elementary librarians use wikis to discuss
award winning books.
Ohio Library Guidelines
Library Management
Grades K-12
Promote Reader’s Advisory
Benchmark D: Provide readers advisory services.
1. Promote the school library as a gateway to additional reading materials
and information networks.
4. Promote award-winning books.
5. Extend the reading experience by suggesting additional titles in a series,
or identifying additional works within a genre or works with similar
themes.
Benchmark D: Develop a virtual school library presence that students may access
remotely.
Virtual School Library
1. Develop a school library Web site.
Best Practices from the Trenches
Dave Ehrhart – Social Studies Teacher Grades 10-12, Central York High School, Pennnsylvania
Using Social Bookmarking site Diigo (www.diigo.com) student access an online article and bookmark it. They
highlight passages they consider important or relevant. They attach a sticky notes to each highlighted passage.
This teacher responds to his students comments and differentiates instruction by starting at a basic level where
students find a main topic or vocabulary words and highlight them. Eventually, they graduate towards more
sophisticated skills like being asked to make comments or discuss bias.
Ohio Library Guidelines
Information Literacy
Benchmark B: Determine and apply an evaluative process to all information sources chosen for a
project.
Grade Ten
Evaluating Resources
1. Examine information for its accuracy and relevance to an information
need (e.g., for a report on pollution, find information from sources that
have correct and current information related to the topic).
2. Identify relevant facts, check facts for accuracy and record appropriate
information (e.g., follow a standard procedure to check information
sources used in a project).
3. Select appropriate information on two sides of an issue (e.g., identify the
authors of each information source and their expertise and/or bias).
Technology Literacy
Benchmark B: Evaluate choices of electronic resources and determine their strengths and limitations.
Grade Ten
Electronic Resources
1. Choose a topic, then identify appropriate electronic resources to use,
citing the name and date of the resource medium database or archive
collection.
2. Research and critique information in different types of subscription (feebased)
electronic resources to locate information for a curricular need.
AASL 21st Century Learner - Standard 1
Inquire, think critically, and gain
knowledge.
Grade 5 – Indicator 1.1.6
Read, view, and listen for information presented in any
format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to
make inferences and gather meaning.
Grade Level Benchmark
Use various note-taking strategies (e.g., outlining,
questioning the text, highlighting, graphic organizers).
School Library 2.0 Connection
Using tool like Zoho Notebook, student takes a note
about Nepal and add image of Nepal flag to note.
Using Zoho Notebook Student take a note and can
add picture to the note
Find Good School Library 2.0 Tools
Recommended Websites
Learn to use School 2.0
Library Media Specialist 2.0 by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/slms2/index.htm
Integrating the Best of Web 2.0 in the School Library Media Program
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/bestofweb2/index.htm
School Library Learning 2.0
http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/
e-learning 2.0 - how Web technologies are shaping education
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/e-learning_20.php
School Library 2.0
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=6
Additional Resources for School Library 2.0
Abrahm, Stephen. "Promoting Reading Using This 2.0 Stuff." MultiMedia & Internet@Schools Sept.-Oct. 2008: 21-23.
Blowers, Helene. "10 Tips about 23 Things." School Library Journal Oct. 2008: 53-57.
Brooks, Laura K. "Old School Meet School Library 2.0: Bump Your Media Program into an Innovative Model for Teaching
and Learning." Library Media Connection Apr.-May 2008: 14-16.
Burrows, Terry. Blogs, Wikis, MySpace and More. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, c2007.
Gilmore-See, Janice. "Kids 2.0." School Library Media Activities Monthly Nov. 2007: 55-58.
Hargadon, Steve. "Best of Social Bookmarking." School Library Journal Dec. 2007: 20.
Hargadon, Steve. "There's Life beyond PowerPoint." School Library Journal Feb. 2008: 21.
Hargadon, Steve. "Web 2.0 Smackdown." School Library Journal Oct. 2008: 23.
Hargardon, Steve. "A Little Help From My Friends." School Library Journal Oct. 2007: 44-48
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Harris, Christopher. "A Prescription for Transforming Libraries." School Library Journal Oct. 2008: 22.
Hauser, Judy. "Media Specialists Can Learn Web 2.0 Tools to Make Schools More Cool." Computers in Libraries Feb.
2007: 6-48.
Johnson, Doug. "Staying Safe on the Read-Write Web." Library Media Connection Mar. 2008: 48-52.
Valenza, Joyce. "A Few New Things." Library Media Connection Apr.-May 2008: 10-13.
Contact Information
Gayle Schmuhl – (216) 433-1133 ext 7219
Email: [email protected]
Wiki – http://schoollibrary2.pbwiki.com/