Library Evolution

RIAP

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:11:00 +0000

RIAP (READING INSTITUTES for ACADEMIC PREPARATION)

A team of teachers from Alternative Education have joined the RIAP program at Cal State Fullerton. Today we will be learning about Web 2.0 tools (Blogs, WIKI's, and Web Sites).

edZone

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:39:00 +0000

The California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is offering a comprehensive set of tools to support teaching and learning in California classrooms. This free suite of tools, edZone, currently includes blogging, videoconference scheduling and a file sharing system where educators can upload videos, podcasts, images and documents.

EdZone is an excellent tool to share lesson ideas, upload student learning objects, disseminate best practices, and more! Make sure you take advantage of these free resources provided by the California K-12 High Speed Network and the California Department of Education.

The New Cartographers

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:13:00 +0000

The New Cartographers What does it mean to map everything all the time?
By Jessica Clark
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3524/the_new_cartographers/

“We no longer go to maps to find out where we are. Instead, we tell maps where we are and they form around us on the fly.”

Remember the days when you would buy a Thomas Guide and leave it in your car so you could find your way to a meeting or appointment. In today’s Web2.0 world maps may help us get somewhere, but more often than not they show us where we have been and what we have been doing. They give us perspective, advice, ideas; they show us relationships; help us find jobs and people; they document and decipher; they aggregate and disaggregate. I think they do everything but clean the kitchen sink.

From maps about health trends (Who is Sick?) to 360º city views around the world (360º) to Linkfluence’s Map of the Political Blogosphere and more Jessica Clark tells us how the old ways of mapping is a thing of the past.

Another technology in the world high tech world of mapping and destination seeking is the global positioning systems (GPS). If you want to get somewhere maps are passé, you can much more easily find your destination with a GPS unit from your car, boat, or even on your bicycle. If you look closely at the jogger passing you by at the stop light you may even see a GPS unit on their wrist or in their hand.

I was thoroughly amazed at the number of different ideas that were mapped. Want more about maps? Try the Mapsmania Blog by Mike Pegg http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ Started in April of 2005, Mike has hundreds and hundreds of maps and ideas to use.

You can even find a LIBRARY near you!

http://www.libraries411.com/ by name or sip code.

AUHSDteacherLibrarians

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:46:00 +0000

As if I don't have enough to do! After this weeks District TL meeting I created a Blog and Wiki for collaboration amoung our district Teacher Librarians. Every one of our TL's will be a contributor - I hope it catches on. What I am finding however is that some of the same information may have crossover from this blog to the district blog - I appologize ahead of time for the duplication.

AUHSDteacherLibrarians BLOG
AUHSDteacherLibrarians WIKI

The Impact of Library 2.0

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:23:00 +0000

Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

- Greg Anderson

It has been an adventure to take part in the Library 2.0 experience. I have learned a great deal about Web 2.0 and have discovered many new tools to help me become a better teacher, collaborator, and teacher librarian. I thoroughly enjoy these kinds of activities and am a life-long learner at heart. I hope that there will be a Library 2.02 or maybe we will need a Library 3.0 soon.

One of the prompts suggested for this blog is to describe the program in one word or one sentence. I think the best descriptor I can give Library 2.0 is “POWERFUL”. Learning is just that, powerful. I can’t wait to put what I have learned into action and share many of these tools with my students and staff.

I hereby pronounce my completion of the Library 2.0 program, and will move in to the implementation phase of my learning.

I proclaim to:

Take the web2.0 skills I have learned and use them in my daily teaching and learning.
Provide students with the tools that will support and excite them about learning.
Encourage teachers to “take a risk” and step into the land of Web 2.0 where they can learn new technology skill that support student learning.

The important work of moving the world forward
does not wait to be done by perfect men.

- George Eliot (1819 - 1880)

#23 (WEEK 9) Copyright, Creative Commons, and Congratulations!

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:01:00 +0000

I love the video, “A Fair(y) Use Tale”. Although it does take some listening to in order to get and understand the message, I think students will enjoy the presentation instead of tuning out the message most commonly presented in a lecture or handout format. The Creative Commons web site and concept is another excellent way to bring home the idea of copyright and allows students to have something that they can use for their own work. I believe it is not until someone takes your intellectual property or other work that you really appreciate the concept behind copyright.

#22 (WEEK 9) Explore eBooks and Audio eBooks

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:11:00 +0000

I am an avid Books On Tape/CD/mp3 listener. There are points in my personal and professional life that the only time I have to read a book is while driving (which I find a bit dangerous). I have a personal digital library of well over 200 books on tape and am always looking for places to find good reads. It is also funny that just last week my principal requested the all our core novels be purchased on CD for student use. I will spend some time to see if any of our district core novels are available through the several sites listed in THING 22.

One of the links on the "Best Places to Get Free Books" site - #3 (BookCrossing - Where real books are released into the wild to be found by others - Thanks Engtech) was familiar to me. This is a site that is also advertised on the geocaching.com web site. If you are not a Geocacher and love to walk and discover new places check it out. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt activity for anyone of any age using a hand held GPS.

#21 (WEEK 9) Podcasts (No iPod Needed)

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:25:00 +0000

One of the only Podcast series I subscribe to right now is November Learning Podcast Series that can be downloaded for free from iTunes. Alan November is a public speaker who is dedicated towards supporting and challenging teachers and students to expand the boundaries of learning. I heard Alan speak at a technology conference last year and was inspired and educated throughout his presentation.

Alan has a series of Podcasts (free) to download on iTunes. I highly recommend them all, but will point out a 3:34 Podcast entitled - Rethinking Libraries of Today! In this Podcast Alan states. “The Library becomes more important than ever” when talking about education, technology, and information in a global society.

iTunes also hasa new feature called “iTunes U”. I was amazed with all of the podcasts, videos and Universities that were connected to this new feature. I was also pleasantly surprised at the price for downloads – “FREE”. Check it out – you don’t have to be a MAC user or even have an iPod to download these great resources. A computer with an Internet connection will get you in business.

KQED had some great Science videos, and also included the Arts, Science, Language Arts and How to create Digital Story Telling in a New Media Studies section.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/

You will need to download iTunes 7 on your computer if you don't already have it. ALSOCheck out the Podcasts section. There are all kinds of Educational podcasts for your professional development as well as use in your teaching.

#20 (WEEK 9) Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:52:00 +0000

I have been a YouTube and TeacherTube user for awhile now – I guess I jumped ahead and just never got to b#20 to blog about it. There are some fantastic educational videos and podcasts that have I have shared and learned from over that past year or so. Some of my favorites include:

Straight No Chaser - 12 Days

I have also discovered a way to convert and save the videos using ZAMZAR. This helps when I am unable to view a video through the Internet. I simply save the video on my desktop for future use.

#19 (WEEK 8) Check out LibraryThing

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:26:00 +0000

I created my account a long time ago and never really had time to go back and learn how to use this tool. I just spent some time adding a few books and I can’t wait to catalog my personal books. I have a couple hundred books on tape/CD that friends and family borrow all the time – this will be a great way to keep track of my collection. I have added the blog link to my sidebar on Library Evolutions as well.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/maier_k

#18 (WEEK 8) Take a look at online productivity tools (word processing, spreadsheets, and more)

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:57:00 +0000

This blog was created using ZOHO Writer. I see that this is a great tool for online work and accessible at any time from anywhere. I work on about 5 different workstations and often find that my documents are saved on one computer and I am at another (sometimes on another campus or at home). My email inbox is very full as I often email myself documents and save them so I have access to them at all times. ZOHO Writer or Google DOCS seems like a better solution. I like that you have most all the features found in the MS WORD program. I also like the public Docs section if I am working on a report or something that needs editing from different people such as our WASC report, School Plan or other such documents. As I was just spell-checking I did notice that some of the right-click functions are left-click functions in the program. I am sure it will take some getting used to, but I do see a use for myself and my students.

#16 (WEEK 7) Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them #17 (Week 7) Add an entry to "Sandbox" Wiki

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:26:00 +0000

#16 (Week 7) Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them

#17 (Week 7) Add an entry to "Sandbox" Wiki

I love the concept and activities that can take place in a collaborative environment like a wiki. My favorite wiki idea was from the Princeton Public Library wiki entitled Booklovers. I am planning a one book one district program next year and can see how a wiki and/or blog would be a great resource for the event. Unfortunately for our student’s blogs, wiki’s and other Web2.0 tools have yet to pass through the fire walls of our county and district. I started a wiki awhile back (napkincommunications) and can see many other educational applications. I am just very frustrated that the only time this tool is accessible to me, my colleagues or students is from home – kind of defeats the purpose.

#15 (WEEK 6) Read some perspectives on Web 2.0. Future of Libraries

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:01:00 +0000

The future of library services is really the title of this blog Library EVOLUTION and Web 2.0 is part of the living thing we know as the library. If we are to keep up with the information age we have to teach our students the power of information literacy. Web2.0 is a means of communicating in our global society and sharing our thoughts and ideas with those around us.

According to Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director of Developing Library Network (DELNET) in New Delhi (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/consortia/files/symposium/index_files/papers/pdfppts/hkkaul.pdf)

Online information doubles every 6 months
Unstructured information doubles every 3 months
Corporate information doubles every 18 months
Medical information doubles every 19 years
Scientific information doubles every 5 years
Biological information doubles every 5 years and
Useful genetic information doubles every 18-24 months
The world’s knowledge doubles every 6 months
Printed knowledge doubles every 8 years
The sum total of human knowledge doubles every 2-3 years
Technical knowledge doubles every 3 years
Medical knowledge doubles every 7 years
Mechanical capacity to process information doubles every year
Capacity of chips to hold information doubles every 18 months
The database of printed information doubles every 8 years

#14 (Week 6) Technorati and learn how tags work

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:56:00 +0000

I had a very good understanding of tags from my technology experience prior to starting this lesson. I did spent some time reviewing Technorati and playing with several tags within the Post / Blog / Video / Pictures. What I found most interesting was the statistics presented in the write up on the School Library 2.0 Blog. It is mind boggling to me that so many people spend so much of their time creating Blogs. It concerns me, as a physical educator that people are spending so much time in front of a computer screen. I will have to admit that (in phases) I am guilty myself.

#13 (Week6) Del.icio.us Tagging

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:22:00 +0000

I have been using del.icio.us since August 13th, 2007, AND I LOVE IT! I am not even sure if I learned about del.icio.us from Library 2.0 or if it was from somewhere else. Right now I have 347 del.icio.us links ranging from A(rt) to Y(ouTube) – sorry no “Z”. I did not know about the “Habit Seven: Move it around” from The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users I have since added my last 10 del.icio.usposts to this Blog.

#12 (Week 5) Roll your own Search Tool

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:52:00 +0000

A little confusing at first (probably due to fatigue on my part), but I got the hang of it. I am not sure that this program does as much as for me as my del.icio.us account, except that there is access to multiple sources from multiple people. Sometimes to much is not a good thing - or maybe it is?

#11 (Week 5) Web 2.0 Award Winners and NING

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:42:00 +0000

Again – I love to Play. I tried a couple of the programs: SpringWidgets www.springwidgets.com , WriteBoard www.writeboard.com and Ning www.ning.com

I was impressed with the WriteBoard and actually typed something up to send to my reading department chair. I hope that she can use this program with her students. I also created a Ning account: http://libraryevolution.ning.com/ but feel it is just one more place to keep track of. I feel like Alice falling deeper in the rabbit hole by the minute.

#10 (Week 5) Play Time

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:48:00 +0000

I love to Play!

What fun this is - I could spend hours upon hours playing with all the toys.

#9 (Week 4) Locate library related blogs and/or news feeds

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:28:00 +0000

I found Technorati to be the most user friendly of the suggested search tools. I liked the fact that they had separated Posts, Blogs, Videos and Photos. It seems easy to use, clean to read and complete in its search. Topix had an interesting feature with the timeline or what they call an “Interactive graph of “______” in the news”. Feedster seems to be down right now, so I was unable to view this site. From a search in Google it seems that this is a BETA version and is down “Version 2.1 BETA. Feedster is Changing... We'll be back up soon with exciting news!” Overall this was an interesting activity, but not something I got a great deal out of.

Bill Clinton's GIVING

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:38:00 +0000

#8 (Week 4) RSS & Newsreaders

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:34:00 +0000

Currently I use SharpReader as my aggregate reader and I am very happy with the program. I did sign up for Bloglines to try it out, but I think I will stay with SharpReader. I currently have 17 feeds and find it hard to keep up. Through this course and other webventures I have added several feeds including:

A Wandering Eyre

LITA Blog

librarian.net

eSchoolNews

Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch

theFischBowl

techlearning

The truth is I find it very difficult to stay up with all of these feeds and find that the clock often reads past midnight when I get sucked into the cyber hole created by the many great links and pieces of information.

#7 (WEEK 3) Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:47:00 +0000

Last December (for my birthday) I got a new digital camera, the Nikon D200. I love the camera but have not yet learned even half of what it is capabilities. I love taking pictures and wanted a way to produce my pictures on DVD for others to see. My brother-in-law suggested a program called ProShow by Photodex. He has created some amazing DVDs of his family. What I love about this program is Photodex allows you to download the FULL version for 15 days

ProShow Producer for professionals

ProShow Gold for enthusiasts

ProShow Standard for beginners

Another plus - You can't beat the price. The Gold version is only $70.00 and is well worth every cent.

This was not suppose to be an advertisement, I just wanted to share another way I use my digital photography.

#3 and #4 (Week 2) Blogging - Getting Set-up

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:19:00 +0000

Setting up this blog was as easy as 1 - 2 - 3. However, I found a way to make this task a little more difficult as I could not decide whether to use Blogspot.com or Edublog.org (I created my 1st blog about a month ago during a workshop hosted by the Orange County Department of Education posted on edublog). So of course the overachiever that I am I created a blog in both places to see how each worked. I also wanted to know which site would work best through our firewalls (we have a wonderful firewall both at the district and county that block just about everything). The difficultly came with keeping track of the site names, passwords, and log-in areas for administrative needs. After reviewing the two sites I decided to stick with Blogspot.com as it was the recommendation of the School Library Learning 2.0 program.

#6 (WEEK 3) Flickr fun with mashups

noreply@blogger.com (Kathie Maier) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:53:00 +0000

Reviewing all the mashups was fun. There are so many different options to choose from. I decided to create a Trading Card (very basic) and continued my theme from Alaska. This picture was taken on the second day while we were cruising through Hubbard Glacier. It was beautiful and a bit chilly. I am usually the photographer on most outings so I don't have many pictures of myself.