Today, the Instructional Technology Facilitators will be meeting formally with the Library Media Teachers from our district. I’m so pleased that this long overdue connection is finally being made. I think we need to work closely together to provide authentic learning opportunities for our students. We will be breaking out to meet with the LMT’s from our local district. I’ve found out that there are about 15 Library Media Teachers in our local district. Our charge is to begin the conversation about emerging tools in the world of digital literacy. They WANT to learn about web 2.0 tools. I brainstormed a very large list of items that might be important starting points to talk about. A few others contributed some ideas as well. It was too much information, and overwhelming for some of those who weren’t familiar with these concepts. Still, it was a great way to bring my thoughts together.
Since we only have 30 minutes and no internet connection, it’s better to keep it at the conversation level. It will be a good time to introduce ourselves, and just talk. However, I was thinking of showing one video as a point for conversation. Which one? Do I show Karl Fisch’s Did You Know? or Darren Draper’s Pay Attention. How about Cisco’s Human Network or Wesch’s The Machine is US. I was even thinking about showing the Encyclopedia of Life video. I might even show a portion of the recent K12 Online PreConference Presentation by David Warlick.
Sigh. So many choices and so little time to decide. What will guide the conversation in the right way? I guess I’ll decide on the drive there.
3 responses so far ↓
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Darren Draper
// Oct 11, 2007 at 11:45 am
Janice,
I think the video you show depends on the kind of discussion you want to have – it’s all about focus. For what it’s worth, I’ve gotten the most traction out of Karl’s Shift Happens video. I think that teachers, administrators, and non-educators alike can relate to the message he is trying to share.
Another option you might want to try (that has worked well for me) would be to show one video – use it to spur discussion – and embed the other videos that you like in a wiki. Like I’ve done here. Then you can refer your participants to the wiki for viewing later.
So much good stuff out there, so little time.
Darren
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Janice Stearns
// Oct 11, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Darren,
We plan to meet again formally and informally this year. I know it’s the beginning of a great relationship.
Thanks so much for the suggestions and the comment. I did show Karl’s Shift Happens, and it was a wonderful way to begin our conversation. I love working with librarians! They are so eager to learn, and they are about the smartest people I know.
Also, thanks for sharing your wiki page. That’s a great idea, to embed the videos. I just did that on my wiki (that is in dire need of updating): http://readwriteweb.wikispaces.com/
BTW, I love your video. I showed it at my last district EdTech Leadership meeting. It really got the conversation started. Thanks for sharing, always.
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Chrystal M.
// Oct 21, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Janice,
I think it is great that the ITAFs are meeting with the LMTs. I just had two LMTs in my Smart Board class. It was great working with them. One made a Smart Board lesson on the Dewey Decimal system and the other made one on citing sources. I would think that there are many LMTs interested in technology and just need more training on tools that they could use. Every library I have seen in our district has computers.
Thanks for the continued inspiration!
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