In one sense, I think the job is changing from a researcher and a collector of information. It is more about making connections between pieces of info and showing how to use applications that allow that information to be easily accessed.
In the realm of professional development, display information that is relevant to the studies of the university, and really emphasize that we, as librarians, are available to show how to replicate or use what has been put together.
Why are these web 2.0 applications important? They are easily adaptable tools, where content can be plugged in. If they are too difficult to use or too complicated to update, it does not matter how great the final product is, because the whole idea is be able to use these applications quickly and effectively.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Presentation Ideas - Resources
In doing internet research -- one of the major problems how do I keep my research organized. List some social bookmarking tools and give some quick guidance on how to use them. Integrate these tools.
Presentation ideas 6/27
Web 2.0 Tools -- emphasize -- they are tools.
Original idea of the internet was the web 2.0 idea. Basically allowing interaction.
Help focus on student-centered learning. More collaboration.
Use the same principles that are being used by students -- show them how they are using librarian skills in facebook and other sites. Help connect to understanding that those who use those applications best can apply what they do to their academic work.
Remove the fear of using these ideas. If we are looking to have students think about art and design in new ways, it helps to integrate new technologies.
A key is to not make the class about the tool, but to use the tool to enhance what is being learned about.
Also, students are easily able to work together in groups.
With the relationship with faculty, their has to be a structure and an understanding in the library of how to do these things -- to serve as a template for them and to serve as a structure to stand on. The main idea to get across is that their are a lot of ways to use these tools, and not to be intimidated by the amount of them -- or to feel the need to use them all. What the library can do is create different projects as information sources to serve as examples -- this way the information source is there even as we teach students and faculty how to build their own.
Original idea of the internet was the web 2.0 idea. Basically allowing interaction.
Help focus on student-centered learning. More collaboration.
Use the same principles that are being used by students -- show them how they are using librarian skills in facebook and other sites. Help connect to understanding that those who use those applications best can apply what they do to their academic work.
Remove the fear of using these ideas. If we are looking to have students think about art and design in new ways, it helps to integrate new technologies.
A key is to not make the class about the tool, but to use the tool to enhance what is being learned about.
Also, students are easily able to work together in groups.
With the relationship with faculty, their has to be a structure and an understanding in the library of how to do these things -- to serve as a template for them and to serve as a structure to stand on. The main idea to get across is that their are a lot of ways to use these tools, and not to be intimidated by the amount of them -- or to feel the need to use them all. What the library can do is create different projects as information sources to serve as examples -- this way the information source is there even as we teach students and faculty how to build their own.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Pratt presentation
Incorporate books and reading material into my online catalog -- with the Wiki, showing entries from the books and examples. Use one popular art and/or design book that is in use at Pratt.
Show a voice thread where students comment on different designs within the voice thread.
Show a voice thread where students comment on different designs within the voice thread.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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