LibraryRemix

• Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) parent asks 4 book to be taken off school library shelf http://bit.ly/c81JuG #
• Books banned in Texas Libraries…many classics! http://bit.ly/a8duxm #
• Calgary library ads target grocery shoppers http://bit.ly/963EhH Hmmm…next the school lunch room? Cool idea! #
• Reading http://bit.ly/az0y7T Critical analysis of critical thinking and the critical skills of information literacy #
• Top World News Sites that are Guaranteed to be Censorship Free! http://bit.ly/d3HnDd #
• White noise sites … 6 of them… to help we insomniacs sleep! http://bit.ly/bGFyF2 #
• Technology and the "mini-generation" gaps in creates! http://nyti.ms/78XE9q #
• Why Is English The Language Of Science Fiction? http://bit.ly/9LeSX2 #
• Seth Godin's "The Future of Libraries" http://bit.ly/7ZIoVE applies, but shifts, in the school setting. #
• Giving that one some thought! #
• Cats in libraries…I want to know how they get around the allergy arguements… http://www.ironfrog.com/catsmap.html #

• Teachers Shake Up Shakespeare with Digital Media http://bit.ly/bHMhMJ #
• 5 ways to support ELL in the school library http://bit.ly/bmdZh6 Implement now! #
• Nice online exhibit – the history of calendars http://bit.ly/ckICVj #
• Teaching the Census in schools http://bit.ly/cZANWJ … links for teachers, kids, and teens. #
• Reading: Finding Students Who Learn With Media http://bit.ly/a02Mb9 fromL&L #
• eGFI – an engineer ezine for students (with teacher links too!) http://bit.ly/duSDhs #
• RT @hattiebb NextStep's 15 Step…Considering an Online College http://bit.ly/c4iGbC #
• RT @ResearchBuzz … Harvard Law School Library Releases Internment Camp Papers Archive http://goo.gl/fb/28ys #
• RT @mashable via @BoraZ State of the Internet Explained In a Infographic http://bit.ly/bLf1W3 for we visual learners. #
• An Indecent Proposal http://bit.ly/dcMPRP Obama lets us down! #
• RT @pcsweeney AGAIN! Obama and School Librarian funding. OUTSTANDING!! http://tinyurl.com/y9ujocz #
• RT @amlibraries Bungee-accessible library at Jackalope Ranch (via PhiloBiblos): http://cli.gs/XqpMZh Would be a hit a school! #
• RT @ALALibrary New Optical Lab Brings LOC into 21st Century « Library of Congress Blog http://ow.ly/139g7 #
• RT @Brizzyc RT @grantmeaccessFinding a job at Fortune 100's that are hiring, using Google Maps http://bit.ly/9o96Tw #

Read Buffy Hamilton’s (The Unquiet Librarian) powerful response (An Indecent Proposal) to the President’s failure to include funding in support of school libraries.  This failure to strengthen his recent official proclamation through specific action (and, in fact, mention!) is a blow to those of us who professionally support the President’s literacy initiatives in the field, integrated and day-by-day.  More than this, it misleads those who do NOT understand the new paradigm of literacy in a hyperconnected and information saturated society.

This visual/concept based Wiki strives to “make arguements on all sides of any public debate freely available to all and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all.”  More than an interesting application of Web 2.0 technology, this tool actually engages students in the behavior it takes to critically think!  The tool would be great for students who want to prepare for debate, forensics, or even classroom discussion.   When users “create and reshape debates, make new points, and rate/filter arguements,” a community develops around them that encourages deeper level thinking.  As the site notes, this creative commons project promises to

increase the transparency and rigor of public debate everywhere—by making the collective insight and intelligence of the global community freely available to all and filtering out the noise….[enabling] us to visualise and deepen our understanding of the ways in which different debates are semantically interrelated, and ways in which these interrelated debates shape, and are shaped by, each other.

• Smithsonian Institute Collection Search Center http://collections.si.edu/search/ – Over 250,000 resources! #
• Online access to JFK assassination images from the Dallas Police http://bit.ly/9ZCs9c at U of North Texas Libraries #
• GreenYourLibrary Blog http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/greenlibrary #
• YALSA 2010 Best Books for YAs http://bit.ly/dvJRN3 #
• YALSA Fabulous Films for YAs (an annual list) http://bit.ly/5BeBkF #
• YALSA 2010 Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers http://bit.ly/aCOVYz #
• YALSA 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens http://bit.ly/akteoV #
• I collect miniature books…this would be harder to store: The worlds largest book http://bit.ly/9Jk7qG #
• Iconpedia http://www.iconspedia.com/ Fun to look through! #
• What does a good library tell you about a school? http://bit.ly/dpZUpw (Blue Skunk Blog) #
• Remembering JD Salinger tonight… http://bit.ly/djBkCX #
• You're not the first person who was ever confused…many men have been just as troubled…some of them kept records of their troubles. #
• You'll learn from them – if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. #
• It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry." ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye #
• 10 Cool Online Apps from NASA http://bit.ly/a1SnWS #

• ReadWriteThink's Post Card Creator http://tiny.cc/T3qA7 #
• Your Brain Can’t Handle Your Facebook Friends http://tiny.cc/vk8dY #
• 12 Resources for Navigating Your Local Mass Transit http://tiny.cc/OxYKn #
• Add your own pics to a google map using Pixagogo http://maps.pixagogo.com/ Lots of possibilities. #
• Doodle on google maps…http://quikmaps.com/ Instructional or assessment tool! #
• Cross Country Runners…two tools for you! http://www.map-runner.com/ and http://www.mapmyrun.com/ #
• Information Deformation … http://tiny.cc/gYkDt Interesting take on what we face as professionals. #
• Photos from the Chicago Daily News 1902-1933 http://tiny.cc/izw99 Over 50,000 images! #
• On a role…finished "The Good Theif," reading "The Book Theif,"… "The Lightning Theif" in the que. #

• Ten Chairs of Inequality on Rethinking Schools Online http://bit.ly/4IbEDo #
• free mp3 sound effects on "The Recordist" http://bit.ly/5qrTIz #
• "Forget the Film…Watch the Titles" Interesting exploration of motion graphics http://bit.ly/7KjqzE #
• Online gaming community…gamers, programmers…oh, and fun! http://www.kongregate.com/ #
• ShakespeaRe-Told (an online murder mystery)…great play! (no pun!) http://bit.ly/6LFlBC #
• The TradeCardPlace…collection of victorian trade card art! http://www.tradecards.com/ #

• RT @GuyKawasaki First tweet sent from space http://om.ly/eVGy #
• RT @ddrrnt RT @hackmanj Developing the Nex Generation of Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/6XUc8S #
• RT @heyjudeonline World Data: Keeping governments accountable: http://wp.me/pYU0-CW #
• Check out this case study…blogging works! http://bit.ly/6yIFrY #

From a blog associated with the new book, GroundSwell, the post Social Technographics: Conversationalists get onto the ladder shows how twitter and facebook status updaters are figuring into the the world of social media. Reminds me alot of Gladwell’s Tipping Point.

"Conversationalists" are now on the ladder of social media

The author’s note that these “conversationalists” are an intriguing lot with a definate stake in market trends. I can’t help but come back to my own professional observations of how market and classroom align in today’s marketplace of information and media. Consider the following suggestions offered in the blog:

“Convince your boss this stuff is for real, and that if you haven’t jumped on it, you’re late.”

There is a hum (or drum) in education now pushing administrators to recognize social media not just as a tool that could be harvested, but as a new way of communicating that MUST be engaged if we are to remain relevant in society.

“Profile your customer base, and see what they’re ready for, before planning a project to reach out to them.”

Know your students. They don’t learn the same way we did, even 15 years ago. The dilemma in education? Student’s today are technologically MORE ready than we are! At the same time, they’re social aptitude has slipped they navigate through the online social network “willy-nilly.” Shouldn’t we be there with them…to teach, to model?

“Segment your audience; build different strategies for different segments. (Social is so prevalent now that a single approach for your company is probably too broad.)”

Differentiate your approach to reach different learners. We’ve embraced that in the classroom, but too often we settle for seeing “technology” AS an approach, rather than as a space in need of these differentiated approaches. All said, it comes down to…SCAFFOLDING!