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Teaching Generation M: A Handbook for Librarians and Educators,...

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:04:00 -0400

Teaching Generation M: A Handbook for Librarians and Educators, published June 2009 - my first co-edited book! A Table of Contents is also now available if you click on the picture of the book (under the button for “Free Preview”—it is there as a PDF). Here is the description from Neal-Schuman Publishers:

“Working with and devising quality educational resources for “Generation M” – today’s group of teens and young adults born in the early 1980s through the mid 1990s – can be a challenge for librarians and instructors who may not relate well to their multitasking, technophile students. Here, editors Cvetkovic ( named of one of the “2005 Library Movers and Shakers” by Library Journal) and Lackie (the 2006 recipient of the ALA Kenneth Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship) answer the core questions you’ll need to facilitate new and powerful learning opportunities for your Gen M audience, including:

• Who are the members of Gen M?
• What is their shared cultural experience and how does it influence learning?
• How can librarians and educators best meet this cohort’s educational requirements?

Cvetkovic, Lackie and their contributors debunk common myths and misconceptions about this unique generation to provide a realistic understanding of their instructional needs and learning styles. You’ll find a comprehensive introduction and overview of Gen M, including key term definitions, background information, and a clear idea of the scope of issues facing educators charged with teaching and working with this age group. A section on the emergent digital community inherent to Gen M examines the personal, sociological, and educational implications and impact on future pedagogy. The authors cover popular online tools like Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, Google, many of which play a large role in Gen M information retrieval, and also address key educational theories and provide instruction for creating lessons and learning objects that can be used in both traditional and online educational environments. Examples of current best practices are provided along with corresponding instruction for designing and implementing them in your library or classroom.

Specifically geared toward librarians, media specialists and educators of all types, this much–needed guidebook offers unprecedented insight and instruction that will help you succeed at the head of this distinctive young class.”

Welcome

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:33:21 -0400

Welcome

Online Photo Sharing in Plain English (via leelefever)

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:32:57 -0400

Online Photo Sharing in Plain English (via leelefever)

Social Media in Plain English (via CommonCraft by Lee LeFever /...

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:01:00 -0400

Social Media in Plain English (via CommonCraft by Lee LeFever / leelefever). A simple story that illustrates the forces shaping social media. This video comes in an unbranded “presentation quality” version that can be licensed for use in the workplace.

Social Networking in Plain English (via CommonCraft by Lee...

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:00:00 -0400

Social Networking in Plain English (via CommonCraft by Lee LeFever / leelefever). A short explanation of social networking websites and why they are popular. This video comes in an unbranded “presentation quality” version that can be licensed for use in the workplace.

Information Architects » Blog Archive » Web Trend Map...

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:45:00 -0400

Information Architects » Blog Archive » Web Trend Map 4 - Final Beta

“The Web Trend Map is a yearly publication by iA Inc. It maps the 333 most influential Web domains and the 111 most influential internet people onto the Tokyo Metro map. Domains are carefully selected by the iA research team through dialogue with map enthusiasts. Each domain is evaluated based on traffic, revenue, age and the company that owns it. The iA design team assigns these selected domains to individual stations on the Tokyo Metro map in ways that complement the characters of each.” See the dynamic Zoomorama - Tech Crunch Web Trends version of this Web Trend Map (Version 4, Final Beta) - you will love viewing it this way!

Technorati: State of the Blogosphere 2008

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:44:06 -0400

Technorati: State of the Blogosphere 2008

Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of...

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:39:00 -0400

Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education. As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to achieving a world class education? At Academic Earth, we are working to identify these barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of learning. We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars. Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and where user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable. We invite those who share our passion to explore our website, participate in our online community, and help us continue to find new ways to make learning easier for everyone. (via Academic Earth - About) YouTube EDU is another related, interesting new site!

My PLE Diagram (via nessman) From Scott Nessman: “I wanted...

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:20:00 -0400

My PLE Diagram (via nessman)

From Scott Nessman: “I wanted to try and not just show the tools, but how they relate to the different “Circles of Trust” of the people in the network. A few notes:

* the circles extending outwards from the centre represent different levels of trust/relationships. They are dotted lines on purpose - these are not fixed; relationships change, you get to know some people better etc.

* the two headed arrows are meant to express the flow of information and learning - it is not all one way. You *can* just read blogs. You *can* just use del.icio.us without using it socially and following others. But I have always maintained that if we view these as actions (‘blogging’ instead of just ‘blogs’) it helps us understand them as conversations, as the “read/write” particpatory web.”

“Walker, the founder of Priceline.com and Walker Digital,...

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:01:53 -0400

“Walker, the founder of Priceline.com and Walker Digital, is an inventor and entrepreneur who has been twice been named by the editors of TIME magazine as one of the 50 most influential business leaders in the digital age. Business Week selected him as one of its 25 Internet pioneers most responsible for “changing the competitive landscape of almost every industry in the world.” Newsweek cited him as one of three executives at the forefront of the Internet commerce revolution. Well, now he can add this to his bio- Creator of one of the most amazing private libraries in the modern age….’In no time, your mind is stretched like hot taffy,’ says Levy and that after all is the essence of a library.” (via A Modern Marvel : The Library of Jay Walker)”

September 11 Tribute We wanted to remember those who were lost...

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:33:00 -0400

September 11 Tribute

We wanted to remember those who were lost to us September 11 not so long ago with the above tribute video we found on YouTube.

God Bless all the families who lost family, friends, or loved ones on this tragic day that has gone down in history in a way we wish it had not. God Bless us all and keep us safe from such evils in the future.

Renee

“This is the future of book reading. It will be...

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:28:00 -0400

“This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere.” Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and Liar’s Poker.

I am sure that my Librarian husband is going to like using this (click on the title above to link to the video introduction of the Amazon Kindle). As a multimedia/technology junkie, I think it is a really cool item from Amazon.com, which reminds me of the computer pads they use instead of paper on Star Trek. Ok, yes…the secret is out. We are Star Trek fans. LOL. Just kidding…it isn’t a secret. Guess you could tell by how much we love “future” technology. ;-) Anyway, just thought I would share this with you—and below is a brief product overview.

Renee

Brief Product Overview:

Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
Wireless connectivity.
Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
More than 350 top blogs.
Holds over 200 titles.
Includes free wireless access to the planet’s most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopedia—Wikipedia.org.
Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
and much more.

TeacherTube - Wikis in Plain English via CommonCraft by Lee...

Sun, 11 May 2008 23:56:00 -0400

TeacherTube - Wikis in Plain English via CommonCraft by Lee LeFever. Another one of my favorite video clips by LeFever, this time explaining the virtues of wikis in less than four minutes. - Robert

TeacherTube - Blogs in Plain English via CommonCraft by Lee...

Sun, 11 May 2008 23:45:00 -0400

TeacherTube - Blogs in Plain English via CommonCraft by Lee LeFever. Another one of my favorite video clips by LeFever, this time explaining the virtues of blogs in less than three minutes. - Robert

Blogs vs. Wikis (via ) groupnon on YouTube. This fictional...

Sun, 11 May 2008 22:19:00 -0400

Blogs vs. Wikis (via ) groupnon on YouTube. This fictional debate between JFK and Nixon discusses the pros and cons of blogs and wikis—funny and creative!

- Robert

This is an image created by me for Robert who has been doing...

Thu, 01 May 2008 09:34:00 -0400

This is an image created by me for Robert who has been doing workshops on safety & security issues on the Internet, especially concerning social networking sites. This image is a “Guarded Fingerprint.”

Our fingerprints are a symbol of our identity because of their individualized characteristics used to identify each person, unique to each individual.

I used my own fingerprint to model the image but of course modified it tremendously to protect my own identity—so don’t bother trying to steal my identity! ;)

Our son is applying to become a police officer where he lives, so I thought about that and used him as a model for a police officer guarding my identity. Of course, I manipulated his image, too, to protect the innocent!—and to make him look mean! We just wanted to share the creation with you on our Tumblr-ama. Hope you like it.

-Renee & Robert

Star Wars Kid - “The Original”

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:04:00 -0400

Star Wars Kid - “The Original”

Star Wars Kid - Drunken Jedi

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:02:00 -0400

Star Wars Kid - Drunken Jedi

Microsoft Surface - The Power (via ) Microsoft - short teaser of...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:46:34 -0400

Microsoft Surface - The Power (via ) Microsoft - short teaser of Microsoft Milan.

Microsoft Surface: Hands-on First Look (via ) Popular Mechanics,...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:37:57 -0400

Microsoft Surface: Hands-on First Look (via ) Popular Mechanics, believe or not—one year ago! This Microsoft Milan is being displayed in casinos and AT&T stores right now.