Libraries, Learning & Play

Slide 1: Libraries, Learning & Play Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director Columbus Metropolitan Library LibraryBytes.com ACPL - April 08 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nothing-mind/1029101841/in/photostream/

Slide 3: © Dave Pattern http://www.daveyp.com/blog

Slide 5: Allen County Public Library

Slide 7: “I think we're in -- in a lot of ways-- a period of the most profound reinvention of ...education and how people need to learn since the invention of literacy.” - Tim O’Reily cc. Aaron Schmidt http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronschmidt/281619803/

Slide 8: • Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t. • Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don’t • Those who know where to find information in new “hot” channels vs. those who don’t. • Those who understand the current culture of informal languages vs. those who don’t. • Those who know how to get information to travel to them vs. those who still chase it. • Those who have the knowledge and skills to create and re-mix digital media and those who don’t. • Those that understand learning is a continual process vs. those that view learning as an achievement.

Slide 9: “Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today's jobs with yesterday's tools." - Marshall McLuhan http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiseacre/175479093/

Slide 10: Published knowledge is old knowledge: The art of intelligence in the 21st Century will be less concerned with integrating old knowledge and more concerned with using published knowledge as a path to exactly the right source or sources that can create new knowledge tailored to a new situation, in real time. - Robert Steele http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredarmitage/91520238/

Slide 13: What can you do to constantly keep up with changes?

Slide 14: Player [pley-er] noun 2. a person or thing that plays. 3. one actively involved especially in a competitive field or process. http://www.flickr.com/photos/djk/417088624/

Slide 15: Become a “Knowledge Player”: 15 minutes a day

Slide 16: Become a “Knowledge Player”:  15 minutes a day  Subscribe to just 5 blogs

Slide 17: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com

Slide 18: www.lifehacker.com

Slide 19: http://librarystream.wordpress.com/

Slide 20: www.wired.com

Slide 21: http://explorediscoverplay.blogspot.com

Slide 22: Become a “Knowledge Player”: – 15 minutes a day Subscribe to just 5 blogs Tag “play items” in Del.icio.us Photo by Uma B. - Flickr

Slide 24: Become a “Knowledge Player”: 15 minutes a day Subscribe to just 5 blogs Tag “play items” in Del.icio.us Create a learning blog Photo by Lemonade Dusk- Flickr

Slide 25: http://www.web2learning.net

Slide 26: Become a “Knowledge Player”: 15 minutes a day Subscribe to just 5 blogs Tag “play items” in Del.icio.us Create a learning blog PLAY!!!!! Photo by Bukutgirl - Flickr

Slide 28: Learning is the process of becoming rather than the process of acquiring. - Stephen Downes http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiredwitch/2337901915/

Slide 29: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skip/42288914/

Slide 30: Guide [gīd] noun 1) a person who exhibits and explains points of interest. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sadalit/74439495/

Slide 31: Become a Discovery Guide: • It's about Training Learning http://www.flickr.com/photos/liquid101/864754639/

Slide 32: Engaged + Motivated = Learning http://www.flickr.com/photos/justcharlaine/531111910/

Slide 33: Become a Discovery Guide: • Challenge the classroom model

Slide 34: P2P http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/12341693/

Slide 35: Become a Discovery Guide: • Remember exposure is the 1st step towards learning http://www.flickr.com/photos/photo_phantoms/465339294/

Slide 36: Become a Discovery Guide: • Learners have as much to share as Guides http://www.flickr.com/photos/91751279@N00/187226314/

Slide 37: Become a Discovery Guide: • Focus on FUN! http://www.flickr.com/photos/32861370@N00/179506851/

Slide 38: Discovery Guiding Knowledge playing

Slide 39: Lifelong Learning Habits: 2. Begin with the end in mind 3. Accept responsibility for own learning 4. View problems as challenges 5. Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner 6. Create you own learning toolbox 7. Use technology to your advantage 8. Teach & mentor others 7.5 … http://www.flickr.com/photos/arts/62554955/

Slide 41: Libraries as learning environments … • P2P Learning • Peer support • Peer production • Peer collaboration • Peer LEARNING

Slide 42: What should do to fuel learning, knowledge & wisdom ? Focus on … Curiosity Creativity Collaboration http://www.flickr.com/photos/fornal/394740182/

Slide 44: “The illiterate of the future are not those who can't read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and re-learn.” - Alvin Toffler http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogimogi/2253657555/

Slide 45: It’s about all of the above, but most importantly, it’s about …

Slide 46: Enlightening Expanding Communities Energetic Empowering Individuals Enabling Equality Engaging users Embedded Embracing Enchanting Encouraging participation… etc.

Slide 47: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddography/12034661/

Slide 48: Libraries need to … … then when we try to control.

Slide 49: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimonomania/474758933/

Slide 50: Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director Columbus Metropolitan Library hblowers@columbuslibrary.org www.LibraryBytes.com