Social Software and The Day School Librarian A Brief introduction to Blogs, Wikis, RSS and other web 2.0 stuff Karen Ulric, School Media Specialist [email_address] Bernard J. Meislin Memorial Library Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex & Union, Upper School West Orange, NJ 2007

What is this web2.0 anyway? The read/write web User-focused and user-driven Web 2.0 is a concept, not a defined set of applications What web 2.0 promises is interaction and engagement New ways of communicating professionally and personally

The read/write web

User-focused and user-driven

Web 2.0 is a concept, not a defined set of applications

What web 2.0 promises is interaction and engagement

New ways of communicating professionally and personally

Why bother with Web 2.0? Creative writing assignments Student ownership Wider audience than the classroom Meet students in their world to engage them Professional enrichment – reading and contributing to relevant blogs and wikis Jewish Day Schools have unique needs – these tools can help us fill them!

Creative writing assignments

Student ownership

Wider audience than the classroom

Meet students in their world to engage them

Professional enrichment – reading and contributing to relevant blogs and wikis

Jewish Day Schools have unique needs – these tools can help us fill them!

The “Millennial Generation” are DIGITAL NATIVES We are DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS Lee Rainie, Pew Internet & American Life Project

Some of the most popular Web 2.0 applications Blogs/RSS Wikis Audio/visual sharing Social networks (myspace, facebook,etc.)

Blogs/RSS

Wikis

Audio/visual sharing

Social networks (myspace, facebook,etc.)

Blogs (Write One!) Create a blog! Library news, Book Reviews – add a link from your library webpage, or use a blog as the library webpage Popular blog hosts: General: www.blogger.com (now part of Google) www.typepad.com www.wordpress.com Educational: Designed for Schools BlogMeister ePals (more than blogs – classroom to classroom sharing, etc.) Gaggle (secure email, blogs) imbee for Teachers and Schools (secure Social network , email, blogs) Examples of library blogs Nothfield Mount Herman Library Blog / Library of Congress Blog Gargoyles Loose in the Library Blogs can incorporate audio (podcasts) and video The Book of Life

Create a blog!

Library news, Book Reviews – add a link from your library webpage, or use a blog as the library webpage

Popular blog hosts:

General:

www.blogger.com (now part of Google)

www.typepad.com

www.wordpress.com

Educational: Designed for Schools

BlogMeister

ePals (more than blogs – classroom to classroom sharing, etc.)

Gaggle (secure email, blogs)

imbee for Teachers and Schools (secure Social network , email, blogs)

Examples of library blogs

Nothfield Mount Herman Library Blog /

Library of Congress Blog

Gargoyles Loose in the Library

Blogs can incorporate audio (podcasts) and video

The Book of Life

Blogs (Read them!) Read blogs! Great for professional development! Blog Readers let you keep up with multiple blogs in one place Blog Readers use RSS (real simple syndication) to create a “feed” that you can subscribe to Popular Blog Readers Bloglines www.bloglines.com Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/

Read blogs! Great for professional development!

Blog Readers let you keep up with multiple blogs in one place

Blog Readers use RSS (real simple syndication) to create a “feed” that you can subscribe to

Popular Blog Readers

Bloglines www.bloglines.com

Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/

What I Read - My Blogroll Education technology Link to Ed-Tech Blogroll 2 Cents Worth Alice in InfoLand blogwithoutalibrary.net Blue Skunk Blog eHub Free Range Librarian From the Trenches of Public Ed. Giveaway of the Day Joyce Valenza's NeverEndingSearch Information Wants To Be Free Jewish School Libraries learning.now learning.now comments LibrarianInBlack Library Stuff Mark's edtechblog NYT > Technology Search Engine Watch Talking Out Loud Techcrunch Tools for the TEKS Updates Ubiquitous Thoughts Weblogg-ed The Websearch Blog Library Link to Library Blogroll AssortedStuff Gargoyles loose in the library Google Librarian Central Google Librarian Newsletter Google Group HigherEd BlogCon Infosearcher Killin' time being lazy Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week Library Garden Library of Congress Blog Library of Congress: News Library Stuff The Liminal Librarian The Plagiarism Blog The Shifted Librarian Literature Link to Literature Blogroll A Fuse #8 Production Brave & Brass Book Blog Brooklyn Arden educating alice Hennepin County Library - Bookspace Blog The Longstockings Muller In the Middle NPR Topics: Books NYT Book Review wayfarers all Ypulse Religion Link to Religion Blogroll Mayim Rabim Rabbi without a cause Renegade Rebbetzin

Education technology Link to Ed-Tech Blogroll

2 Cents Worth

Alice in InfoLand

blogwithoutalibrary.net

Blue Skunk Blog

eHub

Free Range Librarian

From the Trenches of Public Ed.

Giveaway of the Day

Joyce Valenza's NeverEndingSearch

Information Wants To Be Free

Jewish School Libraries

learning.now

learning.now comments

LibrarianInBlack

Library Stuff

Mark's edtechblog

NYT > Technology

Search Engine Watch

Talking Out Loud

Techcrunch

Tools for the TEKS Updates

Ubiquitous Thoughts

Weblogg-ed

The Websearch Blog

Library Link to Library Blogroll

AssortedStuff

Gargoyles loose in the library

Google Librarian Central

Google Librarian Newsletter Google Group

HigherEd BlogCon

Infosearcher

Killin' time being lazy

Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week

Library Garden

Library of Congress Blog

Library of Congress: News

Library Stuff

The Liminal Librarian

The Plagiarism Blog

The Shifted Librarian

Literature Link to Literature Blogroll

A Fuse #8 Production

Brave & Brass Book Blog

Brooklyn Arden

educating alice

Hennepin County Library - Bookspace Blog

The Longstockings

Muller In the Middle

NPR Topics: Books

NYT Book Review

wayfarers all

Ypulse

Religion Link to Religion Blogroll

Mayim Rabim

Rabbi without a cause

Renegade Rebbetzin

Wikis Community driven websites where multiple people can edit the information in real time Wikis can be open to the public or limited as the creator desires. Uses include: Pathfinder & subject guides Industry/ Career specific collections of information and/or best practices Group projects

Community driven websites where multiple people can edit the information in real time

Wikis can be open to the public or limited as the creator desires.

Uses include:

Pathfinder & subject guides

Industry/ Career specific collections of information and/or best practices

Group projects

Wiki Examples Pathfinder/Subject Guides SSDS Holocaust Research Guide SJCPL Subject Guides Industry/Career Specific Jewish School Libraries Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

Pathfinder/Subject Guides

SSDS Holocaust Research Guide

SJCPL Subject Guides

Industry/Career Specific

Jewish School Libraries

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

Wiki Examples cont. Group Projects http://ssdstechcommittee.pbwiki.com/ Google Documents is a very simple way to do a group document. www.docs.google.com Events http://ajl2007.pbwiki.com/ http://cil2007.pbwiki.com/

Group Projects

http://ssdstechcommittee.pbwiki.com/

Google Documents is a very simple way to do a group document.

www.docs.google.com

Events

http://ajl2007.pbwiki.com/

http://cil2007.pbwiki.com/

Social Networking Purely social sites are often not appropriate for schools – ie myspace, although many libraries are creating pages Brooklyn College Library Myspace page But many sites for sharing information can be useful www.flickr.com (photos) www.youtube.com (video) search “schechtervision”

Purely social sites are often not appropriate for schools – ie myspace, although many libraries are creating pages

Brooklyn College Library Myspace page

But many sites for sharing information can be useful

www.flickr.com (photos)

www.youtube.com (video) search “schechtervision”

In Conclusion! The tools are cool, but they are not an end in themselves It is most important to determine what you want to accomplish – and then decide if these tools are appropriate Effective use of technology requires major pedagogical shifts Have fun – the more you know the better you can lead your library, your school, and your community!

The tools are cool, but they are not an end in themselves

It is most important to determine what you want to accomplish – and then decide if these tools are appropriate

Effective use of technology requires major pedagogical shifts

Have fun – the more you know the better you can lead your library, your school, and your community!

Interesting articles, blogposts & resources Wesley Fryer: Moving at the Speed of Creativity. Let’s ask teachers to rethink assessments Web 2.0 Meets Information literacy! Teacher Librarian Ning : a community for teacher-librarians and other educators Which Wiki is right for you? Shonda Briscoe, SLJ 5/1/2007 Microsoft Digital Literacy Partnership for 21 st Century Skills 21 st Century Skills for Strengthening your school library program. Pam Berger, Infosearcher The question IS the answer: Creating research projects for an age of information. James Mckenzie RSS Tutorial Coming of Age: an introduction to the NEW world wide web. Terry Freedman (ed.) TRAILS: Tools for real-time assessment of information literacy skills Using Blogs as a Novel Approach to Engage Students. Learning Now - Andy Carvin , Pew Quiz: What’s Your Technology Temperature? Part of the Pew Internet & American Life Project

Wesley Fryer: Moving at the Speed of Creativity. Let’s ask teachers to rethink assessments

Web 2.0 Meets Information literacy!

Teacher Librarian Ning : a community for teacher-librarians and other educators

Which Wiki is right for you? Shonda Briscoe, SLJ 5/1/2007

Microsoft Digital Literacy

Partnership for 21 st Century Skills

21 st Century Skills for Strengthening your school library program. Pam Berger, Infosearcher

The question IS the answer: Creating research projects for an age of information. James Mckenzie

RSS Tutorial

Coming of Age: an introduction to the NEW world wide web. Terry Freedman (ed.)

TRAILS: Tools for real-time assessment of information literacy skills

Using Blogs as a Novel Approach to Engage Students. Learning Now - Andy Carvin ,

Pew Quiz: What’s Your Technology Temperature? Part of the Pew Internet & American Life Project