Social Software and the Day School Librarian

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

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!

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 (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

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/

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

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

Wiki Examples
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/

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”

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!

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

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