This course

This course covers the principles and applications of technology literacy in education. Topics include; designing effective teaching strategies and environments conducive to learning; application of media and computer technologies in teaching; the use of the Web in teaching k-12; developing home pages; evaluating software; and examining new technologies for education. A field experience is included in this course.
http://www.fairfield.edu/students/

Webinar

Please view on of the following and post a response on this post:

• The webinar keynote from the recent Charleston library conference from David Lankes of Syracuse University.
• Choose and view one of the School Library Journal webcast archives
• Topics include:

1. How audiobooks are made
2. Teen Read Week Book Buzz
3. Connecting with Non-fiction
4. YA books
5. Technology on a shoestring

Think about what you learned and what the implications are for school libraries. Post a one paragraph response here.

Make sure to say which webinar/webcast you attended and include a link in your post.

Your Life Work: The Librarian

As you watch this film from the 1940s, think about what is different and what is the same. It might surprise you how much of what a librarian does is not that different, perhaps just the way in which the tasks are accomplished..no need to comment on this post since we already did it in class

Sign up with LM-Net

A list-serve is an online community. LM-Net is the main list-serve for school librarians. By participating in it, you will find yourself part of a world-wide community of school librarians. Many influential people in the world of school libraries use this list and you may have a chance to engage them in discourse. Please sign up for the LM-Net list serve.

Note: It would probably be a good idea to make sure you create a new hotmail, yahoomail or g-mail account just to use with the list serve. If you don't check it every couple of days, you can end up with a lot of messages.

Follow this link to sign up...
http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/

Take a look at the newbies survival archive. It has a lot of interesting posts for new librarians.

Find one LM-Net posting (either in one of the archives or current) and discuss/post the implications for librarians.

Welcome to MD 403 School Library

Please read these articles:
"School Librarian: A Field Guide to an Evolving Species" Joyce Valenza
"This Man Wants to Change Your Job" Mike Eisenberg
Are Libraries (and Librarians) Heading Toward Extinction? Doug Johnson

How does this vision of the school library differ from your experience as a k-12 student or perhaps in your experience as a teacher. Post your thoughts in the comments section.