Many of my posts have been about this tension in me, between my love of books and my love of computers and the Internet.On the one hand, I am a child of the computer generation through and through. I was on Bulletin Board Systems when I was 12. From there I upgraded to the text [...]

I’m counting the many social networking sites I subscribe to — Friendster; Hi5; Multiply and of course, Facebook. Apart from these, I’m also in Flicker, Slideshare, You Tube and Photo Bucket. I have more than two email accounts and I keep a slew of mailing lists and e-groups of varying interests. This goes to show [...]

The last thing I did, whilst going down with appendicitis, was give a talk about Second Life, and the first thing I did when starting my return to work was give another one. I haven’t yet put these in my own slideshare space, but there is a slidecast of one talk and a video of [...]

What about the library using it? I found a neat little film called "Good advice for using the Library" which was 2.0 in that it was users telling us (Source: pligg – all) More: continued here

Coordinator for Library Instruction and Information Literacy: oversee, participate in, and evaluate extensive information literacy programs, both general and subject specific. Current programs annually reach 16,253 students in 792 sessions. A full-time, 12-month, tenure-track position reports to Associate Dean for Public Services.Qualifications: ALA-accredited Masters required; strong service orientation; commitment to working in a collegial, participative [...]

Watch the webcast of the January 20 ED TV show to learn about schools achieving breakthrough results in five areas: early childhood, health and fitness, community service, supporting English language learners, and recruiting, preparing, retaining, and rewarding teachers. More: continued here

A Vilanova i La Geltrù, poco distante da Barcelona, il 22 e 23 gennaio si svolgerà il seminario sull’information literacy, organizzato dal CBDC, che affronterà il tema della relazione tra biblioteche, processo di apprendimento e cittadinanza, combinando aspetti teorici ad esperienze e progetti in atto nell’ “Alfin”. Il seminario sarà anche una ulteriore occasione di incontro [...]

Oltre al famoso OLPC di Negroponte esiste anche JumPC della Intel un Netbook ovverogruppo di dispositivi portatili emergenti, caratterizzati da prezzo e dimensioni contenute, ma dalle prestazioni modeste, sufficienti comunque per navigare su Internet e svolgere le più comuni applicazioni quotidiane.Perfetto quindi per i bambini che lo possono portare a scuola. Questo [...] (Source: biblioragazzi) [...]

There is a great article in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education about today’s students, how they think, and why: Wake Up and Smell the New Epistemology, by Tim Clydesdale. I think what it says has a lot of applicability to anyone working with students, and especially information literacy instructors. (Source: Library Juice) More: continued here

Aperte le iscrizioni al Global Junior Challenge 2009, l’evento organizzato ogni due anni dalla Fondazione Mondo Digitaleper promuovere una società della conoscenza inclusiva. È un’occasione unica per riflettere sull’importanza delle sfide poste dall’educazione per il 21° secolo e sul ruolo delle tecnologie per l’integrazione sociale, lo sviluppo e l’abbattimento della povertà nel mondo. Tra le [...]