Slaq iasl 2010 personal, portable, multi function

Personal, Portable, Multifunction Devices and School Libraries

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Conference CD - One to one mobile computing devices by Anne Weaver SLAQ-IASL Conference 2010, 30 September

Contents1.Razzle Dazzle-me2.Lifting the lid-me3.Questions-YOU, Living Books4.Participatory Projects-me- probably

run out of time, but I am available for guest appearances, especially at exotic locations to discuss these

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2008/08/28/iluv-imm173-dual-iphone-ipod-alarm-clock-docking-station/

Revolutionising music and communication

Texting – Ccommunication highlights

•WOMBAT Waste of money, brains and time

•WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge•ROFLCOPTER Rolling on floor laughing and spinning around•831 I love you (8 letters, 3 words, 1 meaning)

Revolutionising Learning

Great Revelations – NOT!!!1.There are imperatives for continual learning2.Learning is a process, not a series of events3.Most learning occurs outside classrooms4.The vast majority of learning is social5.A lot of formal learning is ineffective6.People learn better when they are in charge7.Informal and social learning are cost-effective8.There’s inherent inertia in formal approachesNew pedagogies need to be learner (student and teacher) centred – TLs need to resource the curriculum- WHAT and HOW?http://www.slideshare.net/charlesjennings/8-reasons-to-focus-on-informal-social-learning

Your library will not be quieter or less busy if students have

their own computer

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Library Helpers

Library Helpers

1. Razzle Dazzle

1.Angelos and the SCDC crewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXAlQG6rB94

This is from a much longer talk by Chris Anderson which I will not play today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Zo53M0lcY&feature=player_embedded

But watch this 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7sjyN8yjFM

2. Lifting the lid

Amazon Kindle for PC

Eeerotate for PC – turn netbook into ereader

http://lifehacker.com/5249179/eeerotate-orients-your-laptop-screen-for-easy-reading

3. Using video as a teaching toolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtB6_D_toVQ&feature=player_embedded

Creating online learning resources

Captivate (not free) tutorials- also (free) jing or wink

Doing library lessons differently

Using moodle for sharing book reviews

Using moodle for sharing book reviews

Questions ???

4. Participatory Projects

1.Monologue- Audacity example2.War video – Moviemaker, dramatic rendition3.Photostory – voice recording over story-primary

4.Home and Away – Book trailer –Moviemakerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmLRFN4HPqQ

With access and connectivity, assessment is not the end of the process

http://startl.org/2010/09/24/we-are-not-waiting-for-superman-we-are-empowering-superheroes/

If we continue to limit our thinking about education to 28 students,1 teacher,1500 square feet between the hours of 8 to 3, we are condemning today’s fourth graders to exactly the same educational experience that I got in 1976, that my father got in 1946, and that his father got in 1916. Diana Rhoten

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Are TLS IT teachers?•Rewind- Teacher librarians need to become the Chief Information Officer at their school – said by Michael Hough SLAQIASL2010

•Remember, information is increasingly online, in addition to traditional sources•Resourcing information needs is about both WHAT and HOW eg Web 2.0 tools, Barbara Combes – break it up- into steps and stages

•Build a bridge !!!

Not the End Move from industrial learning forced feeding model

to creative, innovative, learner centred models for students and teachers

Online elearning- creating learning objects/experiences/modules

Need one to one devices that are – Personal– Portable ( not just mobile- wifi anywhere)– Multifunction (not just an ereader) - and Participatory

Homework

• My paper has a lot of research on the theory underlying these ideas- see the SLAQIASL2010 conference CD

• http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/information-consumption-2010-portable-participatory-and-personal

Take charge

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