INF506 – Assignment 3 OLJ & Evaluative Statement

Part 2: (a) Evaluative Statement Throughout INF506, I have used my OLJ to map my way through this deep world of social networking: experimenting with new technologies; exploring how these are being combined with more establish services to create Library (and Librarian) 2.0; and examining issues and policies in the socially networked world and workplace. … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 5.2 Did You Know 4.0

As this video’s authors put it, ‘Shift Happens’, and when it does, teacher need to be there to ensure our students have the tools to be successful and responsible digital citizens. I’ve taken 5 ‘shifts’ that I felt are most important to the secondary school learning environment and are in need of information policy or … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 4.1 Web 2.0 and Libraries: how much is my library bothering?

After reading AnnaLaura Brown’s trends and predictions for 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, and then comparing them with the secondary school library I work in, I would conclude that we are still well and truly in the Library 1.0 phase with no real sign of breaking out with the current incumbent head librarian. Let’s see … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 3.3 Who is a Librarian 2.0?

Based on your reading in Modules 1, 2 and 3 so far, and your examination of the definitions of Librarian 2.0 and the views presented in the above YouTube clips, define what you believe to be the essential knowledge, skills and attributes of an information professional in a Web 2.0 world. I am going to … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 3.1 Building Library 2.0

Library 2.0 didn’t just suddenly appear one day, it has been an evolution in progress every since Library 1.0 (Farkas, 2007). The only difference is the technologies available now and a change in public access to information – it’s available to everyone, anywhere, 24/7, and even in their own pockets. Meredith Farkas (2007) made several … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 3.1 Arizona State University gets Web 2.0

Visit ASU’s collection of The Library Minute videos and view five (5) of these one minute videos, then visit two (2) of the other Web 2.0 tools used as part of the ASU Library Channel suite at http://lib.asu.edu/librarychannel/. Write a critical evaluation on ASU Libraries? use of these platforms to achieve the 4Cs of social … Continue reading →

INF506 – Mod 1.1 – What is Web 2.0?

Module 1.1 – What is Web 2.0? Based on your reading and viewing of these definitions, try to summarise in your own words what you think Web 2.0 is.  Web 2.0 is all about likening the web to everyday human life and social interaction. Users play an active participative role in Web 2.0; users are … Continue reading →

ETL504 – Leadership for Learning

Leadership for Learning What is it? MacBeath and Dempster (2009) connect leadership and learning through their “common skills, such as problem solving, reflection, and acting on experience” (p. 32) and remind us that they do not exist mutually exclusively but instead lead to each other. From MacBeath and Dempster (2009) defining Leadership for Learning as … Continue reading →

Can you spot a Web 2.0 logo?

Web 2.0 is the internet we live in (with?) today, filled with ways of manipulating the web and content and then sharing it with others, known and unknown, near and far. But can you spot a web 2.0 site or company just by its logo? The Font Feed says yes. My favourite, and the favourite … Continue reading →

One woman’s wandering? More like Wonder Woman’s wandering!

One Woman’s Wanderings With Web 2.0 Here is a fantastic video on one woman’s (wonder woman in my mind) use and development of web2.0 tools in her primary school class and school. She has done amazingly to first teach herself the tools, implement them with students, then promote the school’s and students’ publishings all over … Continue reading →