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Butterflies in the Mind: Taking the Long View
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/butterflies-in-the-mind-taking-the-long-view.html
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Necessity Was the Mother of this Phone Box Library
Here is a creative way to use an "outdated" space...
British Telephone has received 770 applications for communities to 'adopt a kiosk', and so far 350 boxes have been handed over to parish councils. Westbury-sub-Mendip Parish Council bought the phone box from BT in a national scheme for a token £1. More from the BBC...
...and yet another article from BBC Local.
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Necessity Was the Mother of this Phone Box Library
A resident dreamed up the idea when the tiny village lost its phone box and mobile library in quick succession. But fortunately, a traditional red phone box has been recycled into the Westbury-sub-Mendip (population of approximately 800 in Somerset) Library, stocking a total of 100 books.British Telephone has received 770 applications for communities to 'adopt a kiosk', and so far 350 boxes have been handed over to parish councils. Westbury-sub-Mendip Parish Council bought the phone box from BT in a national scheme for a token £1. More from the BBC...
...and yet another article from BBC Local.
Friday, November 27, 2009
School libraries key in teaching information skills
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via Technology4Teachers by on 11/20/09
When school media specialists and educators make an effort to become familiar with the social-networking web sites and technologies that today's students use each day, they can forge important learning connections with their students: That was one of the key messages to come out of the American Association of School Librarians' annual conference, held Nov. 5-8 in Charlotte, N.C.
Key words: educational technology, AASL, library media specialist, school library, school media center, 21st century learning
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Milton Glaser on drawing and thinking
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via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on 11/23/09
In this short video by C. Coy, designer Milton Glaser draws a picture of Shakespeare while talking about the ways that drawing helps him think and perceive: "for me, drawing has always been a primary way of encountering reality."
His ideas reminding me of cartoonist Seth's short essay for The Walrus called "The Quiet Art of Cartooning." Both Seth and Glaser are in agreement that your mind opens up on interesting ways while you draw. Teachers who prevent students from drawing and doodling while being taught a lesson are hindering their learning.
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What do teen's want?
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via Stephen's Lighthouse by stephen on 11/20/09
There has been so much debate about what exactly is it that teen's want and how does this affect library programs and services?
Two recent postings are helpful:
What DO Teens Want? (from The Sassy Librarian)
What Do Teens Want? By Carol Fitzgerald -- Publishers Weekly, 10/26/2009
The charts alone are wirth the link.
Stephen
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Does Technology Make You Anti-Social?
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via Stephen's Lighthouse by stephen on 11/20/09
Tech Geek Myth Busted: Top Ten Ways Technology Boosts Your Social Life
Quoting a Pew study, and yes, maybe I am a little defensive. "In 2006, a popular study by experts at Duke University and the University of Arizona concluded new technologies have been making loners of us since 1985. Earlier this month, this theory was challenged and perhaps debunked. New technologies actually increase our social interactions, not our isolation, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found."
10. There's been no significant jump in the number of truly isolated Americans.
9. Web users are more likely to seek counsel outside their own family.
8. Many 18-22-year-olds use social networking to keep in contact with nearly all of their key contacts.
7. Internet users like clubs.
6. Technology users have more "core" friends in their discussion networks.
5. Web users leave their rooms.
4. Cell phone and web users make better neighbors.
3. Technology users seek conversation outside their marriage.
2. Sharing those family vacation photos online might make you more politically open minded.
1. Bloggers have more racially diverse friends.
Anyway, it makes sense that when it is easier to stay in touch . . . you do.
Stephen
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Search engines are teachers
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via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on 11/26/09
Penn State researchers have conducted a study into the use of search engines and conclude that we don't just search to find out facts, but rather, to learn: The researchers sought to discover the cognitive processes underlying searching. They examined the search habits of 72 participants while conducting a total of 426 searching tasks. They found that search engines are primarily used for fact checking users' own internal knowledge, meaning that they are part of the learning process rather than simply a source for information. They also found that people's learning styles can affect how they use search engines.Search Engines Are Source of Learning"Our results suggest the view of Web searchers having simple information needs may be incorrect," said Jim Jansen, associate professor of information sciences and technology. "Instead, we discovered that users applied simple searching expressions to support their higher-level information needs."
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New Teen-Produced Reality Series Shows How Teens Use Digital Media to Shape Their Lives
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New Teen-Produced Reality Series Shows How Teens Use Digital Media to Shape Their Lives
Cool: this post announces "the launch of StudentSpeak, a new teen-produced reality series on how teens use digital media in their day-to-day lives. Every other week, students will take viewers inside their world, and show how technology is transforming how they think, learn and socialize. Watch the sneak preview produced by Ben Wolff. Sarah Jackson, Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning, November 25, 2009 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]
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