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Readings & More

• Librarian and Steampunk Fan Gwyneth Jones Set to Rock ISTE
  
• Jane Hart's Reading List - ongoing list of interesting articles about social media and learning technologies in education.

• The Hyperlinked School Library: Engage, Explore, Celebrate -   Asks AND answers: "What can we do to ensure we are best meeting the needs of our students and their learning in times of change and challenge?" 

• Pockets of Potential: Using Mobile Technology to Promote Children's Learning - "Mobile devices are an integral part of children’s lives and they are here to stay. ...  today’s children will benefit if mobile becomes

  a force for learning and discovery in the next decade."

• Sarah Chauncey: Social media for the very young - School librarian using social tools in K-3.
• New Tools for Learning  Links to tools that could be used in educational settings. A terrific resource list from Joyce Valenza.
• The Art of Building Virtual Communities  Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
• Web 2.0 Meets Information Literacy   (Word document) Joyce Valenza - content is also available on her blog
• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Will Richardson. Corwin Press, 2006. (Will Richardson's presentation wiki: http://webloggedlinks.pbwiki.com/)
• Web 2.0 Ideas for Educator Version 2.0 by Quentin D’Souza Version 2.0 (PDF)
• Lesson Planning - Consider how you create lessons. How can technology help engage students and enable learning.
• A Discussion with Will Richardson: Librarians & the Read/Write Web - Interview on ALA Techsource blog
• information Delivery to Your Desktop  -  Covers RSS  by Linda Braun (PDF)
• You Know You're a 21st Century Librarian... by Joyce Valenza (PDF)
• Open the Door, Let 'em in Great blog post by Joyce Valenza: "Teens who create or collaborate on online spaces, are more likely to feel welcome living on them. So what happens when you open the door, even just a crack, and let them in?"  (PDF version)
• Classroom 2.0 Wiki  Ideas for classroom use of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies.
• The Web 2.0 and School 2.0 Connection - blog posting on Classroom20.ning.com, illustrating web/schoool 1.0 vs web/school 2.0
• Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software by Michael Stephens Library Technology Reports, v 42, n 4. July/August 2006
• Library 2.0: A Guide to Participatory Library Service by Michael Casey and Laura Savastinuk  Information Today Press – 2007
• Library2.0 Reading List - Michael Stephens & Jenny Levine
• Library 2.0  by Michael E. Casey and Laura C. Savastinuk — Library Journal, September 1, 2006, Library Journal
• Learning 2.0
• Positive Use of Social Media - YALSA (PDF)
• Serving the Niche  by Katherine Mossman — Library Journal, July 15, 2006
• Do Schools Kill Creativity Sir Ken Robinson on creating an education system that nurtures creativity. , TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference, Feb 2006