The goal of this class is to encourage library staff to learn more about emerging technologies on the web that are changing the way people, society and libraries access information and communicate with each other. The Web has evolved from simply being sites and search engines to a shared network space that drives work, research, education, entertainment and social activities. Web 2.0 could be described as:
- Creativity – using free tools of the Internet to design and create Web content.
- Connected – constantly connected to your PLN, your family, your friends, your employer, your future employer, your students, your peers, professionals in your field, and the world.
- Collaboration – Social networking and Web 2.0 are all about strengthening relationships; designing, creating, and sharing the learnings from conversations
- Conversations – about anything that interests you…from crafts, to education, to libraries, to the most current scientific research available. Conversations with your PLN – as small or as large as you want to make it.
- Content -- user-generated content. We all have the ability to join the conversation and add to the content of the web, instead of just consume data.
Homework Activity:
Read some of the following articles and post your thoughts on Web 2.o. What does it mean to you, our students, and the library?
We will explore many tools of Web 2.o in our PST, but we will only be scratching the surface. New content, tools, and conversations are being created daily.
If you want MORE:
Read some of the educational technology and teaching blogs. Post your thoughts.
1 comment:
I'll comment more when I learn more and understand. Right now it's a blur!! :)
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