I have often discussed with other classroom teachers the pressure we feel to understand the ramifications of Web 2.0 and L2.0. I know our job has become more complex in recent years yet I marvel at the flexibility that media specialists have demonstrated over the same time period! A school media center, and the requisite skills that are required to manage one, have changed so dramatically in recent years.
I especially appreciated the thoughts Stephen Abrams shared regarding finding time to explore these new tools. Each of us has our own "time wasters" just as Abrams had his smoking habit, and we need to challenge ourselves to recover some of that time for real learning.
In "Away from the Icebergs" Rick Anderson is basically saying "Get over it! Get over old habits, practices, and attitudes because the information world has changed and it will not go back to the way that it was before." I'm fifty six years old and I need to jump on board and push ahead with the new tools I'll be discovering in 23 Things.
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I am a late starter for this Library 2.0 on-line class...thus midnight madness will reign over the next 11 days!
1 comment:
Gary,
Glad to have you on board!
I'll be off the grid next week, but available the next few days if you have questions.
Mike
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