1. Describe 2 ideas that were brought up in the Article #1 discussions. How can you relate this information to your professional life?
Well, Dan's article suggested getting in touch with your local librarian. In a spirit of cooperation, the article said that you (a LMS) being sharing and linking via Twitter in order to share reference resources for your students. I think this is a wonderful way to not only increase your own PLN, but to put resources at the fingertips of students who might not otherwise expand their reference repertoire.
Then Jenny's article brought up the M-U-S-T-Y acronym as a tool for weeding. The article talked about weeding in the context of the author's reference section, but I think it would apply to just about any section of the library. Misleading, Ugly, Super-ceded, Trivial, and You have no more use for it. Words to live by, especially considering that most of my 3-year plan calls for a lot of weeding.
2. Reflect on “Digital Footprints”. How is this being addressed in your school and who is presenting this?
It makes considerable sense, in the social networking age that we are in, that you should be self-censoring and monitoring what you share via the internet. Currently, there are no champions of such self-monitoring. I'd imagine I would have to take that mantle. And I'm okay with that...I want to be such a champ!
3. How are you doing on your Internet Log? Questions?
I am in the idea phase. I have a horrible procrastination habit I fight against. Plus I didn't want to use any of the resources I've already used for the website. I think I'm going to perhaps do resources for environmentalism, as most of the curriculum map in the end of the school year, school-wide, discuss the topic as a theme.
4. Have you selected a library to visit yet? Have you visited?
I'm going to visit the library of my mentor, Gilmore Middle School. I'm comfortable with her, and she's got no problem letting me roam around her place. I've visited her library, but not for this purpose yet.
5. (Louis Question) How has our class and this week’s activities effected you in your professional life? Discuss two things that you have learned about this week.
A) MUSTY! That was brilliant! I'm using that immediately.
B) When Dennis was talking about the Westosha plan that eliminated all of those elementary school librarians, I got just as angry as he did. I need to be much more proactive than I've been as is to make my position indispensable! I need my job.
I, too, think the "MUSTY" acronym is great and something we constantly need to keep in mind as we take care of and develop our collections. I'm so glad that that was discussed. The "Digital Footprint" is so important for anyone using the Internet, even for the youngest users and their parents, especially since all of them probably have a very extensive digital footprint already.....photos posted by their parents, blogs of parents and relatives, possible Web 2.0 projects they've posted, etc. And, I'm glad to hear that you're willing to take on the job of presenting and discussing it at your school.
ReplyDeleteI think once you get into finding your sites for your Internet Log, you're going to find it less work and more of an addictive experience. You'll just keep finding more and more useful and super great things for your staff and students!! Lastly, it really is an emotional topic when you start talking about eliminating something so important to a school environment as the library and its library media specialist. Hopefully, Wauwatosa will see that this is a bad decision quickly and bring back its library staff sooner rather tnan later.