Notes+2009

toc =**Conference Notes**= See also Keynote and Job Alike (Work in progress-- needs more input and then organized )

Discussion of how Web 2.0 plays a part in the library. Discussed how some tools like wikis, [|study wiz] and [|Moodle]are used in the classrooom.

In addition it was recommended to listen to [|Linking to Thinking] by David Weinberger and Nova Spivack who presented at ALA's Midwinter 2009 OCLC Symposium which discusses the future of Web 3.0 (Semantic Web) and 4.0 (Intelligent Web). [|Alan November] has good insights, an example is his early piece [|Teaching Zack to Think]. In addition his [|Information Literacy] quiz is a good tool for staff to initially assess their own skills.

**General Recommendations:**
Use [|Librarians' Internet Index] (I use it all the time.)

Use Debbie Abilock's [|Noodletools], there are a number of exellent free software tools available. There are also a variety of packages one can to [|subscribe] to for full benefits of the site. Her [|Choose the Best Search for your Information Need] is free, and students will definitely benefit.

Learn how to use RSS to control the information you want to read. For RSS readers, suggested [|GoogleReader] Another way of organizing information is with Social bookmarking tools like [|Delicious] or [|Diigo]

Destiny Features
The new 9.0 upgrade in Destiny opens up possibilities of linking documents to the OPAC. The new feature makes it easy to publish links and documents in the school OPAC.

台湾中央图书馆 nbinet.ncl.edu.tw 210 INNOPAC 台湾大学 tulips.ntu.edu.tw 210 innopac 香港中文大学 library.cuhk.edu.hk 210 innopac 香港城市大学 lib.cityu.edu.hk 210 innopac 香港大学 library.hku.hk 210 innopac 香港教育学院 library.ied.edu.hk 210 innopac 香港科技大学 ustlib.ust.hk 210 innopac
 * Z-sources for Chinese**

Mores Z sources: [|Cataloger's Toolbox] [|IRSpy] delicious z39.50

****PLNs**** Discussed importance of librarians having a PLN - Personal Learning Network (Communication + people = PLN) or it could be called PLE = Personal Learning Environment To be part of a PLN, you need a communication tool, such as [|Twitter] or through wikis, blogs, listservs, [|nings] because it's "real time, simple, mobile adaptable, searchable." While listservs "pushes" the information to you, nings can "pull and push" information. Excellent summary of [|PLN] by Lucy Gray.

**Tips for Tweet**

 * A tweet is public
 * @reply as a conversation
 * //D// a person for private conversation
 * RT=retweet
 * # hash mark for topic as in #acamislib
 * several folks loaded [|tweetdeck] as a twitter browser.
 * [|100 Tips, Apps, and Resources for Teachers on Twitter]

**Communication and Collaboration**

 * Life and career skills
 * Learning and Information skills
 * Information Media and Technology Skills
 * Core subjects and 21st century themes

Discussed use of **widgets** (small programs that you can imbed in your web page) e.g., [|Clustermaps] is a mashup that is widget that can be imbedded in blogs/sites as a means for tracking who is following.

**Variety of tools**
[|YouTube] [|voicethread] [|Issuu] (publishers’ tool) [|Twitter] [|Skype] [|Facebook] Wikispaces [|Blogs]

**Digital Citizenship discussion**
[|Digital Citizenship] [|Digital Citizenship Resources for Educators]

Take a look at [|Commoncraft] video on[| RSS feeds]
 * Digital Video**


 * Tip:** Go to iTunes and then podcasts and search for "U" (We learned that you can upload podcasts to Destiny)

**Digital Storytelling**
[|Center for Digital Storytelling] [|Digital Storytelling] [|Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling] [|Pecha Kucha Night] [|Presentation Zen] [|Slideshare] [|CreativeCommons]
 * Other tools**

**Social Networking for Librarians**
[|Digital Librarians] **//Join this one!//** [|Library2.0] [|Library Youth and Teen Services 2.0] [|Teacher Librarian Ning] [|Teacher Librarians Diigo]

Recommended books, videos and digital sources
Video Lectures: [|Academic Earth] __Growing up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation__ by Don Tapscott __Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations__ by Clay Shirky [|Julie Lindsay's blog regarding going global and the flat classroom]