So I am on the couch, watching the Vikings game with my wonderful wireless laptop in full gear. I am updating the schools website a wee bit but spending HOURS fixing things on the program that has replaced the venerable "card catalog". Destiny is the program's name. I am removing 16 mm projectors that are listed as available. Same for microphones that were purchased in the 1970s. I am removing a number of fiction books that I know are not on the shelf after a recent partial inventory. I am changing the material type from "book" to whatever for a number of things that then have the call number listed as "videotape" or "cassette tape".
Before our Winter Break, I was showing students how they can find information that is in the media center by using the catalog listed on the school's home page. I showed how to tell if the information was leading them to a book or a bit of multi-media or a website. But so much of the data is wrong!
So, while I am not doing an obvious two way communication, I do feel that my activities are a form of communication, albeit behind the scenes. Does a Web 2.0 exchange have to be very visible? Do we have to know who we are speaking to or does the knowledge that we have an audience who will act on our posting serve?
Happy New Year!
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It sounds like you had a very productive break -- the results of which will greatly benefit your students!
I'll be anxious to see what links you create between our "THINGS" and the IB training you are at. Hope the weather was good. p.s- I think you're connections group is responsible for the scrolling TV information at the front desk....nice job.
I'll be anxious to see what links you create between our "THINGS" and the IB training you are at. Hope the weather was good. p.s- I think you're connections group is responsible for the scrolling TV information at the front desk....nice job.
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