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Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information
An essential part of online research is the ability to critically evaluate information. This includes the ability to read and evaluate its level of accuracy, reliability and bias. When we recently as
Becca Johnson's insight:
Sadly, it's not just middle schoolers that have this evaluation problem...
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eBooks: Growing Up Online
A free eBook from The More You Know and NBC News featuring interactive tools and videos to help parents and teachers talk with children about using technology responsibly and safely.
Becca Johnson's insight:
This ebook provides a quality resource to enable parents to talk about digital responsibilities and safety when online.
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Becca Johnson's insight:
Looking for a quick search cheat-sheet? Look no more! This scratches the surface of the powerful algorithmic search engine that Google is, but would be a great starting point for students to gain experience with advanced search techniques.
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My Love/Hate Relationship with Google
9 months. Yep ... 9 whole months since this poor blog was updated. And in that time frame, Google has decided to nix Google Reader which happens to be my 4th most used Big-G service (just shy of Gmail, GCal, and GVoice/Talk). I started using Google Reader at a time when my employer filtered access to Bloglines (which is another post for another day...). For nearly 7 years now I've been a happy Google Reader user and was sad - shocked really - to hear that it would no longer be available.
I began looking into alternatives. I already use Flipboard on my iPhone and like it well enough in the mobile department, but I didn't like the desktop view and really wanted that desktop option. I think I've found it with Feedly!
For 1) Feedly seamlessly switches over your Google Reader feeds.
For 2) The view options are such that you can have it look very much like what Google Reader did; or you could change to a more visually appealing magazine or card look.
For 3) There's integration with Pinterest, Facebook, and ReadItLater for easy sharing of content.
For 4) There's an iPhone app available (though I'm still not quite sure I like it over Flipboard just yet...).
I'm sure there are many other RSS reader options available, but for now, Feedly works and I'm pretty pleased with it so far!
I began looking into alternatives. I already use Flipboard on my iPhone and like it well enough in the mobile department, but I didn't like the desktop view and really wanted that desktop option. I think I've found it with Feedly!
For 1) Feedly seamlessly switches over your Google Reader feeds.
For 2) The view options are such that you can have it look very much like what Google Reader did; or you could change to a more visually appealing magazine or card look.
For 3) There's integration with Pinterest, Facebook, and ReadItLater for easy sharing of content.
For 4) There's an iPhone app available (though I'm still not quite sure I like it over Flipboard just yet...).
I'm sure there are many other RSS reader options available, but for now, Feedly works and I'm pretty pleased with it so far!
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Update on the New Job
This past week I started my new job with Manchester University as the Instruction & Emerging Technologies Librarian. So far I'm loving it! The people I am working with in the library are amazingly nice and helpful and have welcome me and my pregnancy with genuine happiness (if you're coming to this news late - yep...the hubs and I are expecting in March!). I couldn't be more thrilled! The job itself is starting to pick up, and from the looks of it, I'm going to have a very full fall semester. So far, here's what I've been up to:
- I am the subject liaison to the schools of Business and Accounting, Education, and Exercise & Sports Science. I've been learning the pertinent databases that fit each of those areas, and soon I will be updating the online research guides with new content.
- I am also in charge of coordinating, scheduling, and instructing the majority of the first year seminar sessions (and eventually I will be teaching this as a full course). The instruction sessions are basic first-year research sessions, so it shouldn't require too much work since I did a lot of that with Harrison.
- I am in charge of implementing a chat reference service and a text reference service. Texting will be rolled out immediately and chat will follow for the spring semester. I've started getting coding together for the website and preparing for the launch.
- I am also responsible for setting up a campus-wide distribution of the Firefox browser in order to install zotero (a citation generator and management tool)
- Finally, I've been working to update our library Facebook page. It needs quite a bit of work!
In terms of instruction, after sending out the first email batch to faculty, I already have scheduled on my calendar more instruction sessions than I ever had with Harrison - all within a 2 hour time frame! This was just for the first year students and doesn't even count the subject liaison areas ... So needless to say, I will be a busy busy woman! But I'm loving it! I really feel like this will be a good fit for me and I am excited to see what new projects I'm able to get my hands on.
- I am the subject liaison to the schools of Business and Accounting, Education, and Exercise & Sports Science. I've been learning the pertinent databases that fit each of those areas, and soon I will be updating the online research guides with new content.
- I am also in charge of coordinating, scheduling, and instructing the majority of the first year seminar sessions (and eventually I will be teaching this as a full course). The instruction sessions are basic first-year research sessions, so it shouldn't require too much work since I did a lot of that with Harrison.
- I am in charge of implementing a chat reference service and a text reference service. Texting will be rolled out immediately and chat will follow for the spring semester. I've started getting coding together for the website and preparing for the launch.
- I am also responsible for setting up a campus-wide distribution of the Firefox browser in order to install zotero (a citation generator and management tool)
- Finally, I've been working to update our library Facebook page. It needs quite a bit of work!
In terms of instruction, after sending out the first email batch to faculty, I already have scheduled on my calendar more instruction sessions than I ever had with Harrison - all within a 2 hour time frame! This was just for the first year students and doesn't even count the subject liaison areas ... So needless to say, I will be a busy busy woman! But I'm loving it! I really feel like this will be a good fit for me and I am excited to see what new projects I'm able to get my hands on.
One Chapter Closes: Another One Begins
In two weeks, I will be transitioning into a new position as an Instruction & Emerging Technologies Librarian with Manchester University. While I'm excited about this new venture, I have been busy busy tying up lose ends with my current job at Harrison College. As such, I thought I'd reminisce a bit in order to chronicle some of what I've learned and accomplished over the past 2 years.
When I came to Harrison, I had never been in an academic setting as a librarian - but I knew that's where I wanted to be long term. I had worked in just about every department in the public library system which helped me to gain lots of experience, but I knew I ultimately wanted to be working with students and research and technology. In some ways, I was lucky to have a friend and previous coworker who was already working here. While that helped me get my foot in the door - I am indebted to Harrison for giving me the opportunity to grow as a librarian, as a teacher, as a mentor, and as a person!
Over the last two years I have been able to:
-Develop a classroom instruction strategy that leans on the participatory side of learning.
-Come alongside faculty by developing a faculty development program that focuses on incorporating emerging and web 2.0 technologies in their classrooms (based on the 23 Things program).
-Pilot one of the first flipped classrooms with my Information Literacy course.
-Present for multiple conferences (a first for me!).
-Collaborate on projects and committees with the other amazing librarians on our Harrison team.
-Write a guest post for the Free Tech 4 Teachers blog that literally thousands of educators read!
There's been more - but these are the major highlights. And with these accomplishments, I'm looking forward to trying some of them within my new role. Change is always difficult at first, but after the transition, I know I'll be right at home! I'll miss all of my librarian friends here too - but thankfully technology is a powerful thing that helps us to stay in touch better than ever before!
So as a chapter closes - an exciting new chapter begins!
When I came to Harrison, I had never been in an academic setting as a librarian - but I knew that's where I wanted to be long term. I had worked in just about every department in the public library system which helped me to gain lots of experience, but I knew I ultimately wanted to be working with students and research and technology. In some ways, I was lucky to have a friend and previous coworker who was already working here. While that helped me get my foot in the door - I am indebted to Harrison for giving me the opportunity to grow as a librarian, as a teacher, as a mentor, and as a person!
Over the last two years I have been able to:
-Develop a classroom instruction strategy that leans on the participatory side of learning.
-Come alongside faculty by developing a faculty development program that focuses on incorporating emerging and web 2.0 technologies in their classrooms (based on the 23 Things program).
-Pilot one of the first flipped classrooms with my Information Literacy course.
-Present for multiple conferences (a first for me!).
-Collaborate on projects and committees with the other amazing librarians on our Harrison team.
-Write a guest post for the Free Tech 4 Teachers blog that literally thousands of educators read!
There's been more - but these are the major highlights. And with these accomplishments, I'm looking forward to trying some of them within my new role. Change is always difficult at first, but after the transition, I know I'll be right at home! I'll miss all of my librarian friends here too - but thankfully technology is a powerful thing that helps us to stay in touch better than ever before!
So as a chapter closes - an exciting new chapter begins!
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Conference Schedule - EducationOnAir
Conference recordings from Education on Air. TONS of awesome sessions!
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How Educators Are Using Learnist | MindShift
Provides an overview to how educators are using Learnist to share digital content with students.
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17 Free YouTube Tools Every Teacher should Know about
Provides a listing of YouTube tools that can be used within an educational setting.
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