Using Google in High Schools

Buffy Hamilton, librarian of Creekview High School in Georgia, has develop pages for various classes using technology tools for research. Check out her guide on Google for videos you might use to help your students use these tools. Other guides show the uses of Twitter, RSS feeds, wikis, etc. in student research.

WEMTA Wiki

The Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association recently held their annual conference in the Wisconsin Dells. There were a range of presentations dealing with libraries and technologies in K-12 education. The conference wiki now includes handouts from a number of the presentations.

The Unquiet Library 2009-2010

Buffy Hamilton, a school librarian in Georgia, has posted a mindmap of her library for the next year. Many of the technologies we talked about in class, plus quite a few more appear on her map. She sees the following roles for the library media specialist:

• Change agent
• Information sherpa (I interpret this as a guide)
  
• Learning architect
• Learning concierge (gatekeeper, chief assistant)
  
• Innovator
• Inspiration agent
• Ambassador of information fluency

If we want to introduce valid uses of these technologies in teaching and learning, we need to take on all these roles.