I’m one of Dr. Shannon’s students who will be at the “virtual” class on Wednesday and am looking forward to it very much.

We met at an EdTech conference when we were both speakers at the same time so I couldn’t go to your session, etc.

What I really want to know is how you keep up with “cutting edge” technology” with everyday responsibilities.

And, what I see as very critical is what David Jakes said..how can we use the Web 2.0 in a learning environment and convince our teachers to use it.

“See” you on Wednesday.

Carol Price
Spartanburg

Share your journey with them: they will be a mixed group bringing a variety of experiences and skills with them.

Let them know that even the seasoned pros are still learning and asking others for help.

Tell them what you know; ask them what they know. Teach each other.

diane

I think that David Jakes summed it up for you, but yes, focus on the learning and how that can be enhanced through the tools. Make sure that you have concrete examples of each tool – if you use Twitter, do a shout out with a practical question. If you show wikis, show a few examples of what works – and maybe what doesn’t. What doesn’t work may show you just as much – if not more. It may also start a good discussion of what “learning” is in the 21st Century. Share what you end up doing, okay? I’m curious to know!

Susan

@David Jakes, how is it that you read me so well? It is exactly the approach I thought would work best. I may even have to show off my network a little, and call for a twitter hello to these future information specialists. I hope that my connecting with them (and yes, it will be an opportunity for connection, a discussion, a development of more nodes for my network)that will make this fun, enjoyable, and learning for all of us. So looking forward to it now. Hey, can I skype u in? Put it on your calendar–evening of Jan. 30.

What was the first thing you did when you looked for help? You went to the network. The tools simply enabled that, but you were looking for advice from your online colleagues.

Then I would talk about tools. But they are secondary to the goal, and that’s learning.

You’ll do fine. You know the topic.

At our school, the big thing is having librarians in Second Life. It’s kind of a cool thing. But, we’re also working on digital media libraries that are huge repositories and can be shared between disciplines (colleges). We are also doing iTunes U, which is a repository for podcasts/videocasts, etc. Those would probably be topics I would choose because they deal with social media, feeds, development, etc.

That being said, choose to speak about what you know and what you have learned works in your experiences. Do blogs work in your area? How are feeds used? Go with what you know and what is proven for you.

Good luck!