The Library 2.0 Smackdown
Jun 29th, 2009 by Cathy Jo Nelson
Earlier today (12:30-1:30PM) a group of us presented a Library Web 2.0 Smackdown. We were given five minutes to share a couple of tools, and then hand off to one of our neighbors for the session to continue.
This was a first for many of us, and I must say it was successful. Here is the intro to the wiki we used to put our session together:
Welcome to the NECC Library Tools BYOL Smackdown!
BEM03 LibraryLearningToolsSmackdown: A Sharing Session for Teacher-Librarians
Monday, 6/29/2009, 12:30pm–1:30pm WWCC 151 A
No sitting on the ropes! You will need to participate!Joyce Valenza, Cathy Jo Nelson, Karen Kleigman, Wendy Stephens, and Keisa Williams invite you to share your best library-tech finds in a number of categories.
We had a great time, and there is a wiki for you to reveiew what we spoke (or intended to speak) about, as well as room in the wiki for you to add content–even still!!
We are planning a similar session like this for AASL2009 in Charlotte, so plan to join us, and come ready to share and create content.














Love the idea of a smackdown – gives a great smattering of what people are actually using and how.
[...] Alice Yucht, Diane Chen…this list goes on with many names. I will also particpate in a School Library 2.0 Smackdown again just like the one at NECC09, but I am not sure who else is in this–just the Joyce [...]