In an article found in the School Library Journal by Christopher Harris titled School Library 2.0 the author talks about the need to be innovative and lead the way in a school when it comes to harnessing and using technology so that the Library continues to be a center of learning despite inevitable changes in the way education is done.
I very much enjoyed the ideas he presented about how librarians are incorporating blogs, social media, book talks, and book sharing into their libraries. I especially liked his comment that libraries need to put stickers on everything saying "Library Powered" to mimic Intel's sticker "Intel Inside" so that everyone would think about how essential a library is to the learning process.
Some of the ideas seem more appropriate for high school and middle school libraries so a little less applicable to me and my school but still, some great things to think about and I agree that we have to be be flexible and knowledgeable about the techno trends or we will be left behind, which is a disservice to our students who need to be educated about the digital world. Although I can't see applying all the examples at my school I could see introducing and helping upper elementary students create book trailers, pod casts, and online book reviews to be a lot of fun! And I have a feeling that anything that involves a computer and creativity will be a hit!!!
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