Alan Phelps
IL-Media Literacy, ET-New Trends, ET-Constructivism and Behaviorism
Valenza, J. (2016, May). Tool literacy as a new
process. Retrieved from http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2016/05/14/tool-literacy/
Summary:
This current and interesting article comes from School Library Journal. It is a good piece which starts out with an imbedded short, cool video showing the evolution of the work desk from 1980 to today. The article is mainly about the author is trying app smashing- using multiple tools together to complete a complex task. The article really implores the reader to go deeper into apps and find ways for apps to organize work and be more efficient and maximize your time. Valenza states that different people have different affordances and use apps differently. Many people don’t get the most out of their apps, often having 2 or more apps for a task when really, if you knew the app better could get the tasks done with one app. Experiment and explore, be creative and get more out of your apps.
This current and interesting article comes from School Library Journal. It is a good piece which starts out with an imbedded short, cool video showing the evolution of the work desk from 1980 to today. The article is mainly about the author is trying app smashing- using multiple tools together to complete a complex task. The article really implores the reader to go deeper into apps and find ways for apps to organize work and be more efficient and maximize your time. Valenza states that different people have different affordances and use apps differently. Many people don’t get the most out of their apps, often having 2 or more apps for a task when really, if you knew the app better could get the tasks done with one app. Experiment and explore, be creative and get more out of your apps.
Evaluation
I found the article interesting as I think more and
more about how to make my library a 21st century learning commons
while maintaining some of the charm of an older library. The author states “Introducing
a tool and saying you are going to use this tool to tell this story
is kinda like saying go to page 347 and do exercises three through five.” I
never really thought about it like that but it makes sense that a student might
get more out of an assignment or project if they had multiple tools to use and
could let their creativity take over.
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