Friday, August 11, 2017

What to Make of Makerspaces?

Stallings, Tayci

ET

Fourie, Ina, & Meyer, Anika. (2015). What to make of makerspaces. Library Hi Tech, 33(4), 519-525. Retrieved from https://sjsu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_proquest1732337387&context=PC&vid=01CALS_SJO&search_scope=ALL_ARTICLES&tab=articles&lang=en_US

The purpose of this paper is to comment on such publications within the library and information science (LIS) literature and to warn libraries to not only focus on providing physical spaces and tools but to explore the bigger potential of extended, interconnected spaces for information and information resources and "mutations" of makerspaces such as makerlearning.

Describes Makerspaces and gives some examples.

A Collaborative Journey: The Learning Commons

Stallings, Tayci

CO

KOLOD, L., & UNGAR, B. (2016). A Collaborative Journey The Learning Commons. Teacher Librarian, 43(4), 22-27. Retrieved from http://libaccess.sjlibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=114825284&site=ehost-live&scope=site

The article discusses the collaboration of teachers and librarians in creating a new way to deliver library skills. It cites that integrating technology into the fiber of how teachers and students learn and need to be accomplished on a fixed schedule. It also presents the collaborative efforts to guide the students learn the crossover activities which began in research.

This article has a good example of this particular schools journey.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Digital citizenship

Bost, Danielle

IL

Isman, A. & Canan Gungoren, O. (2014). Digital citizenship. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 13(1), 73-77. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?q=digital+citizenship&pr=on&ft=on&id=EJ1018088.

Article focuses on "touchpoints" of digital citizenship.

Very beneficial as an introduction for digital citizenship and how to help students become "digital citizens."


EML436 - The Multimodal Writing Process | 21st Century Literacies | Lewis Dennis 1489881

Bost, Danielle

IL

Dennis, L. [Lewis Dennis]. (2017, April 16). EML436 - The Multimodal Writing Process | 21st Century Literacies | Lewis Dennis 1489881 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOf85O0b0zU.

Discusses 21st Century Skills and Learners and how teachers can adapt to teach students 21st century skills, based in Australia.

As a beginner to the concept of 21st Century Skills, this helped me grasp the concept a lot better and understand how to incorporate ideas into my future curriculum.

The essential elements of digital literacies: Doug Belshaw at TEDxWarwick

Bost, Danielle

IL

*[Tedx Talks]. (2012, March 22). The essential elements of digital literacies: Doug Belshaw at TEDxWarwick [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yQPoTcZ78.

Video describes 8 essential elements of literacy.

I found this highly useful as a newcomer to the teaching field.






Librarians in the huddle: Supporting athlete success on and off the field

Persinger, Danielle

CO

Erdmann, J., Clark, P. H., (2016). Libraries in the huddle: Supporting athlete success on and off the field. College and Research Libraries News, 77(3), 144-146, 157. Retreived from: http://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/9464/10715

Erdmann and Clark describe their experience of creating a co-learning opportunity with the College Field Hockey team. The librarians offered a quite study space and academic research help in a seldom used, 2nd floor area, of the library. The Field Hockey team continued to use the space outside of class hours and became comfortable in the library.

This article was an unexpected find. I work in an academic library and was not aware that some libraries partner with athletic departments to discuss information literacy as well create good study habits. I would love to find out if this is replicated in other libraries and what the students and libraries find most rewarding. With only 27 students, this is simply an anecdotal account.

How AI can enhance our memory, work, and social lives

Persinger, Danielle

ET

Gruber, T. (2017). How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives. TED: Ideas worth spreading. Retrieved from:  https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_gruber_how_ai_can_enhance_our_memory_work_and_social_lives#t-749702

Tom Gruber, the co-creator of Siri, spends ten minutes discussing the future of learning and human interaction with Artificial Intelligence. This movement toward the future is not something to fear, rather it should be embraced. AI will offer new ways to perform our jobs and live our lives. Using AI in addition to humans, we can find 99.5% of cancerous cells, mitigate memory loss, and create infinite design ideas.

I'm a TED talks junkie. This video is fascinating and leaves me hopeful for the future. There are many ways we are already using AI to improve our lives and create a "super human" ability i.e. using Siri to remember deadlines and stay on track is a super human feat in my book. This technology will only continue to grow and I cannot help but be excited about the possibilities of increased equality opportunities.