June 7, 2008
Scaffolding the New Social Literacies for K-12
My Multimedia and Internet @ Schools Pipeline Column for the Mar. / Apr. 2008 issue addresses some of the questions around teaching K-12 learners how to handle the social world online.
Scaffolding the New Social Literacies
"OMG – reading literacy and numeracy, civic literacy and all the rest. Now we’re hearing that schools must expand the teaching of information literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, critical literacy, health literacy, technacy and transliteracy. And, do it all across the curricula. Dozens of types of literacy are discussed on websites and Wikipedia. How can we possibly keep up with another one!? Sometimes it seems that getting everyone through the 3 R’s is challenging enough."
Stephen
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April 7, 2008
Fall 2007: Two months that shook our world
My Pipeline Column for Multimedia and Internet @ Schools for the Jan. / Feb. 2008 issue covers the massive changes we say in late 2007 in the world of technology and information:
Did You Hear that? The Internet Firmament is Shifting
Fall 2007: Two months that shook our world
My Pipeline columns have a 90 day embrago before I can post them here. I haven't seen the pace of change slow down any since I wrote this!
Stephen
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February 21, 2008
How and When Not To Answer Reference Questions
In Multimedia and Internet @ Schools I write a column called "Pipeline" for every issue. For the Nov. / Dec. 2007 issue, I offer up:
K-12 Reference Work: Learning to NOT answer their Questions
It an interesting idea, even I do say so myself!
Stephen
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August 22, 2007
Blogs for Teaching Librarians
Here's a link to my Multimedia and Internet@Schools column on the blogs I read for that sector:
Teacher Librarians: Sharing and Taking Care of Themselves
It's an amazing group of thinkers.
Stephen
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Teaching the Dark Side
Here's a link to a column I wrote for Multimedia and Internet @ Schools?
K to 12 Information Literacy: The Dark Side
Advertising, Forms, and Search Engine Optimization
Hey kid, wanna buy a videogame?
Hey you, lookee over here. I’ve got cheat codes.
Hey, sucker, why not just buy your essay?
Sign up here for a free mailing list.
I think it's an important issue.
Stephen
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August 8, 2007
A few articles
I write a column for Multimedia & Internet @ Schools magazine. It's a good journal that keeps up with the trends in school libraies and media centers.
Anyway, my column is embargoed and here are three that can be posted:
Multimedia and Internet @ Schools
Jan./Feb. 2007 issue)
Justifying the Social Tools: Improving the Conversation
Multimedia and Internet @ Schools
Mar./Apr. 2007
Shooting Themselves in the Foot
Multimedia and Internet @ Schools
May/Jissue
Meet Your Kids’ Avatars: Future School Libraries’: A Third Presence in Second Lifeune 2007
Each followed the theme that education sector has to start experimenting with these new tools or they will be forced underground with the learners and everyone loses.
Stephen
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December 4, 2006
K-12 Information Fluency Tricks
Here is my latest two columns for Multimedia and Internet@Schools. You can read it here.
The title is "Some Tricks to Build Information Fluency".
Stephen
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July 12, 2006
What can MySpace Teach School Librarians
Here's a link to my Multimedia and Internet@Schools column. It's called "What can MySpace Teach Us in School Libraries?" It's part of a series.
Stephen
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May 20, 2006
MySpace and School Libraries
Next in the series is "What can MySpace Teach us in School Libraries".
Stephen
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March 31, 2006
Podding for Schools
Here's a link to my column for Multimedia and Internet@Schools entitled "The Proof is in the Podding".
Stephen
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