Reading: It's Not Just Books Anymore, Linda Braun The Smittens from Burlington sing about really, really liking their new librarian Braun asks who is using voicethread -- users say it easy, Braun calls it "power point plus"
Braun wants us to comment on today's voicethread she will post to YALSA blog about reading and how reading is happening
Talking about the Kindle, cell phones, headphones, words are invading the U.S, but books are not going away... Braun said she learned she is an auditory learner through listening to podcasts -- she can digest nonfiction for the 1st time
Today we have read twitter, GPS, program, books, news on Internet and scrolling on tv, nintendo DS, myspace
How long do you go without reading? Braun says we don't spent time "not reading," which is important to realize
Teens describe reading as textbooks, don't think about text messages and other content forms -- reading is not just for school
We can help teens realize reading on DS, headlines, shownotes from podcast, all valid reading, how we make that transfer
We push biography - their biography is blog, wikipedia, other forms which are not books - must evaluate, like everything we read
Most teens Braun know say they don't like to read, but they do like to read the other formats which they fear "don't count"
"Literacy is feeling confident in reading and writing", add comprehension and critical thinking, students struggle in confidence Looking at NYT "Online R U Really Reading?" and the image of the family reading in different formats
Braun says her husband would know her better is he read her twitter
Reading necessary to adding content to this story -- you can purchase bound version via lulu and put it in your library
You can use twitter for books discussions -- the text message format and real-time exchange are powerful
Access to 2.0 technology that falls into the arena of social networking could continue to be an issue until defined by courts
We want to inform (not "educate") our community about the positive uses of this technology, since this is just reading & writing Twitter is a technology that we can introduce to teens, since it is one few in that age group are using now
Twitter makes u think about writing differently -eg. 2 instead of two to save space. Differentiating writing based on audience.
How do we connect these technologies with those on the other side of the digital divide? We must make sure teens have access
Using twitter for virtual reference at univeristy level means students must be concise in their questions
"Go fight with someone" to gain access to these tools, if necessary, says Braun, rather than becoming passive and retreating
Tumblr is another form of microblog, the "gateway blog" (says Erin Downey) for teachers Tumblr can be used like a scrapbook if information in different formats, with a space for attribution of source
Talking about what blogs we read and how through reading blogs you can become a "fan" of ordinary, everyday people
Blogs can help you "see the world" and be exposed to a diversity of experiences far beyond the book collection
Braun showcases TechCruch, says DO NOT BUY a book about technology because of the short lifespan, web a better resource
Braun evaluates collection in terms of what is available online -- science, medicine, tech more current in other formats
SocialMedian allows you to create rss feeds on a network or topic and have it delivered -- all different kinds of news sources
Wordle uses text you paste in to produce a text cloud -- through examination of frequency, you learn something new about text Worlde helps with editing (avoiding repetition) & as an alt. book report, students add same text multiple times to increase size
Wordia is a user-generated video dictionary -- students can have ownership of words |