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Blogging Your Way to Blogging Your Way to Library Success Library Success

Rob DarrowRob Darrow Coordinator, Library ServicesCoordinator, Library Services

Clovis Unified Clovis Unified

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Everett Rogers. Everett Rogers. Diffusion of Innovations Diffusion of Innovations

(1963)(1963)

““One cannot seek One cannot seek knowledge about an knowledge about an innovation until he or innovation until he or she knows it existsshe knows it exists.” .”

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Dan Pink. Dan Pink. A Whole New A Whole New MindMind

““cchangehange is inevitable, is inevitable, and when it happens, the and when it happens, the wisest response is not to wisest response is not to wail or whine but to suck wail or whine but to suck it up and deal with itit up and deal with it.”.”

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DisclaimersDisclaimers

Not discussing “What Ifs”…Not discussing “What Ifs”…– FilterFilter fights fights– Copyright issuesCopyright issues – consider – consider

everything under “everything under “Creative Creative CommonsCommons” license and is freely ” license and is freely shared (with citations, of course)!shared (with citations, of course)!

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What is a blog?What is a blog?

Web + LogWeb + Log = Blog = Blog Diary or journal onlineDiary or journal online A book about blogsA book about blogs

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Parts of a blogParts of a blog

Online softwareOnline software (blogger, word press, (blogger, word press, typepad, edublogs, etc.)typepad, edublogs, etc.)

A Blog NameA Blog Name Writing thoughts and ideasWriting thoughts and ideas – –

something asking to be written or something asking to be written or shared.shared.

Blog commentsBlog comments RSS feedsRSS feeds / feed reader / feed reader

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Why blog?Why blog?

Professional Development Professional Development (personally and professional)(personally and professional)

PromotingPromoting library services or library services or other thingsother things

GuidingGuiding student (and student (and teacher) learningteacher) learning

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Growth of blogsGrowth of blogs

"Technorati is now tracking over "Technorati is now tracking over 70 million weblogs, and we're 70 million weblogs, and we're seeing about seeing about 120,000 new 120,000 new weblogs being created weblogs being created worldwide each dayworldwide each day. That's . That's about about 1.4 blogs created every 1.4 blogs created every second of every daysecond of every day." ."

- Technorati CEO, David Sifry, April 2007- Technorati CEO, David Sifry, April 2007

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Blog GrowthBlog Growth

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Web 2.0Web 2.0 – the broader picture – the broader picture (Rodgers and Liddle, 2007)(Rodgers and Liddle, 2007)

  19th Century 20th Century 21st Century

Teaching style

Lecture Lecture P2P collaboration

CurriculumBooks, blackboard

TextbooksCommunity-generated content

LocationOne-room schoolhouse

Classrooms Anywhere

Interaction Q&A LabsSelf-directed exploration, teamwork

Objective Survival EmploymentLifelong learning skills

Tools Blackboard Labs Personal devices

Result“Book learning”

Memorized facts and information

Adaptation, growth

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Library 2.0Library 2.0(Read-write-share)(Read-write-share)

SharableSharable CollaborativeCollaborative Personal Personal Identity Identity

BuildingBuilding ConversationConversation Low or no costLow or no cost

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Blogs Blogs – – oneone Library 2.0 toolLibrary 2.0 tool

ConnectingConnecting people to people to information information

ConnectingConnecting people to people to other people other people

ConnectingConnecting people to people to best practicesbest practices

SharingSharing these stories these stories

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The real question is…The real question is…

To blog or not to blog, that is the To blog or not to blog, that is the question!question!

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Where to start?Where to start?Start, Select, Comment Start, Select, Comment

1. 1. Start Start an RSS Feed Readeran RSS Feed Reader 2. 2. SelectSelect a few blogs to a few blogs to

read read 3. 3. CommentComment on the blogs. on the blogs.

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Parts of a blogParts of a blog

Online softwareOnline software (blogger, word press, (blogger, word press, typepad, edublogs, etc.)typepad, edublogs, etc.)

A Blog NameA Blog Name Writing thoughts and ideasWriting thoughts and ideas – –

something asking to be written or something asking to be written or shared.shared.

Blog commentsBlog comments RSS feedsRSS feeds / feed reader / feed reader

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Library Blogs Library Blogs OrganizedOrganized

AdamAdam Alma – AASL blogAlma – AASL blog

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Library 1.0 - Library 2.0Library 1.0 - Library 2.0 Thoughts Thoughts (Adam in Hungary)(Adam in Hungary)

Csak a könyvtárban <-> A világban, az Csak a könyvtárban <-> A világban, az iskolában, stb.iskolában, stb.

A könyvtár által kezelt információ <-> A könyvtár által kezelt információ <-> Használó, diák, tanár stb. által kezelt Használó, diák, tanár stb. által kezelt információinformáció

Statikus könyvtári weblap <-> Dinamikus Statikus könyvtári weblap <-> Dinamikus felhasználói oldalfelhasználói oldal

Közzététel <-> KözreműködésKözzététel <-> Közreműködés

Egyirányú <-> Kétirányú (kommentben jött)Egyirányú <-> Kétirányú (kommentben jött)

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Library 1.0 - Library 2.0Library 1.0 - Library 2.0 Thoughts Thoughts (translated)(translated)

Library 1.0   Library 2.0

Only THE library Only THE library --> THE world, in the THE world, in the school , etc.school , etc.

THE library THE library handled handled

informationinformation-->

Students, teachers, Students, teachers, etc. handle etc. handle information information

Static Static --> DynamicDynamic

UnidirectionalUnidirectional --> Multi-directionalMulti-directional

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School Library Learning School Library Learning 2.02.0

-A place to start blogging-A place to start blogging http://schoollibrarylearning2.blhttp://schoollibrarylearning2.bl

ogspot.comogspot.com

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School Library Learning School Library Learning 2.02.0

-A place to start blogging-A place to start blogging

http://schoollibrarylearning2.blhttp://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.comogspot.com

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Almost Almost 200200 participantsparticipants

Summer 2007. CEU. Summer 2007. CEU. Reflections from participants:Reflections from participants: ““This was a This was a funfun learning experience learning experience

and and an an inspirationinspiration for me in sharing for me in sharing these tools with my coworkers.”these tools with my coworkers.”

““You haven't lived untilYou haven't lived until you're in you're in the Web 2.0 world.”the Web 2.0 world.”

““AwesomeAwesome. It gave this tech newbie a . It gave this tech newbie a lot of self-confidence.”lot of self-confidence.”

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You can do the You can do the same!same!

PersonallyPersonally Set it up for Set it up for your library your library

or school staffor school staff Use as part of a Use as part of a library or library or

technology coursetechnology course Structure Structure for other for other

professional developmentprofessional development

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TwitterTwitter

Mini-bloggingMini-blogging

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Michael Stephen’s BlogMichael Stephen’s Blog“Tame the Web” blog“Tame the Web” blog

““Learn to LearnLearn to LearnAdapt to ChangeAdapt to Change

Scan the Horizon”Scan the Horizon” Trends for Librarians of 2007

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Why blog?Why blog?

Professional Development Professional Development (personally and professionally)(personally and professionally)

PromotingPromoting library services library services GuidingGuiding student (and student (and

teacher) learningteacher) learning

***See handouts***

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Where to start?Where to start?Start, Select, Comment Start, Select, Comment

1. 1. Start Start an RSS an RSS Feed ReaderFeed Reader

2. 2. SelectSelect a few a few blogs to read blogs to read

3. 3. CommentComment on on the blogs. the blogs.

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Thanks for being here!Thanks for being here!

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