School Libraries Head for the Edge

Rants, Recommendations, and Reflections

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

This compilation of media and technology guru Doug Johnson’s Library Media Connection columns offers his unique perspective on the role of the library media specialist in today’s world.School Libraries Head for the Edge: Rants, Recommendations, and Reflections collects Doug Johnson’s wildly popular “Head for the Edge” column for Library Media Connection. In one convenient volume, it brings together the best of Johnson’s writing—topical, timely, technical, and theoretical—on the world of school media and the most effective ways libraries can use technology to serve teachers and students.School Libraries Head for the Edge ranges across the breadth of its critically important subject, with chapters on libraries and education in transition, professional skills and development, building student research and technology skills, technology in the libraries and in education, and bringing an ethical, values-based sensibility to the use of media in school libraries. Throughout, Johnson tells it like it is, with cutting-edge coverage of the latest trends in library media and technology and incisive commentary on everything from the ramifications of Web 2.0 to what’s new for tomorrow.Provides a collection of Doug Johnson’s “Head for the Edge” columns for Library Media Connection, all in one placePresents nine edgy illustrations from Doug Johnson’s son, Brady—one for each chapterOffers bibliographic listings of print and online resources where appropriateIncludes an afterword by the author

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-10-01
Mått:153 x 224 x 16 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:196
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781586833923

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Mer om författaren

Doug Johnson, is the author of the popular “Head for the Edge” column that appears in each issue of Library Media Connection, is director of media and technology at I.S.D. Mankato Public Schools, MN. He is the author of Linworth's The Indispensable Librarian: Surviving (and Thriving) In School Media Centers.

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"With some fresh and innovative ideas, Doug Johnson comes to readers with no shortage of creative advice for readers. School Libraries Head for the Edge is a must for any school library who wants to be the best resource for their students they can." - Midwest Book Review

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: 800 WordsChapter 1: On Libraries and Education in TransitionMaking Change Work for YouThe Sound of the Other Shoe DroppingNew Resources, New Selection SkillsThe 21st-Century TeacherWhat Happened to the Good Old Days of Education?The "M" WordExposing Shameful Little SecretsSchools Are More than the Sum of Their ScoresThe Importance of BricksHow to Destroy Any School Library ProgramThe Other Shoe ReduxReflectionChapter 2: On Professional Skills and DispositionsPraise for Media Specialists Who…How We Spend Our DaysLibrarians Are from Venus; Technologists Are from MarsIntelligence Deficit SyndromeGetting the Job You DeserveJoin UsWeed!Librarianship as a Subversive ProfessionA Secret Weapon—NicenessNames Can Never Hurt MeHPLUKsA Trick QuestionPerceptionsConstructive CriticismReflectionChapter 3: On Reading, Research, and Technology SkillsEmbracing AmbiguityCopy, Paste, PlagiarizeThe Changing Face of School ResearchA Work in ProgressGetting What You Ask ForCreating Fat Kids Who Don't Like to ReadEveryday Problem SolvingOnce Upon a TimeFoiling the Language PoliceThe Other Side of PlagiarismOwning Our CurriculumCaution with CollaborationThe Decline of ReadingEvaluating Collectively Created InformationNickel and DimedWhat Gets Tested Gets TaughtBuilding Capacity for EmpathyReflectionChapter 4: On Technology in LibrariesThe Future of BooksThe Future of Books RevisitedOld Folks and TechnologyTechnology DinosaursLetter from the Flat World Library CorporationLibrarians 2.0My Next Library Catalog Needs…ReflectionChapter 5: On Technology in EducationWIIFM?A Cautionary ColumnExamining the Enchantment of TechnologyThe School of Hard KnocksFaith-Based ComputingDid You Hear the One About…?ReflectionChapter 6: On Managing GoodSix Ways to Beat the Study Hall SyndromeGiving and TakingAdvisory AdviceNo Principal Left BehindTop 10 Things Baby Teachers Should Know about School LibrariesA ValentineWhose Voices Are Most Powerful?Common Sense EconomyThe Power of ParentsStarting Off on the Right FootReflectionChapter 7: On Determining Our ValuesMischief and MayhemCreating High Temptation EnvironmentsFreedom and FiltersSo Tell Us a Little about YourselfThe Need for CommunityDon't Defend That BookA Father-Son ChatFrom Cop to Counselor on CopyrightReflectionAfterword: Why I Write for Publication (and You Should Too)Works Cited