School Library Learning 2.0 -- online Continuring Education Credit Course

	School Library Learning 2.0 Classroom Learning 2.0 “23 Things” ...An online professional learning opportunity for educators Play for free to learn on your own  or pay for units at: http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net

Join School Library Learning 2.0:  
"23 Things"

• Experience the latest Web 2.0 tools that can be used in your library and throughout your school or classroom…a self paced program.
• Develop your own blog or wiki and find out about what the blogosphere is all about for education
• Have you wanted to find out all about this Web 2.0 stuff?  Now is your chance!
• 23 fun, new “Things” that will help you to better use online tools for education. 

Do it for your own enjoyment and personal growth or you can earn two units of continuing education credit.

How to Start/Register: 

When? Start now on your own… then apply for units beginning Dec 1, 2010.  Info: http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net/2007/02/about.html

Continuing Education/Professional Development Credit:

Fresno Pacific University

Course # is IND 1150.  Cost is $220 for two (2) units.  

Registration can occur any time and is completed online.  Transcripts can be issued within a month of the completion of the course.  http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net/2007/02/about.html

To Sign Up for Credits

Please send an email to Robdarrow@cusd.com with “School Library Learning” in the subject line to activate Fresno Pacific credits for this program.  (Rob will be your primary “online instructor” to verify work completed and help you to register for the units.)

For more info, contact Rob Darrow (robdarrow@cusd.com)

Learning 2.0 -- New Class of Teacher Librarians

This weekend, the California School Library Association started getting registrations for School Library Learning 2.0 from CSLA members who are enrolled in a Teacher Librarian certification course. CSLA greatly appreciates this special professor and her students!

CSLA members who take the course are cheered along by members of the CSLA 2.0 Team. In this case, students are directed to follow one another and comment/cheer/encourage their classmates. It is an ideal way to learn and "build community".

Widget for Sharing -- "Share This"

Tom Kahn shared a cool tool -- a widget called "Share This" so I experimented with it on a number of my blogs. It allows me (and readers) to share a post with other social networking accounts. I shared an item from my Advocate4Libraries blog with my Facebook account, but could also share (re-post) with my Twitter and other accounts.

How would you use this? Here is an example: Members of the California School Library Association could post a message on their personal or library blog account about the California School Library Association's popular, free, online educational technology tutorials for teachers called "Classroom Learning 2.0" and "Discovering Assistive Technology". For those who have completed or almost completed School Library Learning 2.0, they could add a testimonial about how much they learned and enjoyed the discovery learning format. You get the idea! The more who hear about the CSLA professional development and program tutorials, the more visibility for school libraries. Remember, strong school libraries build strong students and lifelong learners!

CARL's "Impossibly Wonderful Things"

The Northern Regional meeting of the California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) attracted a roomful of academic librarians to Sonoma State University on Friday, February 27, 2009. CARL members were welcomed by Sonoma State University Librarian Barbara Butler and CARL VP North Ned Fielden. Special presenter was CARL President Tracey Mayfield, who showcased the newly designed CARL website. Check it out! We also learned that the 2010 CARL Conference will be in Sacramento. Details to follow. In the near term, there is a New Basic Skills Curriculum workshop on April 24, 2009 -- a good time to advocate for Information Literacy.

CARL Interest Groups met and networked over lunch break. The North IT Special Interest Group attracted a number of new and potentially new members. Co-chairs Sheila Cunningham and Ann Hubble gave an overview of the SIG's annual summer workshops, website, listserv, and blog. Pam Howard of San Francisco State University Library encouraged us to look at Library H3LP, an integrated IM/web-chat program especially designed for libraries. We also considered addressing new or ways to present library stats and measurements.

In the afternoon, several members were invited to give 5-minute presentations on "Wonderful Things" -- useful new tools and practices for the profession from around the region. Here are some of them:

• Jeff Rosen of San Francisco State sped us through an overview of MobiLib Home, ways libraries are making the library accessible via wireless devices such as cell and smart phones. Some examples of mobile access include University of Richmond, Scottsdale Public Library, Ball State Library, American University Library, Harvard University Library, and Washington Public Library. Of the above libraries, only Ball State Library had a "mobile access" option on their website. Jeff provided an impressive list of mobile applications: catalog search, computers (reservations?), library hours, ask-a-librarian, reserve a room, video services, LibraryThing, and more -- remember, all this in 5-minutes!
• Snoopy Library Catalog - Paula Hammett of Sonoma State University Library showed how students could use the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) phone link for text messages.
• Worldcat. Caroline Harnly of San Francisco State University Library did some special WorldCat tricks for Collection Development
• Captivate by Adobe. Aline Soules of CSU East Bay gave an impressive overview of how she has personally invested in Captivate software for creating 10-12 minute modules for students. It is 508 compliant. Preparing for closed captioning takes a bit of practice, but works well.
• Merlot.org - multimedia
• 2CoolThings blog by Jackie Siminitus. It captures CARL and a wide range of cool IT tools, events, and issues. It was started two years ago, thanks to an invitation by CARL North IT blogmaster Christine Holmes of San Jose State University Library to participate in SJLearning2.0. Recent posts include Second Life events and mobile access examples in libraries (see tags on sidebar).
  

Welcome Song for "23 Things" - web 2.0 tutorial

SF Chronicle Librarian Richard Geiger alerted me to a "23 things" tune that is on the Special Library Association site. It takes a while to download. But it is fun. Sung to the tune of "26 Miles" by the Four Preps. Richard and Tim DeWolf produced a "hit" tune for all the librarians who have or have plans to learn web 2.0 tools.