Saturday, June 13, 2015

Sharing those special moments.... online!

We cannot deny that sharing pictures, images and videos has become a very normal activity for most of us in our daily lives.

                                              We live in a very audiovisual society.



But do you know that now we have specific terms for what kind of sharing activity you do in the internet?

According to the publication  Photo and Video Sharing Grow Online 
 Dugan, M. (2013, October 28). Photo and Video Sharing Grow Online. Retrieved June 13, 2015, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/10/28/photo-and-video-sharing-grow-online/  

You are a CREATOR (that's an easy one!) if you produce original pictures and videos... but you are a CURATOR if you look for images and videos in sites and share them with other users.
Funny! for me, the term CURATOR is more like "person who works creates, designs, keeps, and gives maintenance to a collection (could be a museum and/or library). 
And this activities has been increasing in the latter years, due the ownership of personal devices, such as cellphones and smartphones.
The two most popular applications for this task are Snapchat and Instagram, that are very popular with teenagers and young adults (28-29 years old), do not forget Facebook and Youtube.

 PewResearchCenter conducted a survey that usually young adults (18-29 years old) specially women are more likely to create,  post and share pictures and videos than men as creators.
In the area of curators, the results are basically the same, young adults, women in majority like to search, share and/or re-post pictures and videos online.

How often you use the Instagram application was not surprise (in young adults) that the use was several times a day (24%), also with the options to answer about once a day, 3-5 times per week, 1-2 days per week and once every few weeks. 

As we can see, the sharing of those special moments in your life now is something that can be done  on the moment and with a duration that you want (in the case of Snapchat), to the people that you love, and in sometimes, with complete strangers. 

And some people are taking the chance to do it........




 Dugan, M. (2013, October 28). Photo and Video Sharing Grow Online. Retrieved June 13, 2015, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/10/28/photo-and-video-sharing-grow-online/ 

16 pages. 


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Internet IQ


Searching of an article in pewinternet.org, I look on one of the tabs "interactive"...mmmhhh... Dr. Gross said that we should  look around in this website... so I decided to check my internet IQ.
I crossed my fingers and gave it a try... hopefully I won't be that bad.

This is my result.....




Not bad for somebody who is not very technology oriented.


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Saturday, June 6, 2015

A little birdie told me.....



 

Tweeting has become one of the greatest way to communicate with friends and followers.
Leaders in Library and Technology use this media to share their ideas, discoveries and opinions, and once in a while share their personal stories and fun stuff.
This is the first time I do this kind of post, and it has been a fun experience!




Here are my favorite tweets,



If there is knowledge, there is a library.
The concept of libraries as recipients of printed materials is evolving, now is also electronic and computers.



Confederacy of Dunces, plus my Summer list for Dr. L.





And  also is a wonderful help for struggle readers! But also  re-reading a book is like re encountering
an old friend!




So true, how many times young ones make that kind of mistake thinking that "nothing is going to happen"...


I love how the kids in this video are so involved in selecting, signing and enjoying the "Book of the Year".



I love this post because of the illustration!!! So yummy!!!



I love the reccomendation from Mr. Hankins to his students!! There is nothing better to read for pleasure!!!



Librarians are the best allies for teachers and students in achieving their goals in education!!!




I look at the blog and it's wonderful!! Lots of technology ideas to integrate in the library but also in the classroom !!!


Just look at the picture.... do I need to say more????



I love this article and the suggested books to help the kids to understand that you can learn from mistakes.

Science and technology are not against literature, indeed, great books can help to improve the learning in this subjects.



So true!!!





I love this post!!!!


This tweet is very interesant!! several librarians and technology teachers discuss of the role of the school librarian and the ambiguity of this position... teacher? tech specialist? or just a person who passes books?


The Daring Librarian is sharing some wonderful pictures of students in the creative stations in the Media Center, a concept they have been working some years ago. She give suggestions and even offers a starter kit.




Love this tweet!!! Meditation and yoga had proof to be greatly beneficial for students in coping with stress in school ( specially during testing times).

This one caught my attention, because it  shows how even we don't interact face to face most of the time with our university instructors  in the online programs, they make a wonderful job helping us in group and individually.




























































































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Hear me roar!!!


I just created a Facebook page for my School Library!!!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Garden-Park-Elementary-School-Library/1600949633506369?fref=ts

or type Garden Park School Library.

Like it!
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Like us in FB

  

When you think about social media,  one of the last things you look for  is to see your School Library.

After checking how is everybody doing and give some likes and comments, I started looking for School Libraries (OK, OK! I have to confess that is my assignment)

School Libraries now are using more social media (FB, Twitter, and blogspot) to be connected with their young (and not so young) patrons.
Well, times are changing and is not only that you go to school... now the school comes to you.
Our children and young adults  are more technology oriented, so, being in  the social networks is a way  that the library can be connected with the students and the parents.
But I noticed that there are more Junior and High Schools than Elementary schools, and I think is because teenagers and young adults are more active in the social media than the students of grammar schools.
Some libraries are more active than others, and most of them have almost no post since the school year is over in most of the school.


The advantages that I saw any person that has a social media account can access to the pages, post and information, at any time of their convenience. People can read and see what's going on in their libraries, the activities that students and teachers are doing. Some have suggestions for new books and printed materials, you can even see funny pictures and videos about library issues.

The disadvantage that I see is that you have to be careful with the nature and quality of the postings, some library were more focus in the school activities (field trips, carnivals, games) than the library and literacy activities, which I consider is the main purpose of the Library Page.

ps. I was curious and decided to look for Biblioteca Escolar (School Library in Spanish) and I was delighted to see libraries from Mexico, Colombia, Spain and even Brazil!!!

I can only say that the WWW is amazing!!!













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My first post!!!

Hello!!!  welcome to my blog!!
I can tell I am excited and afraid at the same time.... you see, I am not a very technology oriented person... but I am studying a Master's in Library Science and technology is one of my assignments...
so...here we go.

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