School Libraries

Slide 1: School Libraries Young Adults Web 2.0 and Beyond Lori Franklin LMS Olathe East High School ESU SLIM Ph.D. Student

Slide 2: Social Capital Theory  Tells us the importance of building relationships with one another through formal and informal networks  Teens use social capital skills to learn how to form interactions that lead to relationship-building in the workforce, and with future friends and neighbors. Bourdieu, de Tocqueville, Coleman, Putnam, Fukuyama, Granovetter

Slide 3: Networks  Formed through social networking outlets  Cell phones/Texting  Facebook, MySpace  Blogging  File Sharing iPod/MP3  Second Life  YouTube

Slide 4: Needs  Trust is the foundation for Social Capital  Places to meet  Time to share  Opportunities for talk  Validation of needs  Voice in decision making

Slide 5: The “Light” for Teens Today  Our generation – classroom  Now – immersed in the “Light” before they begin school  Middle and high school students say they are bored 50-70 % of the time  Learning less in school  Learning more after school Prensky, M. (March 2008). Turning on the lights. Educational Leadership, 65(6), 40-45.

Slide 6: After School Learning Blogging and social networking Pew Internet Poll – more than 55% Photo/music/file sharing Cell phones Gaming Not boring because they design it No exams Competence

Slide 7: What Does This Look Like?  Shift in traditional thinking  Determine how Web 2.0 tools mesh with the current school library situation  Get rid of “Don’t…”  Rethink, remodel “Do…”  Embrace change

Slide 8: Library Media Advisory Council  Gives teens a voice in decision-making  Provides them with opportunities for using Web 2.0 tools to promote library programming  Helps create a roadmap for future direction

Slide 9: Give Them a Place Lunch in the Library Rethink hours of operation Design of web site Podcasting Blogging

Slide 10: Show Them You Value Them Library Advisory Committee Service Projects Blog – Library Log Podcasting Availability Celebrations

Slide 11: Give Them a Place  Rethink library pass rules  Film video announcements  Assessments  Lunch  Events  Clubs