WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES: BLOGS,

WIKIS AND E-BOOKS – WHERE ARE

WE GOING NEXT?

Presenters: Jane Viner, Director of MLC Libraries Amanda Lucas, Assistant Director of MLC Libraries Authors: Jane Viner, Amanda Lucas, Tracey Ricchini, Regina Ri Editors: Jane Viner, Amanda Lucas, Vilma Ede

SLAQ / IASL 2010 Conference

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Brisbane, Qld, Australia

27 September - 1 October 2010

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When did the Web 2.0 journey begin?

Timeline summary

Technologies

2008 Initial PD, Blogs PD,

Blogs developed

2009 Wikis PD, Wikis

developed

2010 Wikis - expansion

2011 Web 3.0

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Why did we begin this Web 2.0

technological journey?

• Engage students with current technologies

• Improve delivery of library information programs

& services - interactivity

• Improve communication between staff and

students

• Empower team members with knowledge and

skill with Web 2.0 technologies

• Integrate Web 2.0 technologies into work

practices

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Who has been involved in the Web 2.0

journey?

• MLC Libraries team: Director, Teacher Librarians,

Librarian, AV & Library technicians

• Director of Learning & Curriculum

• Learning Technology Consultants

• Director of Technology & Curriculum Services

• Director of Computing & Multi-Media

• Computer & Communications Centre staff

• Director of Professional Development

• Students

• Classroom teachers

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What blogs have we developed?

• Blogs developed by MLC Libraries staff 2008-2010

Blog Audience Purpose

MLC Libraries Staff Library staff As a tool for comment and

communication amongst the 20

members of the MLC Libraries

team. Archive of minutes

TAB (Talk about Books) Staff To facilitate conversations about

books outside our meeting times.

Event notification

MLC Literature Club Students Year

7-12

To encourage conversations

about books and reading

Networkers

Year 7

Networkers

students

Linked to the delivery of the

Networkers course

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MLC Lit Club

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What wikis have we developed?

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Wiki Audience Purpose

Communities and

Citizenship Project

2008

Year 9 students To support the term-long CCP

program delivered by the teacher

librarians

IB Diploma Extended

Essays 2009

IB students, IB

teachers, Extended

Essay supervisors and

teacher librarians

To support students as they embark

on the research for this major task

LitNotes 2009 Teacher librarians To keep up to date with current

information related to books and

reading and literary events

MLC Library

Resources 2009

Initially library staff,

now expanded to

include all College staff

To supplement library website

What wikis have we developed cont.?

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Wiki

Audience Purpose

Library Meetings 2010 Library staff To gather all library meeting

agendas and minutes, reports, and

newsletters in one place for a large

team

Networkers

Semester 1 2010

Year 7 Networkers

students

Delivery of course content and

student collaboration

PLP Goal 3 : Sharing

classrooms 2010

Teacher librarians Professional Learning Plan –

teacher librarian reflections and

classroom observations

Craft 2010 Year 7 – 10 students Designed to support the lunchtime

library craft group, and to be able to

contribute photographs, patterns

and ideas for craft projects

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Wiki development

• Purpose and content

• Audience

• Student

• Staff

• Combination

• Focus

• Curriculum

• Co-curricula

• Other

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Curriculum Wikis

Communities and Citizenship Project

• Year 9 students, 10 week course, core

Networkers

• Year 7 students, 10 week course, elective

IB Diploma Extended Essay

• Year 11 IB students undertaking EE

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IB EE wiki

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Co-curricular Wikis

• JS Book Bugs

• Lit Club wiki for Junior School (Year 5 & 6 students)

• Craft

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Library staff wikis

• Library meetings

• Meeting dates, agendas & minutes

• PD reports

• Teacher librarian lesson plans & research guides

• LitNotes

• Literature promotion

• Events & programs, e.g. Book Week

• Useful websites

• PD opportunities

• Reviews, etc.

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MLC Libraries Resources Wiki

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Subject wikis

• Collaboration between

subject teachers & teacher

librarians

• Teacher librarian contribution to subject wikis

• inclusion of links to resources on a class subject wiki. e.g. Year 8 History - Age of Discovery wiki

• suggested print resources & websites

• direct links to the library catalogue & selected online databases

• Quick navigation

• Increase in database usage

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Workshop – Think, Pair, Share

Planning handout for creation of blog or wiki

• What would work in your learning environment?

• Blog or wiki or both?

• What is the purpose? Content?

• Who is your audience?

• How will you promote this to your audience?

• Think, Pair, Share

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eBooks

• Amazon Kindle eBook reader • 2 Kindles - circulated amongst library staff

• Good for personal use

• Evaluating potential for our learning environment

• eBooks • Non-fiction eBook titles in library collection

• eBooks catalogued as individual items

• Collective entry in the library online resources collection

• Any time, any place

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Cataloguing eBooks

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eBooks

Catalogue entry OPAC

Where are we going in the future?

• Student and staff professional development

• Enhancement of student learning

• Impact of technology (Horizon report 2010)

• Future directions in technology - Web 3.0…

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• When developing a blog or wiki, establishing the purpose

and audience is essential

• Staff have been both excited, inspired and challenged by

Web 2.0 technologies

• A constantly evolving technological environment provides

both empowerment and challenges for staff

Key learnings about blogs & wikis

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Brochure • List of technologies

• www.animoto.com

• www.blogger.com

• www.delicious.com

• www.flickr.com

• www.globalteacher.com.au

• www.google.com.au/ig

• www.librarything.com

• www.pbworks.com

• http://www.ning.com

• www.rollyo.com

• www.secondlife.com

• http://www.shelfari.com

• http://twitter.com

• www.voicethread.com

• http://www.voki.com

• http://www.wallwisher.com

• http://www.wikidot.com

• www.wikispaces.com

• http://www.wordle.net

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Thank you!

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What type of Web 2.0 technologies have

been part of the journey?

SLAV Web 2.0 ‘23 things’ PD • Week 1: About Learning 2.0 and Starting a blog

• Week 2 Flickr and photo sharing

• Week 3: Play week – Image generator and Library Thing

• Week 4: RSS feeds

• Week 5: Get social – MySpace and Facebook

• Week 6: Google Tools

• Week 7: iGoogle home page

• Week 8: Social bookmarking and Library 2.0 – del.icio.us and Library 2.0

movement

• Week 9: Wikis and Rollyo

• Week 10: Podcasts and Videos

• Week 11: Second Life;

• Week 12: e-Books and audio books

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