School Library 2.0 - links and activities
This wiki has been created by Anne Morgan and Esther Casey from the Auckland centre of the National Library of New Zealand. Its purpose is to informally provide links to resources referred to in our courses.
Examples of School Libraries 2.0
Blogs
East High Fictitious school library blog intended to showcase ideas for school library blogs
Voices from the Inglenook Includes student video book reviews featuring the Library Cat - guards student anonymity
Queenstown Primary School Invites comments from staff students and parents
Fendalton School Library Relevant and timely links - shows importance of updating content regularly
Golden Bay High School Eye catching layout, includes good links and homework help
Huntingtown High School Example of a mother blog with links to class wikis
Wellington College Library School library blog, check out the del.icio.us links making use of tags through genres and linking to reviews
Scotch College - The Portal Australian college library blog, allows posts & comments from students, includes user guidelines plus info on how to safely post and comment
Mepham High School Library American high school library blog, library tour video using animoto, label is 'library orientation', title 'This year is sure to rock'
Botany Downs Secondary College Barbara was on the course with us and has since created this blog. Well done Barbara, there are lots of things here that your students will find really useful going into the new term. It will be great to see it develop.
Wikis
Penrith Public School Library's Wiki Example of student participation
St. Mark's Library Lion Links Effective layout that links library to teaching
Plymouth Regional High School Library Wiki Good learning support for students - click the ipod link
Decatur High School Used for pathfinders and learning support - links to library blog
Start page
Dublin City Public Libraries Not a school library but an indication of what you could do with a start page. Lots of links to other applications such as Flickr and Del.icio.us.
Social Networking
Several New Zealand public libraries are using bebo to promote their services to teens. Here are a couple of examples.
Auckland City Libraries
Rotorua Public Library
Resources referred to during presentation
School Library Journal -Which wiki is right for you? http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6438167.html
Sunday Star Times - The Downside of Facebook
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4349198a11275.html
UK Information Comissioner's Office - Practical tips for keeping your online presence "safe"
Netsafe - The Internet Safety Group
Watchdog - The Ministry of Education funded service to manage schools' internet filtering and firewalls.
Diigo bookmarked link to articles about trustworthiness of wikipedia http://www.diigo.com/user/natlib/wikipedia
School Library Mashup - Sharon Doyle
School Librarian 2.0 - Michael Stephens
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