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School Libraries Head for the Edge: Rants, Recommendations, and Reflections de Douglas A. Johnson

School Libraries Head for the Edge: Rants, Recommendations, and Reflections

Autor Douglas A. Johnson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 oct 2009 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This compilation of media and technology guru Doug Johnson's Library Media Connection columns offers his unique perspective on the role of the library media specialist in today's world.School Libraries Head for the Edge: Rants, Recommendations, and Reflections collects Doug Johnson's wildly popular "Head for the Edge" column for Library Media Connection. In one convenient volume, it brings together the best of Johnson's writing-topical, timely, technical, and theoretical-on the world of school media and the most effective ways libraries can use technology to serve teachers and students.School Libraries Head for the Edge ranges across the breadth of its critically important subject, with chapters on libraries and education in transition, professional skills and development, building student research and technology skills, technology in the libraries and in education, and bringing an ethical, values-based sensibility to the use of media in school libraries. Throughout, Johnson tells it like it is, with cutting-edge coverage of the latest trends in library media and technology and incisive commentary on everything from the ramifications of Web 2.0 to what's new for tomorrow.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781586833923
ISBN-10: 1586833928
Pagini: 212
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Linworth
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Provides a collection of Doug Johnson's "Head for the Edge" columns for Library Media Connection, all in one place

Notă biografică

Doug Johnson, is the author of the popular "Head for the Edge" column that appears in each issue of Library Media Connection, is director of media and technology at I.S.D. Mankato Public Schools, MN. He is the author of Linworth's The Indispensable Librarian: Surviving (and Thriving) In School Media Centers.

Cuprins

Introduction: 800 WordsChapter 1: On Libraries and Education in TransitionMaking Change Work for YouThe Sound of the Other Shoe DroppingNew Resources, New Selection SkillsThe 21st-Century TeacherWhat Happened to the Good Old Days of Education?The "M" WordExposing Shameful Little SecretsSchools Are More than the Sum of Their ScoresThe Importance of BricksHow to Destroy Any School Library ProgramThe Other Shoe ReduxReflectionChapter 2: On Professional Skills and DispositionsPraise for Media Specialists Who.How We Spend Our DaysLibrarians Are from Venus; Technologists Are from MarsIntelligence Deficit SyndromeGetting the Job You DeserveJoin UsWeed!Librarianship as a Subversive ProfessionA Secret Weapon-NicenessNames Can Never Hurt MeHPLUKsA Trick QuestionPerceptionsConstructive CriticismReflectionChapter 3: On Reading, Research, and Technology SkillsEmbracing AmbiguityCopy, Paste, PlagiarizeThe Changing Face of School ResearchA Work in ProgressGetting What You Ask ForCreating Fat Kids Who Don't Like to ReadEveryday Problem SolvingOnce Upon a TimeFoiling the Language PoliceThe Other Side of PlagiarismOwning Our CurriculumCaution with CollaborationThe Decline of ReadingEvaluating Collectively Created InformationNickel and DimedWhat Gets Tested Gets TaughtBuilding Capacity for EmpathyReflectionChapter 4: On Technology in LibrariesThe Future of BooksThe Future of Books RevisitedOld Folks and TechnologyTechnology DinosaursLetter from the Flat World Library CorporationLibrarians 2.0My Next Library Catalog Needs.ReflectionChapter 5: On Technology in EducationWIIFM?A Cautionary ColumnExamining the Enchantment of TechnologyThe School of Hard KnocksFaith-Based ComputingDid You Hear the One About.?ReflectionChapter 6: On Managing GoodSix Ways to Beat the Study Hall SyndromeGiving and TakingAdvisory AdviceNo Principal Left BehindTop 10 Things Baby Teachers Should Know about School LibrariesA ValentineWhose Voices Are Most Powerful?Common Sense EconomyThe Power of ParentsStarting Off on the Right FootReflectionChapter 7: On Determining Our ValuesMischief and MayhemCreating High Temptation EnvironmentsFreedom and FiltersSo Tell Us a Little about YourselfThe Need for CommunityDon't Defend That BookA Father-Son ChatFrom Cop to Counselor on CopyrightReflectionAfterword: Why I Write for Publication (and You Should Too)Works Cited

Recenzii

With some fresh and innovative ideas, Doug Johnson comes to readers with no shortage of creative advice for readers. School Libraries Head for the Edge is a must for any school library who wants to be the best resource for their students they can.
Chapters end with quotes, questions, and self-evaluative reflection that readers will be inspired to mirror. For all practitioners.
As a library district supervisor in the 1900s, Doug Johnson encountered resistance from librarians who fought the notion that libraries were about something other than print. His response to that resistance led to a blog, and the blog led to a regular column in Technology Connection, a journal that later morphed into Library Media Connection. This volume brings together dozens of Johnson's best "rants" (his term) from his regular column 'Head for the Edge'. Some contributions are diatribes, some biographical, some philosophical. All are thought-provoking, offered in snippets that are easy to read in just a few minutes. One walks away from the book feeling as if you've met Johnson, who has earned your respect.
School Libraries Head for the Edge is full of observations that cause the reader to pause, reflect, reconsider.
This book is a quick and useful read. The short column length (around 800 words) makes it ideal for snatching a quick read between classes, and the complete table of contents makes it ideal for browsing by subject. Every column is concise, pithy, insightful, pragmatic, and laced with Johnson's wry humor. . . . Because Johnson works in the public school system, he targets their situations more often, but practitioners at all types of schools will find plenty of applicable information as well.
Entertaining? Yes. Thought provoking? Always. . . . You don't have to agree with Johnson's ideas, but his purpose is to make you defend what you do stand for.
Since 1995 Johnson has been writing the 'Head for the Edge' column for Library Media Connection. . . . The columns, even those now 15 years old, still challenge us to think about what we do, how we do it, and why we do it, reflecting Johnson's own educational philosophy. This collection will make media specialists look forward to their next issue of Library Media Connection.
This book is a must-read for our profession . . . highly recommended.