What is the fuss about?

Joyce Valenza tells it as " You know you are a 21st century Teacher Librarian if..." on her Information Fluency Wiki

NECC 2007 conference 

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WLMA webmaster made a WLMA page about Web 2.0 a year ago. It is static, made with one person's input and immediately outdated.

Major players realize this is important and are funding experiments and projects

• EDUCAUSE ( higher education)  EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
• MacArthur Digital Media Initiative gives over $ 50 million, including $2 million competition announced Aug. 2007

New Standards and Research - all links on Joyce's wiki above

• ISTE NETS Refreshed standards
• AASL Learning Standards
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills - A collaborative approach from several groups

Your students are doing it and this is their future

• Who Participates and What People are Doing Online - chart from article from BusinessWeek

It's FUN!

• You or someone in your family is sharing photos or albums or travels through these sites
• I get to see what my adult age children are doing by their albums and spaces
• Explanations for these tools can be educational and fun - RSS in Plain English from Common Craft