Urgent Evoke – A crash course in changing the world is a project of the amazing Jane McGonigal and the World Bank Institute. A game to engage young people in understanding and helping solve complex problems in Africa. I’m intrigued. It kicks off March 3rd. Check out the introductory video. Show it to a teen in your life and find out what happens!
Category: collaboration
Thanks to Twitter Friends for Librarian Network Links
Yesterday I put a query out to my Twitter network to identify active, vibrant networks of librarians. Thanks to the following fab friends, I was able to pull together a list which I’ve copied below.
Thanks to @MoreCoffeePls, @eekim, @Carl_wkg, @ekreeger, @band, @alinwagnerlahmy, @goamick, @clairebrooks, @heatherdavis, @flexnib, @haikugirloz,
Networks that “Librarian 2.0” types might plug into
- http://friendfeed.com/lsw Library Society of the World on Friendfeed
- EResearch on Friendfeed http://friendfeed.com/eresearch
- For Law Librarians Martindale-Hubbell® Connected http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/Librarian-Relations-Group/Meet-the-LRCs/Michael-Saint++Onge/Information-Professionals-Group-Debuts-at-Martindale-Hubbell-Connected/
- Twitter (you can find librarians to follow here and here or follow a librarian tag such as #ARKLL10
- IFLA for starters: http://www.ifla.org/ and then this conference http://is.gd/9bmE5
- http://litablog.org/
If you have any more, please leave them in the comments! THANKS!
Collaborative Creation: This Is Me – Librarian Draft
Are you interested in Digital Identity? Do you know about the This Is Me project? It is an ongoing project out of Odin Labs at Reading University in the UK that offers activities and worksheets for people to understand the role and implications of digital identity and explore their own digital identity.
In the past I created a version for people working in international non governmental organizations (NGOs) and now I’m working on one for librarians. The problem is, I’m not a librarian. I could really use some help. Can you take a look and offer edits, feedback, contexts and help improve it ? You can find the collaborative draf here:
This Is Me – Librarian Draft – Google Docs.
If you’d like editing privileges, just let me know.
THANKS!
Monday Video: Students Helping Students
Kindness! Another gem from Michael Wesch’s students, with his amazing touch of a true teacher. After you look at the video, go to the blog post and read about how it happened. Students Helping Students video.
Why Networks Matter (emergency or not)
Watch this video from John Engle, someone I know peripherally from the Open Space facilitators network, about the work he is doing in Haiti, post earthquake. John’s organization, Haiti Partners, is not a relief organization. They work long term on education. Hear how they are reframing their work, tapping their networks and learning what to do in a difficult, emergent situation. Learning. Connecting. Shifting. Adapting.
If you need a place to donate, consider organizations like Haiti Partners – not just today, but in the coming months and years. Invest in a child’s education.
2 Weeks After Earthquake « HaitiPartners.org.
Watch the other videos from the past two weeks. Let’s learn together.