Information Literacy in the Virtual World

From another of Lucy's Tweets -

http://www.netvibes.com/sheilawebber#Using_virtual_worlds

Here is the page creator's welcome:

"Welcome to this page produced for the "Information Literacy with Web 2.0 " virtual event (June/July 2009). I am Sheila Webber, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Studies, University of sheffield, UK. In Second Life I am Sheila Yoshikawa, and own our SL island, Infolit iSchool. This page has two short PowerPoints put together for the event, and links/embeddings of other resources. The focus is on virtual worlds, specifically Second Life. In part 1 I give an introduction to uses of virtual worlds, including my own experience, and in Part 2 (in the right hand column towards the end of the page) I focus on Information Literacy & Second Life.
**Please read the web "post-it notes"** in particular the PINK ones which are the "headers" for the items. I hope you find it interesting ;-)"


retrieved 04/22/2012 from "Social Networking and Web 2.0" http://www.netvibes.com/sheilawebber#Home

"Reading in a Whole New Way"

This article came from looking at at Lucy's Twitter feed (the link to the Smithonian's 40th anniversary)  It is very applicable to this week's topic about the benefits of "gaming".

 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/40th-anniversary/Reading-in-a-Whole-New-Way.html?c=y&page=1

The Gamification of Education

The ed tech company Knewton has created an excellent infographic illustrating The Gamification of Education. This graphic displays the potential and progression of using game design elements in educational contexts. via Stephen’s Lighthouse

http://www.knewton.com/gamification-education/

Retrieved from: http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/the-gamification-of-education-infographic/ 04/18/12

Speaking of Piracy....

The Web 2.0 Internet – are we all guilty of plagiarism?

Not sure where this link came from ... was it from one of my nightly adventures into social media land, or maybe a reference from a classmate? If so, I apologize for re-posting without credit!

Thoughts on Privacy & Piracy

THOUGHTS ON PIRACY -- Even without popcorn, the talk by Elizabeth Stark was quite enjoyable. She was able to make a somewhat, dare I say? ... boring topic, interesting.  It remains a confusing subject though, at least for me, and the digital realm has only made it more complex. Elizabeth’s comment that "the norms are out of touch with the law" is a reflection that “the law” is having a difficult time keeping up with the changes taking place because of technology.  I took 7 pages of notes and really can’t get my head around the concept of copyright in the digital arena.  After experiencing the speed with which one jumps from place to place on these social media  sites…the number of places one can go in a matter of minutes…I am not sure how copyright can easily be attributed or claimed unless one is talking about a “significant” piece of work. The concepts of Fair Use and Creative Commons give latitude, but who monitors this? The court case around the Obama poster is … I can’t even find a word to describe it. I work in human resources and every day live on the edge of legal interpretation. Couldn’t help but draw some analogies while watching this video.

THOUGHTS ON PRIVACY – Another confusing topic . By the time I got to page 4 of this article I was writing notes in the column “This is a vicious circle!” Fernandez has a valid point about the need for librarians to be concerned about the patrons’ personal information being accessible to social media sites through the SM sites of the library. When he originally mentioned that some libraries give access to their catalog through Facebook, I thought it sounded like a good idea. Not so much by the time I finished the article. Found this applicable post on the LibraryLaw Blog: http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/privacy/

All these shades of gray….

 

Is there an SMS-anonymous ???

As if I wasn't already spending way too much time absorbed in social media ... now comes the assignment from heaven to look at other sites beyond the ones we have focused on each week. Ok, Ok, this assignment helps me to justify turning on the laptop at 6:00am to squeeze in a few minutes of SMS before getting ready for work, reviewing mobile updates during breaks and lunch, sitting with my laptop going from one site to another from 7pm to midnight until I can't keep my eyes open...

PINTEREST
Among the social media I investigated this week was Pinterest. There seemed to be a lot of enthusiasm about this site from many of my classmates over the past few weeks. I tried several times (unsuccessfully) to get onto this site after being invited in, but finally this week after really working at it, I was able to complete my login. Haven't completely figured the site out yet, but I've pinned a couple photos on my site. Surprisingly, I  now have a whole page of beautiful flowers!! Not sure how that happened or if I want to pin anything else - they are beautiful. Perhaps Pinterest could be used in the libraries for book discussions?

I came across this interesting website "Social Media Today" and there are some good comments about Pinterest.
http://socialmediatoday.com/all/24784?ref=linkbar

FLICKR
Created a Flickr account this past week and uploaded a couple of my own pictures (more flowers!), tried to link Flickr to this blog. I think that last step was successful - going to try and bring a photo into my blog... I think it is somewhere here - Flickr said to go and look at my blog. Guess I'll  find out if it worked once I publish this post. Can the pictures on Flickr be uploaded to anyone's website, FB or blog? If so, this site provides a great resource for images for the libraries SMS's.

YOU TUBE
Kudo's to everyone in class who created a You Tube video for your book review! You all did such a good job. I don't have the courage to put myself out there like that.  You Tube is amazing, however I generally just watch videos that are embedded into something else I am looking at. Going into the You Tube site is a bit overwhelming for me. It is like being a kid in a candy store, so to speak...not sure what to look at first! I came across the SchoolTube.com site during my travels. This seems like a safe idea to me and one that might be more appropriate for use in the libraries. What about a Librarytube?
http://www.schooltube.com/video/ac50748d07755603ba34/


OTHER SITES
I've tried a few other sites, mostly without success at this point.  Among them GoAnimate, StumbleUpon, LibraryThing, LinkedIn, Prototype, ReadItLater, Evernote. Plan to revisit these and to continue improving my social media skills! It will be beneficial for librarians to become familiar with these various sites and to be a leader in promoting their use.  

Wildflowers

Wildflowers, a photo by wbmpics on Flickr.

linking from Flickr to my blog