14 Ways to Acquire Knowledge: A Timeless Guide from 1936 Consider the knowledge you already have — the things you really know you can do. They are the things you have done over and over; practiced them so often that they became second nature. Every normal person knows how to walk and talk. But he could never have acquired this knowledge without practice. For the young child can’t do the things that are easy to older people without first doing them over and over and over. Most of us quit on the first or second attempt. Any normal child, at about the age of three or four, reaches the asking period, the time when that quickly developing brain is most eager for knowledge. Those first bitter refusals to our honest questions of childhood all too often squelch our “Asking faculty.” Every person possessing knowledge is more than willing to communicate what he knows to any serious, sincere person who asks. Ask! You never learn much until you really want to learn. If you don’t desire to learn you’re either a num-skull [sic] or a “know-it-all.” Write!
What Is The New Role Of A School Library In The Digital Age? Paper books are still very ubiquitous and a very important learning tool. The same is true for paper magazines. Yet digital books and digital magazines are getting ever so popular and are here to stay. What will the function of a school library and a school librarian be in this ongoing digitalization of learning resources? One could argue that the old function of a library to give access to learning resources will become less important. The students and the teachers will be able to access digital resources from every place in the world as long as there is an internet connection. Yet not all students have a (good enough) internet connection at home, so for them a library will continue to be a place to get access to digital resources. Another thing that plays an even more important role in this is that the online resources are becoming so over abundant, that we could speak of a complete information flood. This is where the library has a more important role then ever. Students as producers
Ten Skills for the Future Workforce Ten Skills for the Future Workforce Sense-making, social intelligence, novel & adaptive thinking, cross-cultural competency, computational thinking, new-media literacy, transdisciplarity, design mindset, cognitive load management, virtual collaboration. These are the 10 skills needed for the future workforce. The related, Shape of Jobs to Come: Possible New Careers Emerging from Advances in Science and Technology (2010 – 2030) full study from FastFuture is also very insightful (summary of study). Note: last time I checked, the FastFuture website had exceeded its bandwidth limit. Thanks to Josep Comas for pointing me to these resources.
Curio - State Library of New South Wales tour guide for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store The Story of Stuff The Story of Stuff, originally released in December 2007, is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the Stuff in your life forever. Download the Fact Sheet Credits The Story of Stuff was written by Annie Leonard, Louis Fox, and Jonah Sachs, directed by Louis Fox and produced by Free Range Studios. Show full list of credits
primo-help - Division of Library Services Primo Search is a discovery tool for the CSU Library's huge collections of resources. A simple search box will bring back results from a number of different sources, including: Most of the library's online journal articles and newspaper content Books, DVDs, journals and other physical items found in the Library Many of the eBooks the Library subscribes to CSU research papers and theses in CRO (CSU Research Output) Tip! Primo Search is not able to search across all of the resources available to you. For a more detailed list of what is being searched by Primo Search, see the following Data Sources. Take a Tour of Primo Search.
10 Ways to Spot a Fake News Article - EasyBib Blog For many of us, 2016 is going down as a year to forget. Election upsets, Zika, the Syrian crisis, and unfortunately tons of fake news about all of the above and everything in between. Denzel Washington was recently quoted as saying, “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you’re misinformed.” 1. Links and citations allow us to easily access, read, and explore more about the information found in the article. Many big name news sites, such as CNN, do not include links or citations, but other sites do. 2. An article without an author’s name is another red flag. 3. Do a Google search on the author’s name to find their occupation and locate other articles that the author has composed. 4. On the top or bottom of most websites, you should see a section titled “About Us.” 5. Authors tend to read and re-read their articles numerous times prior to posting. 6. Copy and paste a quote from the article into Google’s search bar. 7. 8. 9. 10. References:
referenceandinformationresources / Plagiarism Resources Tutorials: Two brief videos from ABC News (one focuses on the videos available on YouTube that "teach" cheating): From Connect with Kids: High Tech Cheating A brief video and article (August 18th, 2010) Free Online Plagiarism Detection Tools: Bowman, V. (2004). NY: Neal-Schuman. Callahan, D. (2004). Orlando: Harcourt. Harris, R. (2004). Lathrop, A., & Foss, K. (2000). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. from cheating and plagiarism to honesty and integrity: Strategies for change. Libraries Unlimited. McKenzie, J. (1998). age. McKenzie, J. (2002). Minkel, W. (2002). Johnson, D. (2004) Plagiarism proofing assignments. Johnson is also the author of Learning Right from Wrong in the Digital Age: An Ethics Guide for Parents, Teachers, Librarians and Others who Care About Computer-Using Young People. Noodle Tools. (2006). template for a plagiarism policy and ways to teach notetaking. Pope, D.C. (2001). miseducated students. Big Nerds
Manual tasks and ergonomics Manual tasks includes a range of activities in the school and work environment including moving furniture, entering data into a computer, carrying a bag full of sporting equipment, using a hedge trimmer and transferring a student from a wheelchair onto a toilet. These tasks involve the exertion of force to lift, lower, push, pull, carry, move, hold, slide or transfer a person or object. Manual tasks can contribute to a range of musculoskeletal disorders (injuries) including: Sprains and strains of musclesInjuries to muscles, ligaments, discs and other structures of the backInjuries to soft tissues such as nerves, tendons, ligaments in the wrists, arms and shoulders. These types of injuries are often cumulative with damage occurring over a period of time before pain or injury is apparent. Some work activities may present additional hazards that can also overload the body and lead to injury. Often, the risk of acquiring a hazardous manual task injury is increased by stress. Resources Cleaning
Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens There is a common perception that children are more likely to read if it is on a device such as an iPad or Kindles. But new research shows that this is not necessarily the case. In a study of children in Year 4 and 6, those who had regular access to devices with eReading capability (such as Kindles, iPads and mobile phones) did not tend to use their devices for reading - and this was the case even when they were daily book readers. Research also found that the more devices a child had access to, the less they read in general. It suggests that providing children with eReading devices can actually inhibit their reading, and that paper books are often still preferred by young people. These findings match previous research which looked at how teenagers prefer to read. Why do we think children prefer to read on screens? There is a popular assumption that young people prefer to read on screens. The drivers toward screen-based recreational book reading are strong, but they are not well-founded.
Print your own masterpieces and digital pens -- the brave new world of the museum People can now access much of Sydney’s Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences’ extensive collection online. High-resolution images of more than 130,000 objects are available for viewing on a new, mobile-friendly collections website. The Museum, which includes the Powerhouse Museum, is one of a host around the world making their collections and data available for free public use. My research investigates the different ways – from digital pens to crowd-sourced exhibitions – museums are meeting their audiences’ changing expectations. Make your own path Bringing technology into museums allows patrons to move past traditional aids, like maps and audio guides, which dictate how to navigate an exhibition. Take the Google Cultural Institute, which has an app that lets visitors in participating institutions see comprehensive information about any artwork by just holding up their phone. Another intriguing example, at Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York, is the digital pen.
Library staples: what people really want from their libraries! Let’s call it the Apple Store Agenda, an environment where you can relax, use the gizmos and gadgets, get online or take a class without anyone hassling you or being too invasive. Thanks to pioneers such as Apple, Google and the like, the world’s now filled to the brim with modern day consumers who have expectations - expectations that the basic staples will always be available to them, and they will be of a certain quality. What does that mean to anyone wanting to attract a new audience into their world or space? It’s simple, provide the basic quality staples and your target audience shall come (assuming you have the right stapes for the right target audience, and of course - they know about it!). With libraries as a leading community resource, we generally have this element of our organisation pretty well handled. High speed free internet. Seems fairly simple enough right? Clean toilets. Library workers to help people find what they need. Quiet study spaces for all ages. 5.
10 Reasons Librarians Are More Important Than Ever | Common Sense Education It's National Library Week, and we couldn't resist paying homage to one of the most important members of the school community: librarians. Also known as library media specialists, librarians play a unique role in our schools. Often asked to take on a wide range of duties, these passionate and savvy educators deserve more than only a week of praise. 1. In many schools, the library media specialist is the go-to expert on all things tech. 2. In the age of fake news and viral video remixes, the library media specialist leads the charge on citation, copyright and fair use, research, and news literacy. 3. If you think the library is a quiet place meant only for research and studying, you clearly haven't been in a school library with a makerspace. 4. With more freedom for experimentation and creativity than most classroom teachers, library media specialists incubate the classrooms of the future. 5. In a library, kids can stay connected to the past. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.