More Things I Hate A Conferences

(part three of what I'm sure will be a series) Do not talk down to your audience. Particularly if they're a bunch of technogeeks - acting surprised that at least one of them is liveblogging, and there's chat activity, and possibly some VOIP action just means that you lose credibility. On the other hand, assume…

School Libraries, 2.0 and moving onward…

We knew going in that this was going to be difficult... there is so much confusion about exactly what School Library 2.0 really is. So, the task for our group is "define the vision." Michael Stevens spoke first - I've heard him before and he's usually very inspirational. It's interesting to hear from the academic/public…

YMMV

(aka, "what I'm trying to get my head around right now") Wow. Just... wow. Joan Frye Williams is one of the most inspirational speakers I've heard in a long time. Why? Because she was practical. She started out by stating that not all of us can do/be Library 2.0, that not all of the SL2.0…

A hill to die on

The session/breakout group I'm attending at the conference is about School Library 2.0 (go here for a good explanation). There's lots of talk about using wikis and blogs and MySpace to create a "public presence" for the library. Not to sound like a sceptic but... if my kids don't know where we are (that big…