New Literacies

New Literaciesat the Media Center in HLB. Very cool that this was this weeks post-you see I recently started a new position as a librarian for a Public School in an Abbott District. I gave the children a web presentation on the new HLB Media center website. I was so excited and a bit nervous. I started off with asking the children a series of questions. How many have a computer? How many have a close family member who have a computer? and Lastly How many students have visited the town's public library? I was shocked that a little less that half of the student didn't know where it was. Well I explained that I was in contact with the people at the library and they sent me information such as schedules programs offered for kids and adults. Also let them know that they have 25 computers for students use in the Children's Dept. They were shocked-they had no idea. Them I proceeded to explain to them how to access the districts website and my Media center page. They were amazed at how much "Cool" stuff was literally right at their finger tips. I was so happy that they were so excited. I have also teamed up with a few grades that were working on research papers and posted a lot of links that they could use for their research. I suggested that the Computer teacher could be asked for help on this and I was given an immediate "No, she would never cooperate" . Stunned I replied "why don't we all want the same goal, have the children enjoy and be successful with their projects?" I walked away to my sanctuary, the library and wondered why this reaction? Surprisingly in my new district the mind set is a bit "old school" each teacher does their own "thing" has their own mind set and collaboration is not initiated. I think we definatley need to incorporate various forms of technology into our classrooms . Has anyone tried "tappedin"?