SLJ Leadership Summit 2010: Top Tweets Day 1
RSSBy Kathy Ishizuka
Having a great time at SLJ's Summit in Chicago. Photo: Joyce Valenza Getting schools up to speed in a new online reading environment and a quartet of high school students who charmed attendees with their candor about their reading habits (they prefer print) were among the highlights of the SLJ Summit, held October 22-23 in Chicago, IL. The Tweet stream was buzzing, with provocative programs drawing plenty of comment. The presentations included Stephen Abram on "The Future of Reading in 2020;" librarian Frances Harris and her students from the University High School Laboratory High School, IL; and Kathy Parker, media specialist at Seneca Grade School, IL, and her daughter Sarah Evans, owner of PR firm Sevans Strategy, on piloting an ereader program. elemlms Amazing preso by Don Leu http://slidesha.re/d9RXUs #sljsummit10 @texasbookbabe: #sljsummit10 Japan has broadband in nearly every household that is 16 x faster than broadband in the US & it's $22 /mo. elemlms Young peeps are good at gaming, texting, downloading music, etc. but are *not* skilled at evaluating online resources--Don Leu #sljsummit10 elemlms Don Leu Good news: including higher lvl thinking skills in reading instr; Bad news: assuming all reading takes place offline #sljsummit10 leperez1 Just noticed that a Google search of Don Leu is searching & refreshing our tweets #sljsummit10 ann_ewbank Poorest students have least access to skill development in online realms and most pressure to raise test scores.Don Leu #sljsummit10 RossJTodd #sljsummit10 Don Leu: No US state measures students' ability to compose clear effective email messages in state writing assessments ReaderNirvana Kids who struggle to read often read better online, yet are denied the online experience. #sljsummit10 ann_ewbank OMG! Don Leu is the author of the famous Pacific Tree Octopus website! http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ #sljsummit10 cathyjo Title 1 schools who need to do parent workshops this is something u as librarian can contribute--eval web src (target parents) #sljsummit10 Franceyharris #sljsummit10 Leu showing notorious MLK site by hate group. I'm surprised by how many seem not to have seen it (gasps in room) DebLogan #sljsummit10 Don Leu - strategy - teach new skill to weakest student an & them teach the other students. cathyjo Title 1 schools who need to do parent workshops this is something u as librarian can contribute--eval web src (target parents) #sljsummit10 franceyharris #sljsummit10 Don Leu thinks e-books are transitional. The narrative process will migrate to games. Peter_Gutierrez #sljsummit10 Don Leu: the #Internet as a lifelong #edu researcher's dream--as you're studying it, it keeps changing. #newliteracies #edtech sunbear9 Don Leu: big reading issues are not about the hardware/equipment. It is about the professional development #sljsummit10 gwynethjones the cool chick is talking w/her cool mom! @prsarahevans & @marianslibrary EduKindle & http://marianslibrary.wordpress.com/ #sljsummit10 MrSchuReads Kathy Parker's Kindle page: http://edukindle.ning.com/profile/KathleenParker #sljsummit10 skjohns Act4SL! Download the PDF or get the card from Deb Logan or Alice Yucht here at the SLJ Summit Http://www.act4sl.wikispaces.com #sljsummit10 @byersj2: Just recommended by Chris Harris: Sink your fangs into a Dracula interactive book-app 4 iPad http://bit.ly/d9mDZO #sljsummit10 franceyharris I can't tweet because the kids want to look up books on my computer... #sljsummit10 kishizuka Love how @prsarahevans is bringing in the fave children's book chat into #sljsummit10 @MariansLibrary is her mom! #sixdegreesofalibrarian skjohns I want a school model for Kindle and other formats. Joyce Valenza #sljsummit10 librarybeth: Int'l Children's Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ - Excellent Int'l collection @joycevalenza #sljsummit10 shannonmmiller @joycevalenza created this Only2Clicks for online books http://ow.ly/2XVXf #sljsummit10 skjohns Joyce Valenza: Created a pathfinder for all e-reader devices, including open source textbooks on her Virtual Library #sljsummit10 sljournal To the Cengage/SLJ New Leaders: Naomi Bates, Margaux DelGuidice, Gwyneth Jones, Melanie Lewis & Shannon Miller #sljsummit10 We salute you! leperez1 #sljsummit10 Joyce Valenza - doesn't want to be involved in eBook device/platform tumble leperez1 Chris Harris asks kids if they would download eBooks if they were like music downloads. No, they like the paper format #sljsummit10 AndrewLThorne Teen panelist: Ridiculous that school library doesn't coordinate or cooperate with local public lib #sljsummit10 DonnaBaratta #sljsummit10 Frances Harris & students talking about HS reading. Passionate readers, families read to them @ early age. Partial to print. wsstephens They know & care about DRM! Won't buy files with limitation for transfer & backup #sljsummit10 RossJTodd #sljsummit10 what matters is that kids are reading & loving the experience. Let's get beyond foaming over formats to nurturing the passion shannonmmiller This was the best! :) RT @wsstephens: Charlie, @franceyharris's student "acquisitions manager" for his mother 4th grade teacher #sljsummit10 dmcordell Finding time to read is an issue for students #sljsummit10 prsarahevans @sabram Great listening to you today. I'm not a librarian but love learning about the learning evolution and tech implications. #sljsummit10 dmcordell Students sharing stories of how they became readers. ALL were read to as children #sljsummit10 ann_ewbank Be the bee, or be the hive. Care. #sljsummit10 glibrarian "I always buy a velvet jacket because it's the only way to get women to touch a 56-yr-old man." Stephen Abram, Gale pres. #sljsummit10 franceyharris Fun to watch my students being mildly grossed out by some of Stephen Abram's slides ;-) #sljsummit10 wsstephens Since when did we let the manufacturers of hardware determining what we read -- indicting both Apple & Amazon there #sljsummit10 tkulyk how can we integrate reading with the social web and move toward interaction not interactivity @sabram #sljsummit10 gwynethjones @sabram "We're getting our '45 records back! Introducing Amazon singles!" http://zd.net/bYGkOf #sljsummit10 Are you ready for that? gwynethjones @sabram "the quiet part of the library-bound periodicals-only thing its good for is a great place for kids to go and have sex" #sljsummit10 ReaderNirvana Are you about books or about the skills? #SLJSummit10 wsstephens What do we value about the book? About reading? Now, Abrams moves back to Manolos. He knows about the red soles. #sljsummit10 texasbookbabe #sljsummit10 "librarians live to be 105. We must embrace change" -Stephen Abram prsarahevans Check it out! Breakfast with the parents and pre-presentation planning. #sljsummit10 Aren't they cute? http://yfrog.com/3wgyvj UniHighLibrary Off with 4 students to the School Library Journal Summit on the Future of the Book! http://bit.ly/9ZUYtZ #SLJsummit10 Congrats to all the students who have made SLJ leadership summit a success.This is a good post regarding the tweets that the summit attracted. However, it would have been better of there were more elaboration on the event. Eager to read more about the summit soon. * = Required information
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