This video includes some provocative statements about how we educators are obligated to become citizens of the online information community in order to prepare our students for the society needs of their future.
When information is over-abundant, what need is there for a library or librarians? When people can organize their own information using tools like Delicious, RSS feeds, and so on, how can we support people's efforts to find, organize, and use information?
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I think it's exciting that we are smack down in the middle of this educational "evolution". It's amazing to me the technological capacity our students have. Looking for new ways to tap into their creativity is necessary; to answer you q, "how can we support people's efforts to find, organize, and use information?" I will say that we have just begun...blogging, social network, and the like are at least starting points.
ReplyDeleteI think that educating people (students and others) strategies for organizing the mountain-load of information and to evaluate and select quality sources for their information needs are also important steps in the process. Web 2.0 might provide the tools (along with other strategies), but what's going on "upstairs" is Step #1.
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