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**It's about survival!**
=**3 Critical Checklists for 21st Century Library Survival toc** =

**List #1** How not to get kicked off the island.
[|Kelly Brannock's Media Center Survivor]

Major portals and some articles:
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 * WebTools4U2Use (Donna Baumbach)
 * [|NewToolsWorkshop] (Joyce)
 * [|AASL's Best Web Sites for Teaching and Learning]
 * [|Helene Blowers' Learning 2.0]
 * [|California School Library Learning 2.0]
 * [|Things that Keep Us Up at Night] (with Doug Johnson). //School Library Journal//, 1 Oct. 2009.
 * [|14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media] //Tech & Learning//, 21 Sept. 2009.

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**1. On Web presence:**
> **Building Tools**   **Wikis** (the killer app!) **Personal Information Portals** (building tools)  [|Flickr] for student galleries and library and school events [|Meebo] for Ask A Librarian service
 * [|March 1 TLCafe Session Archive]
 * SchoolLibraryWebsites
 * [|SchoolLibraries.net]
 * [|Springfield Township Virtual Library]
 * OnlineLessons
 *  [|Research guide]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Style Guide
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Art gallery]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Pics of SpringfieldLife]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Annual Report]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mission
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Library Calendar]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Genre Wordles
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">DistanceOpportunities
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Prerequisite summer reading
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">ebook pathfinder
 * PowerPoint Reform Tools
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mind Mapping, timelining, graphing
 * Polling tools
 * Interactive calendars
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">NewToolsWorkshop: On Widgets
 * ALA Smackdown on Virtual Libraries
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|GoogleSites]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|GoogleDocs]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|GoogleForms]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|GoogleDocsTemplates]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Wikispaces for Teachers] (Joyce's pick)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|PB Wiki For Education]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|MediaWiki]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Wikia]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Tiddlywiki]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Wet Paint]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Wiki.com] (for searching wikispace)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Weebly for Education] (websites and blogs for classes)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Webs (create a website for free)]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ubidesk (online collaboration workspace for students)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|NetVibes]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|PageFlakes]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|iGoogle]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|LibGuides]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Knowledge Building Centers (Loertscher)]
 * Blogs**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Edublogs.org (Joyce's pick)]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">David Warlick's [|Blogmeister]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|21Classes]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Blogger]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|LiveJournal]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Thingamablog]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Lyceum]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Wordpress]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|SchoolRack] (free blogs and web pages)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Weebly for Education]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**2. On rethinking intellectual property, ethics, safety**

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Creative Commons]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Copyright Friendly Images and Sound
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Copyright Confusion Wiki
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tool for Reasoning Fair Use
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Copyright Advisory Network]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights (revised)]
 * Fair Use and InfoEthics (NewToolsWorkshop)>
 * [|That's Not Cool]
 * [|Larry Magid on Facebook's Privacy Settings]
 * [|Pipl] (for searching your profiles)
 * People Search Tools
 * [|123 People.com]
 * [|Edubeacon: Digital Citizenship, not just for children]
 * [|5 Steps to Stay Safe and Private on Facebook]
 * Facebook's New Privacy Settings (EFF)
 * [|Common Craft: Protecting Reputations Online]
 * [|Ideas for making a purposeful and professional digital footprint]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Retool search and research

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pathfinders
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Search tools
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Google Search Options
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|GoogleCustomSearch]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Search Poster
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Search for video
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> KidSearch
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> KidSearch2
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> KidVideoSearch
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Kid Reference
 * Search Tools (NewTools)
 * VideoSearch

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**5. Learn to communicate research and tell digital stories:**
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">NewToolsWorkshop Digital Storytelling 50 Ways to Tell a Story (Alan Levine--CogDogRoo fabulous list of tools and examples!) A must see! Digital Storytelling How-to-Guide (Silvia Rosenthal Talisano) media type="custom" key="5455255"
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ed.VoiceThread.com]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Animoto.com]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|PhotoStory]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Mixbook]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|VoiceThread]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Windows Movie Maker]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Wordle]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Glogster.edu]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Fotobabble]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">iMovie (Mac)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GarageBand (Mac)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WritingTools
 * Video Tools
 * Avatar Making
 * Podcasting
 * Cartoon Generators

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Explore reading 2.0
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Book-related social networking**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Skype an Author Network]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AASL Smackdown on Reading Promotion
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NECC Smackdown on Reading Promotion
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BookLeads
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reading 2.0 Wiki
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Paperback Swap]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|Google Books]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|Shelfari]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|GoodReads]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|BigUniverse]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|LibraryThing]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|Children's Literature @ Library Thing]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|LibraryThing for Libraries (add tags and recommendations to your OPAC)>>]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|VuFind] (your OPAC meets 2.0)**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**7. On the importance of networking and professional learning:**
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * Nings, Social Networking, PLNs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TL Virtual Cafe
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|TeacherLibrarianNing]
 * [|Ning.com]
 * [|Classroom20Ning]
 * [|21st Century Librarians]
 * [|English Companion]
 * [|Future of Education]
 * [|NCTE Conference Ning]
 * [|SLJ Summit Ning]
 * [|NLConnect (November Learning)]
 * [|VoiceThreadForEducatorsNing]
 * [|NECC Ning]
 * [|Youth Services Ning]
 * [|ArtSnacks]
 * WebTools4U2Use on Social Networking
 * [|Examples of Classroom Nings]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|15 Ways to Retool Yourself]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|SkypeinSchools]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NewToolsWorkshop: Twitter
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">SchoolLibraryBloggers
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">SchoolLibraryTweeters
 * Skype & Webinar Stuff
 * BackChannel and Chat
 * Social Bookmarking**
 * Social Bookmarking
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Diigo]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Diigo Educators' Upgrade]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Diigo Teacher-Librarians Group]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Del.icio.us]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">List #3 New Rules for Modern Practice
What is 2.0? Learning more AASL Smackdown NECC Library Tools Smackdown Web 2.0 Meets the Standards (ALA Session) [|NewToolsWorkshop] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">



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