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Here’s the link to my Slideshare presentation.

Facebook and Information Literacy Instruction in Higher Education For many children and young adults- sometimes called the Millennial generation- online social networking has become an increasingly important sphere for both interacting with others and for exercising their creativity (Holmburg et al,  2008).  Yet, it can be argued that libraries and schools have been slow to […]

As I proceed through this course, I have become quite excited about the possibilities of using Web 2.0 platforms in my teaching. As I read the paper on New Media Literacies, I decided to experimentally replace each mention of ‘youth’ and ‘students’ with ESL for ‘college-prep’ students, the kind I currently teach here in Vancouver. […]

When I reflect on my own vague feelings of resistance to the idea of maintaining a persona on social media (which hasn’t stopped me from doing it), I wonder how much of it comes from my image of ‘ideal learning conditions’ based on experience. I went to Japan in 1994 to teach, and the common […]

When I think of the various affordances that social media have to offer, I repeatedly return to the question- no doubt because of the techno-phobe in me-   ‘Who actually needs to do that?’ But as discussed on the wiki page, individual variables will play a crucial role in how and whether someone will take […]