Information and technology literacy skills are important. I have been making videos for CLUB TNT (www.clubtnt.org), other organizations, and now my lessons in school library media centers. If we want to show youth that technology is important, then it is helpful to model the lifelong-learning skills and technical expertise we expect from children. Perhaps more importantly, as educators develop workflows to efficiently create media, we become ready to share that process with students. This podcast series will release 2 library media skill video each month. These video files are formatted for downloading and viewing on iPod/Zune-style media players (mpeg4). Please note: MOST PCs DO NOT HAVE MEDIA PLAYERS THAT SUPPORT THE TYPICAL PODCAST VIDEO FORMAT. If you don't need or want to download this file for a portable player, you may see the Webast (.flv) version on your computer. Please click on the logo to the right and you will be directed to my Library Skills Podcast Podcast Homepage and an online, embedded version of this podcast. http://mylmcweb.com/libraryskillspodcast.htm Copyright 2009 William P. Breitsprecher and BreitLinks - All Rights Reserved http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss en-us Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:49:45 EST webmaster@mylmcweb.com (Bill Breitsprecher) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:49:45 EST G webmaster@mylmcweb.com (Bill Breitsprecher) Education http://mylmcweb.com/IMAGESNEWSLETTER/MyLMCWebLogo.gif http://mylmcweb.com/libraryskillspodcast.htm Mr. Breitsprecher's Library Media Skills Logo 102 86 So do you ever ask "Where am I?" Sounds like an easy question, and it is unless you mean "Where am I located on the earth?" Several hundred years ago, a system, lines of latitude and longitude was developed (April 15, 2009). Sat, 2 May 2009 13:49:45 EST http://mylmcweb.com/Podcasts/MyMapVideo2MP4.mp4 If you we out in space looking at Earth, you would see an amazing, beautiful sight, a spinning globe. You can see the large masses of land. To see the details of how earth, you might want to look at a model of it (globe) or a diagram of what you are seeing (map) (April 15, 2009). Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:49:45 EST http://mylmcweb.com/Podcasts/MyMap1MP4.mp4 Encyclopedias have guide words - one set of the top of each 2 pages. The first guide word is the first item on the first page. The second guide word is the last item on the second page. Use alphabetical order to find the guide words that our word would be between (April 1, 2009). Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:49:45 EST http://mylmcweb.com/Podcasts/EncyclopediaGuideWordsMP4.mp4 Print editions of encyclopedias are still useful, even in an Internet age. If we understand how an encyclopedia is organized, we can find information faster than we can look it up on the Web. In this short video (3 minutes) We review the basic things we need to know to quickly look things up in encyclopedias (March 15, 2009). Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:49:45 EST http://mylmcweb.com/Podcasts/EncyclopediaVideo1MP4.mp4 Looking up words in a dictionary is fast and easy - just use the guide words, two words on the top of each page. The first guide word is the first word on that page. The second guide word is the last word on that page. We just use alphabetical order and find the 2 guide words that the word we are looking up falls between. Try it - you can probably look up words faster than an Internet search! (March 1, 2009). Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:49:45 EST http://mylmcweb.com/Podcasts/DictionaryGuideWordsMP4.mp4 Here are the basics that we need to know to look up words in dictionaries. I created this for my 3rd graders. Please note how I have simplified the process of making multimedia by using a PowerPoint-style, narrated presentation (February 15, 2009). Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:49:45 EST http://mylmcweb.com/Podcasts/DictionaryVideo1MP4.mp4 Some things we learn to do by DOING. I always carefully practice procedures like alphabetical order with students, but find having different ways to explain it and multimedia really helps. This video outlines the process so that we can practice. Being able to comfortably work with ABC order is important in a library and it's a core academic skill too (February 5, 2009). Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:49:45 EST http://mylmcweb.com/Podcasts/AlphabeticalOrderMP4.mp4