About+the+Learning+2.0+Through+Play+Program

About the Learning 2.0 Through Play Program
A [|forum] has been set-up on [|Ning] as part of Denton ISD Library Services' Learning 2.0 Through Play project to encourage librarians to experiment and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the context of informtion on the Internet today. The objectives of this program are to:


 * encourage exploration of Web 2.0 and new technologies by Denton ISD librarians
 * provide librarians with new tools (that are freely available on the Internet) to better support Denton ISD's mission: ...//our students become knowledgeable and responsible citizens who are capable of life-long learning and who have developed the necessary skills to contribute productively to a complex and ever-changing world//
 * provide staff development credit for librarians who complete the program
 * provide librarians with opportunites to think about how these new technologies can be used on their campuses

The Learning 2.0 Through Play program is based on the [|Learning 2.0 Through Play] that was designed by Helene Blowers, Web Strategy Director at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio (formerly Technology Director at the Charlotte & Mecklengurg County Public Library system), with the support and assistance of several staff. Helene's program was loosely based upon Stephen Abram's article [|43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year] (Information Outlook - Feb. 2006) and the website [|43Things].

The design of this online program was completely built on Web 2.0 technologies that are freely available on the Internet. These sites include: Wikispaces, Schoolwires Blogs, [|Picasa], [|Teacher Tube].