Reflections

Well...

Good for KCLS. This was fine. My satisfaction is primarily due to :

- renewed sense of currency with technology and lingo to better understand the public

- fun interaction with fellow staffers at learning new things together. As a team building event - this was great.

- new knowledge of what skills are needed for us to become an educational starting point for these tools for the public - a role I think is a good one. We'd have to fully invest ourselves as an educational institution to do that successfully and i'd embrace it.

For next time, I'd suggest:

-Pairs or learning teams be offered or suggested. This would further bond fellow staff members.

-Themes be offered and learning objectives be framed so that sites, activities, efforts be directed toward something from the start. It is not too much to learn a new tool and try to create something useful- in fact that creates greater purpose and caring. For example- hooking teens, supporting Talk Time volunteers, helping parents - any of those domains would have focussed the activities and lead to something potentially useful.

-A logical extension of this activity would be encouragment to offer classes to the public re; some of our favorite new tools. What KCLS book group, for example, wouldn't like to know more about LibraryThing or using a Wiki for planning next quarters readings. Teaching is learning cemented.

I hope that all scale learning will continue. I'd suggest we all learn a new language, have an online book club, and create local promotional materials. Each cluster could maintain a carbon load log.

ttfn, thanks.