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The App Generation?

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Some of the identified individual traits of identity and intimacy in Gardner and Davis' The App Generation resonated with me. I have identified the false sense of self-importance and lack of in-depth personal relationships as difficulties for some young adults I know personally. I also perceive these traits within a portion of the middle school students I am in contact with during the school day. It makes sense that apps are developed and become popular based on these two very basic human needs - to be recognized as an individual and to have relationships with other human beings.   An app that affords these opportunities, and especially those that do it well, will be commercially successful. Hopefully, the apps will get better and promote the positivity as the rush of this form of technology becomes standardized, and it will be used to better human-kind. Apps that enable will be more prevalent than apps that confine individuals. I think any postulation ...
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Net Smart: Time & Focus

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Howard Rheingold's Net Smart had some ideas I have incorporated right away. The ideas do not directly impact my practice but I think the lifestyle changes that I see as necessary to be better at my practice became more tangible to me as I read through his ideas. Specifically, the idea of saying "no" is very appealing. It is not that I do not know how to say "no", I just have not wanted to - yet. Since I began my journey as a school librarian, I have wanted to keep myself open to a variety of opportunities and ideas by accepting all learning opportunities that came my way. I have said yes to volunteer roles, big and small, local and state. I have said yes to extra duties at school that I can only accomplish on my own time. I have also looked for opportunities; winning grants that require time and long-term commitment, creating and guiding new school communities and school community events. I constantly engage in collaborations with teacher...
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Synthesizing for the Information Diet

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Synthesizing comments on my "Information Overload" blog entry, I am alarmed that some may have concluded that I do not support critical analysis of information and the media. And, I can now see that my focus on the irony of the author's analysis did overshadow what I meant to relate as my takeaway. I still feel the need to be as critical of The Information Diet by Clay Johnson as I would any text and I perceive that the author is using popular fad diets and scare tactics to sell his book of   criticism on biased information and sensationalism - which is what   I perceive this book to also be. However, recognizing it for what it is, does not mean I disagree with all of the ideas and information it contains. Again, the offering more information to quell the amount of information a person takes in - the irony! Sorry, I just find this fun!  But, to be fair, I don't think his ideas are bad at all. I agree, a plethora of information and views (ofte...
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