Comments on: Standards: “What Was Happening On The Day You Were Born, Information Power 2?” http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/index.php/2008/08/10/standards-what-was-happening-on-the-day-you-were-born-information-power-2/ by Kristin Fontichiaro Thu, 17 May 2012 15:54:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Barb Benford http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/index.php/2008/08/10/standards-what-was-happening-on-the-day-you-were-born-information-power-2/#comment-3449 Barb Benford Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:56:18 +0000 http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/index.php/2008/08/10/standards-what-was-happening-on-the-day-you-were-born-information-power-2/#comment-3449 Oh my, I think I've enrolled in more grad classes just in time. Yikes! As a digital immigrant, I will make every effort to keep up but please help. How do I convince the tech people that we need more external access while they try to protect the internal system at school? I'm sharing my new-found knowledge with the other media specialists in my district when we meet the end of the month. Any words of advice? I have copies of the new AASL framework for each of them plus my copious notes from the MAME summer institute. We've been warning the kids especially at the elementary level away from Google, in part because of the vastness of the information. So if I'm understanding this change correctly we should be educating them more on proper in depth use of it as a tool. Stand me on my head why don't you? Head spinning but in a good way, Barb Oh my, I think I’ve enrolled in more grad classes just in time. Yikes! As a digital immigrant, I will make every effort to keep up but please help. How do I convince the tech people that we need more external access while they try to protect the internal system at school?

I’m sharing my new-found knowledge with the other media specialists in my district when we meet the end of the month. Any words of advice? I have copies of the new AASL framework for each of them plus my copious notes from the MAME summer institute.

We’ve been warning the kids especially at the elementary level away from Google, in part because of the vastness of the information. So if I’m understanding this change correctly we should be educating them more on proper in depth use of it as a tool. Stand me on my head why don’t you?

Head spinning but in a good way,
Barb

]]> By: Marcia Mardis http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/index.php/2008/08/10/standards-what-was-happening-on-the-day-you-were-born-information-power-2/#comment-3396 Marcia Mardis Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:04:27 +0000 http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/index.php/2008/08/10/standards-what-was-happening-on-the-day-you-were-born-information-power-2/#comment-3396 In fact, Kristin, we can take this cogent analysis one step further--I would argue that Google is the bridge between the old standards and the new. Aside from my feeling that the word "standards" in the title of our new document implies a very binary, pass/fail, silo-based approach to student engagement completely counter to the document's content (I prefer to call our new document a framework), if one looks at Google's corporate philosophy, it will ring some bells. To wit: "At Google, we put a lot of thought into improving your online experience. We're alarmed by what we believe is a growing disregard for your rights as computer users"(http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html). Another section of the corporate philosophy lists Ten Principles that Contribute to a Googley User Experience: 1. Focus on people – their lives, their work, their dreams. 2. Every millisecond counts. 3. Simplicity is powerful. 4. Engage beginners and attract experts. 5. Dare to innovate. 6. Design for the world. 7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business. 8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind. 9. Be worthy of people's trust. 10. Add a human touch. (http://www.google.com/corporate/ux.html) It is Google's commitment to the human user, not the software, at the center of the search engine experience that just might have started or be evidence of a push back against the alienation of an externally evaluated, technology-driven information experience. Kind like our new document, Whole Child, P21, etc., are pushing back against high stakes testing and curriculum constriction, eh? Googley yours, Marcia In fact, Kristin, we can take this cogent analysis one step further–I would argue that Google is the bridge between the old standards and the new.

Aside from my feeling that the word “standards” in the title of our new document implies a very binary, pass/fail, silo-based approach to student engagement completely counter to the document’s content (I prefer to call our new document a framework), if one looks at Google’s corporate philosophy, it will ring some bells.

To wit: “At Google, we put a lot of thought into improving your online experience. We’re alarmed by what we believe is a growing disregard for your rights as computer users”(http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html).

Another section of the corporate philosophy lists Ten Principles that Contribute to a Googley User Experience:
1. Focus on people – their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today’s and tomorrow’s business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people’s trust.
10. Add a human touch.
(http://www.google.com/corporate/ux.html)

It is Google’s commitment to the human user, not the software, at the center of the search engine experience that just might have started or be evidence of a push back against the alienation of an externally evaluated, technology-driven information experience.

Kind like our new document, Whole Child, P21, etc., are pushing back against high stakes testing and curriculum constriction, eh?

Googley yours,
Marcia

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