Comments on: Nurturing Fearlessness in the Face of Computers http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/ Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:45:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nurturing Creative Children. | 7Wins.eu http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-8928 Nurturing Creative Children. | 7Wins.eu Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:44:08 +0000 http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/#comment-8928 [...] in The importance of creative play for children: two perspectives | Dangerous Intersection Nurturing Fearlessness in the Face of Computers - SpellboundBlog.com - spellbound by archival scien... Tags &gt No Tags &lt This product is also listed in Home & Family Kids New Products Fun [...] [...] in The importance of creative play for children: two perspectives | Dangerous Intersection Nurturing Fearlessness in the Face of Computers – SpellboundBlog.com – spellbound by archival scien… Tags &gt No Tags &lt This product is also listed in Home & Family Kids New Products Fun [...]

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]]> By: Jeanne http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-5438 Jeanne Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:44:26 +0000 http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/#comment-5438 Thanks Andrea! Yes.. I would love to post a Scavenger Hunt as part of a regular Scavenger Carnival of some sort. Especially if we figure out a name for it that clearly includes/appeals to techies (and those aspiring to become a bit more web-tech-fluent) from the Archives, Libraries and Museum communities. Reading this post and want to help us? <a href="http://www.spellboundblog.com/contact/" rel="nofollow">Contact me</a> and let me know and you will be kept in the planning loop. Thanks Andrea!

Yes.. I would love to post a Scavenger Hunt as part of a regular Scavenger Carnival of some sort. Especially if we figure out a name for it that clearly includes/appeals to techies (and those aspiring to become a bit more web-tech-fluent) from the Archives, Libraries and Museum communities.

Reading this post and want to help us? Contact me and let me know and you will be kept in the planning loop.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-5437 Andrea Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:17:13 +0000 http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/#comment-5437 Awesome post. Although I skimmed this post when it first went up, I didn't want to comment until I had time to give it a thorough reading. I can't even tell you how awesome and inspiring this post is, and I'll definitely be giving it some link love very soon. I think it would be nifty to do something with the Scavenger Hunt along the lines of the Carnival of Infosciences, where different *truly* techie librarians post this week's/month's hunt, and maybe some hints on how to get there. Wanna start doing that with me? I'll even post the first one... I also think that all too often librarians fall into the "I don't have time/I don't get paid enough" trap when it comes to the tech flavor of continuing education. It's really a do or die situation at this point, and while not all librarians need to be total tech heads of the programming variety, Web 2.0 isn't a specialist realm, it's an *everyday patron* realm. So really, we need to get on it as an everyday skill set thing, through self education, collaborative education (librarian and not), and *formal* education (when will library schools learn?). Remind me to tell you about my Netguides for Librarians program at some point... Awesome post. Although I skimmed this post when it first went up, I didn’t want to comment until I had time to give it a thorough reading.

I can’t even tell you how awesome and inspiring this post is, and I’ll definitely be giving it some link love very soon. I think it would be nifty to do something with the Scavenger Hunt along the lines of the Carnival of Infosciences, where different *truly* techie librarians post this week’s/month’s hunt, and maybe some hints on how to get there. Wanna start doing that with me? I’ll even post the first one…

I also think that all too often librarians fall into the “I don’t have time/I don’t get paid enough” trap when it comes to the tech flavor of continuing education. It’s really a do or die situation at this point, and while not all librarians need to be total tech heads of the programming variety, Web 2.0 isn’t a specialist realm, it’s an *everyday patron* realm. So really, we need to get on it as an everyday skill set thing, through self education, collaborative education (librarian and not), and *formal* education (when will library schools learn?).

Remind me to tell you about my Netguides for Librarians program at some point…

]]> By: Jennie http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-5400 Jennie Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:08:16 +0000 http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/#comment-5400 Jeanne - great post. I might crib from this to show to people when they express a lack of confidence in their technical skills. I agree with you - a lot of it has to do with trying. I had a coworker tell me something many years ago when I was still in college something that stuck with me. He said "If I can get a computer to do it faster and better, then I should figure it out." I've always remembered it and tried to get computers to do things for me whenever possible. I think this has really helped me over the years! Jeanne – great post. I might crib from this to show to people when they express a lack of confidence in their technical skills. I agree with you – a lot of it has to do with trying. I had a coworker tell me something many years ago when I was still in college something that stuck with me. He said “If I can get a computer to do it faster and better, then I should figure it out.” I’ve always remembered it and tried to get computers to do things for me whenever possible. I think this has really helped me over the years!

]]> By: Jeanne http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-5396 Jeanne Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:28:59 +0000 http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/#comment-5396 Anne- Thanks for the feedback. I love both the idea of 'Learn to Play, in order to Play to Learn' and the analogy of trying new cuisines. It is exactly that sense of adventure, exploration and experimentation as a path to learning that I would love to see nurtured in a more consistent and successful manner. Anne-

Thanks for the feedback. I love both the idea of ‘Learn to Play, in order to Play to Learn’ and the analogy of trying new cuisines. It is exactly that sense of adventure, exploration and experimentation as a path to learning that I would love to see nurtured in a more consistent and successful manner.

]]> By: anne beaumont http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-5392 anne beaumont Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:51:48 +0000 http://www.spellboundblog.com/2007/09/26/nurturing-fearlessness-in-the-face-of-computers/#comment-5392 Wonderful post. I think it particularly important to give permission to PLAY, as you did in your section of Full Immersion. Yesterday I attended a lunch at which Stephen Abrams spoke. In an aside he mentioned the importance for children of the transition from Learning to Read to Reading to Learn. I am in the process of writing a keynote address on the Future Directions for Libraries, and I plan to finish on the point that whatever the future is - which is uncertain - the one constant is that it will keep changing depending on the state of technology at the time. The actual state of technology is not so important, but to be confident in using it, librarians need to 'Learn to Play, in order to Play to Learn'. By the way, under your 'Break me' challenge (one I relate to, and am also quite good at), I would add another analogy - that of trying new cuisines. Where I live in Melbourne Australia, we have a wonderful & varied restaurant scene. Most librarians love food & do not feel like a failure if they do not like a particular dish. Maybe they could take the same attitude to software. Explore with an open mind. Wonderful post.
I think it particularly important to give permission to PLAY, as you did in your section of Full Immersion. Yesterday I attended a lunch at which Stephen Abrams spoke. In an aside he mentioned the importance for children of the transition from Learning to Read to Reading to Learn. I am in the process of writing a keynote address on the Future Directions for Libraries, and I plan to finish on the point that whatever the future is – which is uncertain – the one constant is that it will keep changing depending on the state of technology at the time. The actual state of technology is not so important, but to be confident in using it, librarians need to ‘Learn to Play, in order to Play to Learn’.
By the way, under your ‘Break me’ challenge (one I relate to, and am also quite good at), I would add another analogy – that of trying new cuisines. Where I live in Melbourne Australia, we have a wonderful & varied restaurant scene. Most librarians love food & do not feel like a failure if they do not like a particular dish. Maybe they could take the same attitude to software. Explore with an open mind.

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