Buffy J. Hamilton March 2012Massachusetts School Library Association Conference

1. Libraries as Communally
Constructed Sites of Participatory
Culture: Composing
Narratives of Participatory
Literacy
Buffy J. Hamilton
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March 2012
hotostream/ Massachusetts School Library Association Conference

2. participatory
learning is a lens to
help us see the
possibilities and
create a context for
crafting a shared
vision of library in
learning
communities
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3. participatory
learning and literacy
are scalable to
the needs of a
learning
community
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4. libraries as site of
participatory instructional design and
culture and learning learning experiences to
build participatory
literacy

5. cross-pollination
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6. qualities of participatory sites of
culture
practices of participatory learning
libraries as a catalyst for
participatory learning and literacy

7. libraries as communal experiences and
“commonplace” texts constructed by
participants
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8. libraries as sites of the experience of self-excavation
and discovery through learning
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9. library is the
shared story of the
human
experience
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11. relatively low barriers to artistic
expression and civic engagement

12. strong support for creating and sharing one’s
creations with others

13. what is known by the most experienced is
passed along to novices

14. members feel some degree of social
connection with one another
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15. members believe that their contributions
matter

16. communities formed around content and
information literacy standards
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17. communities formed around passions,
interests, wonderings, and curiosity
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18. librarians can be the
catalyst to spark larger
change in a learning
ecosystem
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19. Learning Communities and
Librarians
Read, listen, watch, and learn at http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2011/Oct/Internet-Librarian.aspx
and http://bit.ly/AEw9iG

20. “librarians as a “node” in networks attuned to
perpetual learning”
Quote Source: Slide 24, http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/libraries-and-learning-communities-
internet-librarian?from=ss_embed

21. Hear Dr. Wesch’s TED Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeaAHv4UTI8 CC image via http://bit.ly/r8oa8n

22. how do we disrupt what paulo freire terms the
“banking” system of education that devalues
inquiry?
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24. librarians craft learning experiences to
support students and teachers
contributing to dialogic conversations for
learning through participation
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Participatory Librarianship and Change Agents: http://blip.tv/file/1566813

25. enrich participatory, dialogic conversations for
learning by facilitating and scaffolding
discourse in multiple transliterate contexts
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26. Transliteracy is an umbrella term encompassing
different literacies and multiple communication
channels that require active participation
with and across a range of platforms, and
embracing both linear and non-linear messages
Dr. Susie Andretta
London Metropolitan University
Source: http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/Andretta_Transliteracy.pdf

27. Transliteracy is a “a convergence of literacies”
(Lippincott, 2007: 17) as the boundaries
between medial literacy, digital literacy,
technology literacy and information literacy
become blurred when individuals evolve from
consumers of information to producers of
content.
Dr. Susie Andretta
London Metropolitan University
Source: http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/Andretta_Transliteracy.pdf and
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM07610.pdf

28. Transliteracy is concerned with mapping
meaning across different media and not with
developing particular literacies about various
media. It is not about learning text literacy and
visual literacy and digital literacy in isolation
from one another but about the interaction
among all these literacies.
Tom Ipri
Liaison Librarian to the College of Media Arts and Design at W. W. Hagerty Library at Drexel
University
Source: http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/10/532.full

29. open and
transparent
choices social
learner inquiry
driven driven

30. Project New Media Literacies: The 5 Characteristics of Participatory Learning
(CPLs)
Source: http://playnml.wikispaces.com/PLAY!+Framework

31. meaningful
play
and experimentation
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32. integrated learning space that values
connections between home, school,
community, and the world

33. teachers and students as co-teachers and
co-learners
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34. learning that feels relevant
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35. opportunities to create and solve
problems
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36. Project New Media Literacies 4 C’s:
Practices of Participation
Create Circulate
Collaborate Connect
Source: http://playnml.wikispaces.com/PLAY!+Framework

37. create:
going beyond
consumption and
engaging in
creating content
and alternate
representations of
learning

38. circulate:
forming
relationships or
partnerships in
face to face and
virtual learning
spaces

39. collaborate:
working with others
in a variety of
spaces to complete
learning activities
and build new
knowledge

40. connect:
forming
relationships or
partnerships in
face to face and
virtual learning
spaces

41. is participatory learning a
magical experience for
every learner?
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42. resistance
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43. Original photograph by Buffy Hamilton

44. Original photograph by Buffy Hamilton

45. demands on human resources/time
disruption of the banking system of
education (Freire) is sometimes perceived
as a threat
apprehensive/anxious feelings from
students regarding technology and/or
participatory learning

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48. librarian as
participation
whisperer:
what carrots
can we offer
them?
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49. “…participatory teaching methods simply
will not work if they do not begin with a
deep bond between teacher and student.
Importantly, this bond must be built
through mutual respect, care, and an
ongoing effort to know and understand one
another.”
Dr. Michael Wesch
Associate Professor of Cultural
Anthropology
Coffman Chair for Distinguished
Teaching Scholars
Kansas State University
Quote: http://chronicle.com/article/A-Tech-Happy-Professor-Reboots/130741/#disqus_thread
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50. relationships are the cornerstone of
libraries and participation
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51. how do we grow a culture of participatory
culture, relationships, and learning
communities as librarians?

52. instructional
design/learning
architect
librarian as information and
gardener idea innovator

53. focus on pedagogies and processes first, tools
and mediums for learning secondly
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54. social media and web 2.0 tools can
amplify conversations for learning and
expand learning networks

55. technology is just one piece in the puzzle of fostering
community and a culture of participatory learning
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56. be open to encouraging
participation with many mediums
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57. “there is no one size fits all model of
participatory learning”
Source: Dale, Jenny, and Lynda Kellam. "The Incredible Embeddable Librarian."Library Media Connection 30.4 (2012): 30-31. Academic Search Complete.
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58. http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/2010/01/personal-learning-
environments-student.html

59. Graphic used with permission from Dr. Barbara Stripling

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61. 1
connect

62. “awakening prior knowledge”
Kristin Fontichiaro
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63. Connecting
providing context
and background
providing focus to deal
knowledge/building
with information
schema
overload (big idea
thinking)

64. Connecting
Collaborative Scale/share
Provide
knowledge constructed
choices
building knowledge

68. Bubbl.us
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69. Source: http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/media-21-student-shares-her-creative-approach-to-mindmapping/

71. 2
wonder
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72. Wonder
Scale/share
Small/whole constructed
Developing
group knowledge
questions
brainstorming with larger
“classroom”

73. collective knowledge and curation as we
wonder
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74. fishbowl discussions

81. 3
investigate

82. Investigate
Organizing Evaluating
Search Skills
Information Information
Reflection/ Information Ethical use of
Metacognition dashboards information

84. inquiry, engagement, and collective
intelligence face to face

85. inquiry, engagement, and collective
intelligence via virtual mediums

86. netvibes

88. symbaloo

89. curation

93. 4
construct

94. Constructing New Understandings
Synthesis
Finding patterns/
relationships
Developing conclusions

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97. Source: http://www.slideshare.net/theunquietlibrary/voice-thread-or-prezi-graphic-organizer-part-2

98. Source: http://www.slideshare.net/theunquietlibrary/voice-thread-or-prezi-graphic-organizer-part-2

100. 5
express
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101. Express
Shared Learning
Authenticity/
Digital Rigor
Creativity

102. “Looking at this across the
disciplines you start to see
how important the
knowledge-creation
activity plays into the
sense of identity. The
overriding theme is that
one does not become a
“scholar” until they have
created something new. In
their eyes, it is the act of
creation that
distinguishing the student
from the scholar.”
Brian Mathews, Assistant University Librarian
at UC Santa Barbara

105. netvibes

114. 6
reflect
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115. Reflect
process product

116. Reflect: Assessment and Evaluation
Formative
Self Summative

117. Formative and Summative
Assessments
• Presentations • “Ticket out the door”
• Portfolios • Multimedia creations
(Voice Thread, Video,
• Text based papers Glogster)
• Reflective narratives • Tests/Exams
in written or video • Performance based
format tasks
Source: Stripling, 2009

118. focus on the learner
experience to provide
students more
ownership and
increased participation
in conversations for
learning
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119. joyfully embrace the messiness of
participatory learning
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120. embrace the
wobbles
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121. “The fun
is in the ups
and downs.”
Diane Cordell
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122. change and
understanding=
innovation
Participatory Librarianship and Change Agents: http://blip.tv/file/1566813
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123. compose the story of library with your learners
Original photograph by Buffy Hamilton

124. Q&A
Q&A
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126. contact information
buffy.hamilton@gmail.com
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com
http://buffyjhamilton.wordpress.com
Twitter: @buffyjhamilton

127. learn more
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/category/partici
patory-librarianship-and-learning/