Curriculum Development for Public Libraries

Jessamyn West
librarian.net/talks/mla11

Notes and Resources

• Slides & notes - PDF , Keynote format, PowerPoint format
• Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide - links to handouts

Further Reading

• Vermont links: VTATE, RTCC, E4VT
• Scaffolding concept explained
• Matrices: Carleton, tech integration matrix at USF (old page)
• The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett
• Bloom's Taxonomy & learning objectives

A few websites that work

• 23 Things Projects
• Mousercise
• LibSuccess wiki
• How to help someone use a computer by Phil Agre

Jessamyn West is a community technology librarian in Vermont and the editor of the weblog librarian.net. She teaches email classes for seniors, builds tiny websites for tiny libraries and advocates for sensible technology use for everyone. Her book Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide is coming out in May 2011.