Hmmm, I interpreted Laura's comments to mean the students are feeling
pressured to have a MySpace account and to be into gaming of some sort
or another.
Technological peer pressure, you aren't ANYBODY if you don't have
a...cell phone/camera/computer, mp3 player, ipod, myspace account and
whatever other techie gizmo you can think of.
Not that libraries are trying to jump on ALL the bandwagons.
Jean
R. Jean Gustafson
Teacher/Librarian
Selah Jr. High
Selah, WA 98942
jeangustafson@selah.k12.wa.us
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JHS/Gustafson/Library.cfm
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I appreciated Laura Pearle's perceptive comment on this issue:
"One thing I've noticed is that this whole issue of gaming and MySpace
use, etc., seems to be taking on the aura of IMPERATIVE."
Isn't that the truth? Having a wide range of high-interest offerings
available through our school libraries in both physical and electronic
form is a noble aim but DO WE HAVE TO TRY AND CO-OPT EVERYTHING?!
I mean, let's see...what are kids really into now? OH! Around here
there's been an enthusiastic increase among early teens in the use of
dangerous household chemicals as intoxicating inhalents. Hmmnnn. Maybe I
could harness this nascent adolescent interest for educational
purposes... I'll have a banner made: 'Your Library: It's a gas!' Or
maybe 'Come Huff with Us!'
Would it be trying too hard if I offered a free can of Reddi-Whip with
every third item checked out?
Seriously, though. I think our profession has to check its own
synecdochical tendencies, especially in the electronica department. You
can't --and shouldn't try to-- embrace all things.
Jeffrey Hastings
School Librarian
Highlander Way Middle School
Howell, Michigan
hastingj@howellschools.com
http://www.howellschools.com/~hwmedia/content/library.html
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