Sustainability

Back in 2003 I came across and read an article entitled, “The Sustainability Challenge: Taking Edtech to the Next Level” which was published by the Benton Foundation and the Education Development Center’s Center for Children and Technology. It is a 43 paged document that covers stats on the percentages of schools connected to the Internet, and the importance of public libraries in aiding the connection for those youth without computers in the home. While looking for something else in my desktop files, I came across it again and in light of Helene’s post about sustainability, I thought it was a good time to review this document and see how far (or not) we have come and what, if any, implication there still are for libraries.

I also checked the link to the Center for Children and Technology and not only found it viable, but found it chocked full of interesting tidbits for working with youth. Here is a link to their “Digital Literacy: Skills for the 21st Century”. Read the blurb and then use the Create A Story tab to do just that. It give insight into the types of skills being taught or needed and may be something that we can use for afterschool/SRC periods of boredom.

I will be posting more on this subject (sustainability) so consider this a thick thread.