Metronet Wind Down - Twitter for Job Seekers!

More and more often, people are turning to libraries for job-seeking assistance, like we read about in a recent MPR story – Librarian’s job description expands to help unemployed (http://bit.ly/bCQMfz). You may know about many websites where people can find job listings, but have you ever thought about using one of the biggest social networks in the world to find jobs?

Join us for the next Metronet Wind Down - Twitter for Job Seekers!

Thursday, June 23, 4:15-5:45pm

Wentworth Library meeting room

199 East Wentworth Ave
West St. Paul (Google Map: http://bit.ly/kQ8XxW)

Twitter has emerged as one of the best online tools for networking and job seeking. Discover tips and techniques for finding a job and networking on Twitter, with an emphasis on useful information that you can take back to your library's job-seeking patrons. Learn about advanced Twitter searches, hash tags, third party websites, and apps worth knowing about. Presented by Brooke Roegge, Digital Information Specialist at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

If you help job seekers in your library, this is a must-attend Wind Down. Hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, contact LeAnn Suchy at leann@metronet.lib.mn.us.

LeAnn Suchy
MILI Program Manager, Metronet
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
St. Paul, MN 55104
Email: leann@metronet.lib.mn.us

Phone: 651.646.0475

May Metronet Wind-Down

You’ve probably seen QR Codes, and maybe you’ve even scanned a QR Code with your smartphone, but have you thought about using them in your library?

Join us for our next Metronet Wind Down…

QR Codes in Action!

Tuesday, May 17, 4-5:30pm

Minneapolis Community & Technical College Library, Room L1200

1501 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis (Google Map: http://bit.ly/mmcqwX)

On-street parking or use the MCTC parking garage at 1420 Hennepin Ave S

“I like QR Codes because they are this weird amalgam of analog and digital. They're like a universal a-to-d converter, whether the analog part is a page in a magazine, an image on a monitor, or a ginormous tag on a billboard hundreds of feet away.”--Glenn Fleishman

QR Code use is quickly growing. You can find QR Codes in magazines, at light rail stops, and increasingly in libraries. Whether you are familiar with their use or would like to learn more, we hope you join us at the QR Code Wind Down.

Jenny Sippel and John Daniels of Minneapolis Community & Technical College will present the what, why and how of QR Codes. They will give a tour of QR Code use at MCTC Library and will leave plenty of time for discussion. Bring your questions, experience, and mobile device*!

*mobile device not required!

If you have any questions, contact LeAnn Suchy at leann@metronet.lib.mn.us.

LeAnn Suchy
MILI Program Manager, Metronet
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
St. Paul, MN 55104
Email: leann@metronet.lib.mn.us

Phone: 651.646.0475

3rd Annual Information Literacy Conference - Mpls/St. Paul Area

Metronet is pleased to announce their 3rd Annual Information Literacy Conference!

Transformation from Within: Creating a 21st Century Learning Commons
Friday - June 19, 2009
University of Minnesota Conference Center – St. Paul
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Featured speakers: David Loertscher and Allison Zmuda

Registration fee is $40, but principals can bring their media specialist for free!

Visit http://www.metrolibraries.net for more details and the link to registration.

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A Learning Commons combines library and computer labs into a client-side organization both physical and virtual. Its central idea is a facility built on the idea that if THEY build it, they will use it as opposed to the current notion that if WE build it, they will use it.

The Learning Commons is a giant collaborative, the center of school culture, the showcase of excellence in teaching and learning, the center of school improvement, and, is the place where technology is transformed into a force for high level thinking and achievement.

Allison Zmuda and David Leortscher will explore the creation of such a center and will demonstrate and focus on the types of teaching and learning demonstrated in the Learning Commons that can radiate out from the Commons into the entire school. The audience will experiment with various models for transforming traditional learning experiences into high-level thinking, high tech, and collaborative experiences co-taught by classroom teachers, teacher librarians, teacher technologies, and/or other specialists in the school.

The presenters will explore the differences between academic computing and instructional computing that help push Web 2.0 tools into the mix of learning strategies to meet 21st Century Skills.