Interesting and well thought response to Carson's Laws for using photos you take at your library (Information Today, Sept/October 08), focusing on libraries using flickr to archive images, especially those of patrons. I'm not sure that I agree with the argument for not using consent forms, but overall, a thought provoking piece.

I think the goals of extending the library and promoting the community trumps that one, but I am not an attorney, nor do I play one TV.

I love mike wesch's videos.

I think this sounds like a really interesting way to learn a language -- social networking & multimedia style! Mashable has a good overview & review here:

Babbel is the latest site to teach new languages through a social Web-based immersion program, where the majority of the content is packaged into lessons created by Babbel. So far, languages such as Spanish, French, Italian, English, and German are supported.

First-of-Its-Kind Study at the University of Minnesota Uncovers the Educational Benefits of Social Networking SitesUniversity of Minnesota News (06/19/08) Badaracco, LuisaUniversity of Minnesota researchers have determined the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook and also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically proficient as their more advantaged counterparts.

Inquiring Minds at the LibraryTuesday, August 22, 2006; Page A14What Yahoo Inc. Vice President Eckart Walther refers to as the "next generation of search" techniques ["Web Searches Go Low-Tech: You Ask, a Person Answers," front page, Aug. 16] has been alive and well in our nation's libraries for more than a century. Reference librarians in our public and academic libraries answer nearly 8 million questions every week in person, on the phone, and online via e-mail, instant messaging, wikis and other technologies.In fact, the number of times I hear "I tried to find this on the Internet, but . .

My IT class project group was referenced for our second project, a short presentation about constructivist theory which we also all cross- posted on our blogs. The instructor who referenced us teaches Instructional Technology at Arkansas Tech Univ. Kind of neat, hmm?http://scottadams.blogs.com/teachergeek/2004/09/edit_6100_const.html