James Trier talks about hot and cold media in his article "Cool Engagements With Youtube: Part 1". Hot media is that which is low in participation and cool media is high in participation. Those phrases really help me to see the value of the web 2.0 tools and how integrating them into the curriculum, either in the classroom or the library, is so beneficial to students.
Kids can watch videos in class, they can word process for a project, they might email questions to a teacher regarding a problem in math, or they might look at pictures of a particular topic for art assignment inspiration by typing in the address to a web site. These are all examples of hot media - the student's participation is at a low level. They seek and they find. Then there doesn't seem to be much more to do.
If the students write wikis to collaborate with and learn from other classmates, create and share blogs with one another, listen to podcasts where ever and whenever is most convenient or create and download a video to Youtube as an assignment for a class, then the students would be partcicpating at a much higher level. It's as though they're participating in their learning, actively learning, as opposed to passively letting the information come to them.
With regards to the key concept - How do these concepts transform the traditional role of the library into a place which is characterized as an active learning lab? - having our students involved with web 2.0 tools as a means of learning does characterize the library as a place of active learning. With the help of the teacher librarian, other teachers can learn to use these tools and teach their own students the information literacy skills necessary, and do so in an innovative way. This all sesems very inspirational to me!
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