Learning through Sharing

As librarians and teachers we are always asking ourselves how we can help our students learn the skills and facts they will need, but also learn how to learn because those skills are constantly changing and new facts appear every day. Books are one way of keeping up with the world, but books are not sufficient for modern schools. As businesses and government turn more and more to collaborative ways of bringing experts together to solve problems, our children have to learn this way of interacting with one another and learning. Collaborative learning through sharing blogs, wikis, and using social networking sites has become more and more important in education. Edutopia is one organization that helps teachers and other adults understand how these tools can be used in schools and libraries to make education a positive force for our children.