I love words, which makes sense being in the biz of admiring how they connect together to make thoughts and feeling relateable to others. What's quicker is a flash of an image. An unmistakable image that burns in memory. When I think of the Great Depression, I think of that famous picture by Dorothea Lange of the mother and her children. It's certain images that evoke the memories and all the sensory experience attached to it. The picture on the right is one of my favorite pictures of myself, taken on a first anniversary trip to Cancun with my husband. I know it's the back of my head that's seen. But it's what I'm looking forward to that I relate with most. It could take me several pages to express all that it is, however, it is quicker for me to look at it and smile. One could argue a word is an image, but for me it isn't as visceral. Which brings us to the discussion this week about embedding images and video in your blog. It seems these days people are more wired for image than word. Maybe we've become a more visual society, I don't know. Either way, you need communicate with those who learn on a multiple different platforms. The use of images is an intergral part of your message. Choose wisely or you'll end up on failblog.
Last thing before I leave this post. I have read a couple of blogs that mention transliteracy, especially how libraries/ librarians can support the abilty to communicate across diffrent platforms. If you're interested, here are a couple good sources to check out. http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/ and http://librarianbyday.net/transliteracy/
BTW, speaking of words failing. I've tried to respond to comments left on the blog, but have not been able to. Suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?
I've been adding images to this post without trying to make it look like a overdesigned myspace page and just couldn't resist this one. It's me me as a Lego character. Isn't it sweet?
The Lego you is sweet. Thanks for bringing up transliteracy, too. I think that will be such a big part of working in a library as we move forward. In practice I see a large disconnect from knowing the importance of transliteracy and the ability to actually put it into practice.
ReplyDeleteAs far as replying to comments, all you have to do is post another comment. Unfortunately, in order to be notified of your reply they have to "subscribe by email".
ReplyDeleteThanks! I've tried to enter my comments. Shortly after I do it, the post disapears into the atmosphere. Hopefully this one will work.
ReplyDeleteOkay, so it did. What's the emoticon for chagrined?
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