The Secret Reasons Why Teachers Are Not Using Web 2.0 Tools and What School Librarians Can Do about It

School librarians need a simple action plan for overcoming the barriers to adopting School Library 2.0. This book provides one, and describes how fully integrating technology would dramatically benefit 21st-century schools.
Web 2.0 and its associated tools have the power to substantially increase student achievement. This book has two straightforward primary purposes: to detail the research-based reasons classroom teachers fail to incorporate Web 2.0 tools into their instruction and collaboration with other educators; and to provide actionable strategies to rectify these omissions.
The Secret Reasons Why Teachers Are Not Using Web 2.0 Tools and What School Librarians Can Do about It provides authoritative definitions of Web 2.0, explains the types of Web 2.0 tools suited for use in educational settings, examines the research-based reasons they are underutilized, and offers strategies for school librarians to model the use of technology-enabled tools-and for teaching others to do so. This book will benefit anyone wishing to effect a positive social change in improving student achievement: practicing K-12 librarians and educators, K-12 school and district administrators, and researchers in the field of K-12 education.

Peggy Milam Creighton, PhD, is a writer, speaker, and educator with an interest in educational technology. She is currently a school library media specialist in Atlanta, GA.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Is Web 2.0?
What Do You Know about Web 2.0?
Defining the World Wide Web
Defining Web 2.0
Web 2.0 Teaching Tools to Use Now!
Where Do We Go from Here?
Action Steps
Interactive Features of This Chapter
Final Thoughts
Extending the Conversation
Chapter 2: Barriers to Using Web 2.0 in 21st-Century Schools
The Impact of Web 2.0 on K-12 Education
The Digital Divide
Advantages of Web 2.0
Disadvantages of Web 2.0
Action Steps
Extending the Conversation
Chapter 3: School Library 2.0
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 Tools for School Librarians and Readers to Use Now!
Other Popular Tools
Implications for School Librarians
Action Steps
Final Thoughts
Extending the Conversation
Chapter 4: Interpreting the Research
Research on Web 2.0 in 21st-Century Schools
Research-based Reasons Teachers Are Not Using Web 2.0
Implications for Practice
Action Steps
Extending the Conversation
Chapter 5: How School Librarians Can Serve as Change Agents in Their Schools
The Setting
The Seven-Step Plan
Scenarios
Influence Beyond the Local School
Next Steps
Extending the Conversation
Glossary
Works Cited
Index