Thing #23

In a word – the class was mind-expanding!  I enjoyed it very much and appreciate the opportunity.  It was well set-up and organized and caused me to stretch myself to learn about all of the “things” that I had heard about, but did not really know about.  Yes, yes, I would take another class like [...]

Thing #22 – Nings

I visited both of the library nings and think I would use Texas School Librarians.  The videos are useful and it is probably a better format than TLC listserve since you can visit the ning and browse around rather than getting 25 email messages.  Like so many of the other things that we have explored, [...]

Thing #21 – Podcasts

I enjoyed learning about Photostory. I had heard of it at school but had not taken the time to pursue it. It was very easy to use and I think it would be a great program to teach kids. I created a short piece of the new bluebonnets that I can use to introduce them. [...]

Thing #20 – YouTube and TeacherTube

Check out this video of “Dewey or Do We Not’?
I am most excited about being able to embed this video into my post rather than all of the great videos that I found.  The directions on TeacherTube for embedding videos into WordPress nearly scared me off.  It involved adding files to [...]

Thing #19 – Web 2.0 Awards

This was fun.  There are several sites that I would like to go back and explore when I have some more time.  I have already spent more time than I intended.  Isn’t that always it goes when learning about the internet?  I explored Twitter, iFood, Color Blend and several others.  The one that I explored [...]

Thing #18 – Online Productivity

I took the tour of Google Docs and watched the video.  Makes me glad that there are smart people working on this stuff all of the time to come up with better ways to do things.  I think back to my master’s classes and wish that Google Docs had been around then for all of [...]

Thing #17 – Rollyo

Pretty cool tool.  I have set up a Rollyo search and added it to my Links.  I think its usefulness might become more apparent to me as I get into the school year.  Maybe good for things like e-field trips and webquests and copyright, etc.  Right now, the most specific use I can think of is [...]

Thing #16 – Wikis

This was a good lesson.  I actually did not feel overwhelmed by the information as I have on other lessons.  And I came up with a very good idea for a wiki to use in my own library:  a list of Author Read-Alikes.  The students can add their suggestions of similar authors to the list [...]

Thing #15 – Library 2.0

What great food for thought I found while reading the articles from OCLC!  I worked in a public library for many years before becoming a school librarian and so I have seen the transition from microfiche readers at the front desk and physical card catalogs on the floor for patrons to the current state of [...]

Thing #14 – Technorati

Okay, I have to be honest here.  I still don’t get how Technorati works.  I was successful at finding blogs and blog posts and seeing the tags when I searched School Library Learning 2.0.  But…  I’m not sure how I would make use of the site at school.  The video by the Technorati folks was [...]