I have been a member of both the TeacherLibrarian Ning and the TexasSchoolLibrarians Ning for at least a year, so I know a good bit about them. I think that Nings are a wonderful way to collaborate with others in your profession from all over the world. When the last Harry Potter book came out, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the TeacherLibrarian Ning had a discussion group totally devoted to discussing the book and the ending of the series. It was awesome! I got to share my ideas and thoughts about the book with librarians all over the world and read what they thought about the book! The Teacher Ning was great, I liked that it was split by grade levels and that you could join discussions that directly related to problems and ideas that you would deal with on a daily basis.
For me Nings are a wonderful example of the potential collaboration that the web currently offers! I am SOOOOOOO glad I live in today technological revolution ---- what a great time to be a teacher and a librarian!
Showing posts with label school library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school library. Show all posts
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Thing #16 - Wicky, wacky, wikis!
I have worked with wikis for at least four years, thanks again to my incredible boss, and I think there are unlimited uses for them!!! In our school district we have several wikis that we use for a variety of things, we have one for posting new websites that are good for different subject areas, one that we posted reviews of "required reading" titles for our secondary schools, several that solicited thoughts and comments on different school district initiatives like new library construction, technology in libraries, etc.
Anyway, I even started a wiki to record family information from relatives all over the U. S., essentially a place to write down antidotal stories from our childhood about our long lost relatives. I think wikis a an awesome tool for sharing thoughts, ideas, and stories for anything! They allow us to share in real time with people who live all over the world, they really are a boon to us in this mobile information society.
As for education uses, it's a great way to share student thoughts, comments, and ideas in a common space, I even know of a school where they use a wiki for teachers to order lunch from a local salad and sandwich restaurant. What a great example of the use of digital technology!
Anyway, I even started a wiki to record family information from relatives all over the U. S., essentially a place to write down antidotal stories from our childhood about our long lost relatives. I think wikis a an awesome tool for sharing thoughts, ideas, and stories for anything! They allow us to share in real time with people who live all over the world, they really are a boon to us in this mobile information society.
As for education uses, it's a great way to share student thoughts, comments, and ideas in a common space, I even know of a school where they use a wiki for teachers to order lunch from a local salad and sandwich restaurant. What a great example of the use of digital technology!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Thing # 15 - Library 2.0oooooooooo
In the office that I work in I have heard about Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 for at least the past 5 years! This is primarily because I have the kind of boss who is a "visionary" and a great "leader", so we are always (or at least trying) to keep up with the newest developments in libraries, school libraries, and technology. After reading the articles on Library 2.0 I can honestly say I knew a lot of what they were talking about, but there is still so much out there to learn! I was especially intrigued by the metadata ideas and the new browers that allow your library catalog to behave like Google and the thought of sharing materials world wide via the Open WorldCat Project.
I guess the bottom line is that in the Mid life of my career I feel like I am sitting on the edge of a whole new school library world! I am so glad that I have gotten to see this door open and that I have the opportunity to experience it! What a wonderful gift to the world of education and libraries!!! And to quote a popular song, "the future is so bright(for libraries) I've gotta wear shades".
I guess the bottom line is that in the Mid life of my career I feel like I am sitting on the edge of a whole new school library world! I am so glad that I have gotten to see this door open and that I have the opportunity to experience it! What a wonderful gift to the world of education and libraries!!! And to quote a popular song, "the future is so bright(for libraries) I've gotta wear shades".
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Thing 3
Well I created my blog and avatar and it was really fun! My son helped me pick the template for my blog, but I decided how my avatar should look. I have used and avatar program before, it was Meez, I found it on a friend's blog and it was really fun to play with. Yahoo avatars was fun too, the only problem with any avatar program for me is that there are so many choices!!! It gets pretty confusing but I did manage to find an image that is somewhat close the the "real" me --- just add about 50 pounds and that would be a good representation of what I look like. Anyway, avatars are fun!
Choosing the title of my blog was the hardest part. Since I work as a library systems admin. for school libraries I wanted something that would reflect that, I think "bytes" does that, but of course my first choice "Library Bytes" was already taken, so I had to come up with another play on the "bytes" reference --- that took a while, but once I decided it was good to have it done!
One to the next "thing"!
Liz's bytes
Choosing the title of my blog was the hardest part. Since I work as a library systems admin. for school libraries I wanted something that would reflect that, I think "bytes" does that, but of course my first choice "Library Bytes" was already taken, so I had to come up with another play on the "bytes" reference --- that took a while, but once I decided it was good to have it done!
One to the next "thing"!
Liz's bytes
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