It has been a long time since I have posted on my blog. I need to take my web 2.0 class all over. This time, I will concentrate on useful (to me) apps. I want to learn to create QR codes, so I can add them to all the new library books I purchase. I'm hoping to get kids excited about them. Right now, they just ask me what the symbol is.
I have been concentrating on my displays in the library for the past couple of years, so now it is time to ramp it up. Wish I had time to add all my books from Shelfari to Jacketflap so both would be updated. Hm, maybe...
I use so many different ereaders, sometimes I forget what book is where. NetGalley can go to Bluefire or Kindle. Simon and Schuster goes to Adobe Digital Editions. Guess they could go to Bluefire if I knew how to crete them in PDF. Oh well, sometimes I read on the computer, sometimes on the iPad, sometimes on the Kindle and sometimes on my iPhone.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Friday, June 27, 2008
ALA Volunteers are AWESOME!!
ALA came to one of our district's middle schools today to help weed. This library had not been weeded in over 25 years. These 6 dynamic people arrived ready to work and attacked the shelves. It was incredible to watch these professionals at work. They came from all different parts of the U.S. to help us. We weeded over 10,000 books in 6 hours. A couple finished their section early, cleaned the shelves and staged some books on the shelves. This will lessen the "blow"the principal will feel when he sees all the books being deleted. Administrators never seem to understand the weed concept. This principal will walk into a beautiful library on Monday morning. How can we ever thank these volunteers? When they left, we thanked them over and over. They waved and said they were more than happy to do it.They even claimed to have enjoyed it. I am still in in awe of these wonderful people in our profession.
Tomorrow, off to ALA. I hope I run in to my new "friends".
ALA came to one of our district's middle schools today to help weed. This library had not been weeded in over 25 years. These 6 dynamic people arrived ready to work and attacked the shelves. It was incredible to watch these professionals at work. They came from all different parts of the U.S. to help us. We weeded over 10,000 books in 6 hours. A couple finished their section early, cleaned the shelves and staged some books on the shelves. This will lessen the "blow"the principal will feel when he sees all the books being deleted. Administrators never seem to understand the weed concept. This principal will walk into a beautiful library on Monday morning. How can we ever thank these volunteers? When they left, we thanked them over and over. They waved and said they were more than happy to do it.They even claimed to have enjoyed it. I am still in in awe of these wonderful people in our profession.
Tomorrow, off to ALA. I hope I run in to my new "friends".
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wavemypic.com
This is supposed to be an animated wavy picture. I used www.wavemypic.comNo registration required. It was fun, but the animation doesn't transfer to this blog. Hmm.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Feeder and alerts
Today, I have set up a new bloglines and google reader. I also set up Google alerts. I am waiting to see the results. School Library Learning Web 2.0 is my main reason for doing this.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
School Library Learning 2.0 is launched!
School Library Learning 2.0 runs from December 1, 2007 - April 1, 2008. This is a repeat of School Library Learning 2.0 that was offered over the 2007 summer.
Join your colleagues to learn more about YouTube, podcasts, image generators, wikis, mashups and other web 2.0 tools. Now is your chance to learn, at your leisure -- in the comfort of your own home, all about these exciting new tools. This on-line tutorial will take you step by step through the use of many of the tools listed above. There are already many ideas posted on California 2.0 Curriculum Connections wiki on how to develop library lessons and useful classroom collaborations. Join in this discussion and add to it, the many ideas you'll be getting as you work through the 23 Things of this tutorial.
With over 60 CSLA "Summer 2.0 Fun" graduates, you have lots of learning partners to call on and many of these grads will be your cheering partners. CSLA's Ed Tech Committee gives this special feature a new name: "Peer Cheers."School Library Learning 2.0 is a free, fun, and fabulous way to learn together and strengthen our collective educational technology savvy. There is a Continuing Education option.
Join your colleagues to learn more about YouTube, podcasts, image generators, wikis, mashups and other web 2.0 tools. Now is your chance to learn, at your leisure -- in the comfort of your own home, all about these exciting new tools. This on-line tutorial will take you step by step through the use of many of the tools listed above. There are already many ideas posted on California 2.0 Curriculum Connections wiki on how to develop library lessons and useful classroom collaborations. Join in this discussion and add to it, the many ideas you'll be getting as you work through the 23 Things of this tutorial.
With over 60 CSLA "Summer 2.0 Fun" graduates, you have lots of learning partners to call on and many of these grads will be your cheering partners. CSLA's Ed Tech Committee gives this special feature a new name: "Peer Cheers."School Library Learning 2.0 is a free, fun, and fabulous way to learn together and strengthen our collective educational technology savvy. There is a Continuing Education option.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
CSLA School Library Learning 2.0 Begins.........
There is excitement in the air. The winter session of CSLA's School Library Learning 2.0 begins today. This is important to me. The program has been a lifesaver for me. Learning all these new tools has been wonderful. I can't wait to learn more. There are so many wonderful web2 tools to discover. In the 23 things we studied, we came out with at least 60 more tools to use. I applaud this organization for being a leader and innovator of school library learning.
Web2 tools are so important to open the web to everyone. The internet opened new worlds for us, but Web2 has innovated the world. We can only imagine what is next. Things like livescribe coming out in 2008, and secondlife are tools we will all be using. Chris Duke aka Topher Zwiers, is an expert on secondlife in education. His dedication to lifelong learning is incredible.
Very interesting to see what is happening in the world of technology. I want to be a part of it.
For me, the sessions CSLA offers are perfect.
Web2 tools are so important to open the web to everyone. The internet opened new worlds for us, but Web2 has innovated the world. We can only imagine what is next. Things like livescribe coming out in 2008, and secondlife are tools we will all be using. Chris Duke aka Topher Zwiers, is an expert on secondlife in education. His dedication to lifelong learning is incredible.
Very interesting to see what is happening in the world of technology. I want to be a part of it.
For me, the sessions CSLA offers are perfect.
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