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Comment by Laura Berdichevsky on April 17, 2009 at 9:57am

hi all :)

I see there's a lot of 2.0 convo in here. I've heard healthfinder.gov is a great interactive resource for librarians. Their flash tutorial for librarians is supposed to be really helpful (http://www.healthfinder.gov/tutorial/default.asp#librarian) and they're also on twitter, @healthfinder.

Comment by Betty Jordan on February 15, 2009 at 12:04pm

One of my roles is supervisor to the live morning news student run broadcast each morning. Since middle schoolers' newsletters rarely make it home we now host a podcast each Friday with the highlights of the morning announcements. There aren't many subscribers yet, but I have had parents consult it to find out about dates for activities, etc.

Comment by karenklieg on February 10, 2009 at 5:59am

If you all are around the Arlington, VA area March 31st, I am giving a presentation on this topic at the Internet@Schools; Computers in Libraries Conference. I will surely be checking this discussion forum for your thoughts and comments to add to my presentation!
I am a Google Certified Teacher; I love Google apps and am finding them so useful for my library media center. Surveys are a snap, creating sites for projects and such and embedding presentations and videos is easy. VoiceThread is a wonderful tool for book reviews; shelfari is a cool way to show what you are reading to your students; blogger to communicate with the community. Wordle is a great tool to incoroporate into literacy lessons; for example, a brainstorm on Internet safety for students.

Comment by Courtney Lewis on January 6, 2009 at 8:40pm

Hi, folks! I just wanted to let you all know that if you're within driving distance on March 2nd, you may want to consider attending the YALSA Teens and Technology Institute that we are hosting. The website with all the info can be found at http://www.wyomingseminary.org/newsletter/yalsa_institute.php. Please spread the word!

Comment by Jodi James-Genovese on December 11, 2008 at 11:19am

Google also has a nice, simple free website creator. We have GoogleApps for educators in our district, and teachers find it very easy to use.

Comment by Leanne Windsor on December 11, 2008 at 5:18am

Nicole,
Here's a couple of free website creation/host sites:

Weebly

Webs

Comment by Nicole Mardian on December 11, 2008 at 12:09am

What free websites can I find which allow me to learn how to create my own website? Thanks!

Comment by John Crowley on November 25, 2008 at 1:40pm

We use a teacher web site service eBoard.com Although it is "plain vanilla" it has a component called iNote. This, I think, predates blogs, but functions in the same way. I have been able to get some technophobic teachers to become "blogmasters" to beat the band. We promote the use of more advanced Web 2.0 tools (Google Docs & Notebook, Podcasting, iMovie, iPhoto, etc) via workshops that I coordinate.

Comment by Dianne Lane on September 29, 2008 at 12:02am

Am currently a lecturer in teacher librarianship in Australia and we are using web 2 tools as part of our Grad Dip and Masters courses. Looking forward to learning new applications as our courses are totally online.

Comment by Colleen Williams on September 23, 2008 at 3:56pm

Lisa - check for the unquiet library and cool cat teacher, both from Georgia - I believe they do podcasts linked at their websites.

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