I've just begun reading Will Richardson's "Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts..." and really want to amp up my tech tools for next school year. For the past few days, my blog at
edublogs has been unavailable for editing. The site assures users that their blogs are preserved - somewhere - but doesn't give any specifics on when things will return to normal. At this point, I'm considering copying and pasting my posts into another blog (I'm trying to compile an online record…
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Added by Diane Cordell on June 22, 2007 at 1:52pm —
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Added by osde8info on June 15, 2007 at 1:40am —
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Has anyone tried using del.icio.us with a group? I was thinking of setting up an account for our secondary librarians group and having everyone post great sites as they come across them. It would have the advantage of listing sites that are really specific to our local curriculum. Usually we just pass sites to each other using email but this would have the advantage of being a searchable and permanent location.
Added by Lesley Edwards on June 14, 2007 at 12:01pm —
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I am taking two classes for my master's plus thirty (specialist degree). One is Digital Preservation. The discussions on the boards set up by the professor have ranged from funding to photos fading (especially if you use the inkjet printers) to the reliability of data (when anyone can change it) to saving the data from format to format. In Information Services, we are looking at Web 2.0 applications and if or how you would add them to the library to provide services.
For my big paper…
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Added by Susan Myers on June 12, 2007 at 8:10pm —
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No way! I'm not ready for this to be my main blogging resource, though I see in some forums that there are those who are ready for this to be their primary blogging tool. I have other blogs that I can point to, and they are at:
- Scasl Blogs! The South Carolina Association of School Librarians sponsor a blog, and I am lucky enough to be a contributor. I wish i could say it is as popular as Sunlink, or some other state association…
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Added by Cathy Nelson on June 10, 2007 at 4:30pm —
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I bought Weinberger's book the other day, though admittedly it's still sitting on my shelf, waiting for me to read it. However I did spend a good part of the morning watching his discussion on Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2159021324062223592) , that I highly recommend. What he has to say relates directly to a lot of our concerns and ideas regarding Library/Web 2.0, with strong implications both for education in general and the LMS in specific.…
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Added by Jeri Hurd on June 10, 2007 at 11:51am —
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Added by Peg Weidemann on June 7, 2007 at 10:35am —
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So much for promises to write during the conference. I discovered that being the new president of the Canadian Association for School Libraries meant that I had a lot of meetings and social gatherings to attend. This is rather late but here are some highlights.
School Libraries in Canada
Western Canada is holding its own with strong provincial associations in BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Manitoba's provincal association is lacking members but the government still supports…
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Added by Richard Beaudry on June 7, 2007 at 12:04am —
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Seeing the wonderful work that Joyce has done in creating her Teacher-Librarian NING has inspired me to create a Ning for Louisiana librarians. As a result, I've started the Louisiana LMS Ning at the following URL:
http://louisianalms.ning.com/. It is dedicated to Library 2.0 and how we, in our state, are using it in our classrooms. It is in its early stages and needs members and input, but it is our beginning. I hope to debut it at our state…
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Added by Jan McGee on June 6, 2007 at 7:43pm —
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I am looking for some podcast or vodcasts ideas to get my teachers hooked next year on trying this out with their classes. I love the vodcast that Joyce Valenza's students made called
Prepositionitis, check the posting on May 24th. I will show that to teachers as an example. I also plan on having my young adult literature club make monthly booktalk podcasts of the books they are reading. Anyone else doing podcasting with their high school students?
Added by Sally Daniels on June 4, 2007 at 5:07pm —
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At BookExpo America, they announced this year's Quill nominees. It's the third year for these consumer-driven awards. The last two lists helped me plan my summer reading and helped me to discover new authors and titles to include on our high school shelves. Scroll down to the bottom of the list for youth titles.
Added by Joyce Valenza on June 3, 2007 at 7:26am —
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Yesterday I received my tentative teaching assignments for next school year (in addition to my duties in the LMC). I am now scheduled to instruct a mixed class of high school students in current events. I don't have any details yet, but the high school principal said this scheduling is a direct result of my advocating for more (any!) 21st century fluency skills in our district. My hope is the students and I will explore - and master - things like podcasts, blogging, etc. The first hurdle will…
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Added by Diane Cordell on June 2, 2007 at 2:09pm —
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I've been reading articles on virtual libraries and making the virtual library space as cozy, comfortable and inviting as the physical space. I've also explored several impressive examples of best practice and "borrowed" some great ideas. Having mapped out the schema for the website, before I starting writing content I thought it would behoove me to organize this wealth of information into some sort of hierarchical set of principals to guide the development. I was talking to my Info Lit prof…
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Added by Jeri Hurd on June 1, 2007 at 8:50am —
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Yesterday was my last day for the year, and it certainly ended in a rush. I repeatedly told teachers it was fine to keep whatever they needed until the last school day. Wow, when they did that it was great for relationship building and making them feel welcome. However, I didn't think about all the books that would show up needing to be reshelved. Whew!! Foolishly I thought I would end the year with things all neatly put away, and that would be a first. No, that didn't happen. I don't mind at…
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Added by Lisa Hunt on June 1, 2007 at 7:04am —
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I've heard about blogging but never really understood what it is. I've perused what a few people had to say in the TeacherLibrarian Ning and their comments were interesting and food for thought. As one completely new to blogs, my initial concern is that there is so much to say and millions of opinions to be heard! I also feel like I did when I first went online. There is sooo much information and so many people, it is difficult to navigate through everything.
I'm trying to figure out…
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Added by Lisa Archuleta on May 30, 2007 at 10:27pm —
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I am currently working my way through the "23 Things" on the California School Library Association's School Library Learning 2.0. It is an interesting experience and we are all trying to find new and amazing things to use at school in our libraries. Not everything will be useful, but we will sure know about a lot more when we are finished.
Added by Librarymum on May 29, 2007 at 2:34am —
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Dear TeacherLibrarianNing-ers,
This is to invite you all to join this newly formed group at: Building a Culture of Collaboration Group
It is my belief that as teacher-librarians we must continually develop and refine our collaborative skills and strategies in order to serve as effective instructional partners.
Share your successes. Share your challenges.…
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Added by Judi Moreillon on May 28, 2007 at 10:47pm —
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Here is a personal blog post. I am taking my son to the Greenville Zoo today. I could have gone out of town since I have family in Charleston, and my husband's family lives in Charlotte. However, I did not feel like dealing with the traffic on this Memorial Day weekend.
Anyway, we are going to the zoo. It is a nice zoo because it is small. It only takes an hour to an hour and a half to see all of the animals. There is a great playground right beside the zoo, too. Probably later this…
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Added by Susan Myers on May 28, 2007 at 7:48am —
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As I've studied this year and, more recently, read Joyce Valenza's blog about library websites, I've been thinking about the implications of Web 2.0 for both libraries and education. I always saw myself as pretty advanced along the tech integration pathway, at least compared to other teachers in my school. I used list-servs and webquests and digital storytelling/documentaries as a regular part of my classes. I even had a (fairly disastrous) foray into podcasting. (grin--nothing in Egypt is ever…
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Added by Jeri Hurd on May 26, 2007 at 3:42pm —
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OK, here goes.
I'm Becky and I'm a little stressed at the moment because this is graduation eve for my stepson. There are about a million family members at our house right now and they're not likely to leave any time soon. The good news is that we'll get to see Stefan play in the 2A HS All Star Baseball game on Sunday.
I'm librarian for Center MS/HS/Public library. It's pretty tiny, but becoming mightier all the time. Looking forward to reading my cohort's posts.
Added by Becky18 on May 26, 2007 at 12:00am —
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