Thing 19.
1- I love blogging, I blogged before this class, I blogged during this class and I will blog long after this class. I think the one thing that I like the most about the learning 2.0 is that it really makes you stretch what you think you can do until you have done it. I reflect back to the 7.5 habits of highly effective learners and think about what I listed as my weakness, being confident in being an effective learner. I think the reason that I felt this way was because I find it hard to remember and retain a lot of information, but after doing the learning 2.0 I realized that if I don't know how to do something I can figure it out, and retain that information. I have used some of the things that we learned like podcasts, youtube, and blogging in general. There were several things that I learned though like social tags, blog searching, rollyo, and twitter. I also have fallen in love with Jing, the program to capture images on your desk top. If you didn't get it. You should it is great. I think that several people including myself have become more techno-confident after doing learning 2.0 simply because they were forced to use technology in ways that they never had. Not to say that everyone is going to be the world's next Pioneer Woman blogger and become famous. But I think I can safely say that we have all become a little more comfortable enough to answer a student's question or make a cool wiki for our library. I think this was the perfect assignment for a class who want to be librarians in this new age of on the go need to know Now! Students. Thank you anne for assigning it to us. Check
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Week 13-Tag Clouds
Thing 18-
1. Get inspired. Check
2. Create my own. I made mine out of classic book titles. Check
3. Include a screen shot. Check
1. Get inspired. Check
2. Create my own. I made mine out of classic book titles. Check
3. Include a screen shot. Check
Week 12-Podcasting
Thing 17
1. Used a podcast directory (I-Tunes) and found a school library media related topic. Check
2. Listen to the podcast and write a blog post about what you learned.
5. Use ITunes to subscribe to a free podcast on any topic.
1. Used a podcast directory (I-Tunes) and found a school library media related topic. Check
2. Listen to the podcast and write a blog post about what you learned.
The Podcast that I listened to was called How will the field of School Library Media Evolve?
The podcaster interviewed different librarians, authors, and media specialists and asked them the question from the title. She also asked other questions such as do you think kindles will replace paper books? The librarians all had the same kind of response they feel like the library is getting more technological, books are never going to be fully replaced by the computer but computers have an important place in where the library is going. Computers are seen as a positive thing and one of our main responsibilities as librarians is to make sure that our students are producing good content. The library is no longer about reading and absorbing information, it is becoming a place where information is being created. It was a very good blog I liked that it was interviewing people that have experience in libraries in the past and currently. One of the librarians also through out this pitch about her blog. It is a blog that reviews children's books I listed the link below. Check.
www.planetesme.blogspot.com
3. Link to the podcast I listened to
5. Use ITunes to subscribe to a free podcast on any topic.
I am subscribed to the....
-Martha Stewart Podcast
-Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Podcast
-Now Podcast
-Car Talk Podcast
-What you missed in History Class Podcast
-Vegan radio podcast (I'm not a vegan I just like the recipes) Ü
-Martha Stewart Podcast
-Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Podcast
-Now Podcast
-Car Talk Podcast
-What you missed in History Class Podcast
-Vegan radio podcast (I'm not a vegan I just like the recipes) Ü
Week 11- Online Video
Thing 16
1. Explore YouTube and find a school library related video to add to your blog. Check.
2. Embed the video in a blog post (using the embed code to the right of the video). Below. Check.
Book Talk Ocean Stories
3. Write a post about the video you chose.
The video that I choose was the video book talk that I made for Jadene's class. I decided to make my book talk into a video and post it on You Tube so it could be used for this purpose, to be posted on a library blog. I thought starting with my own blog would be as good a place as any to start. Enjoy. I also found several other videos posted on Youtube that I liked like the dewey rap, ALA book cart championship, and several library book talks and library conference broadcasts. Check
1. Explore YouTube and find a school library related video to add to your blog. Check.
2. Embed the video in a blog post (using the embed code to the right of the video). Below. Check.
Book Talk Ocean Stories
3. Write a post about the video you chose.
The video that I choose was the video book talk that I made for Jadene's class. I decided to make my book talk into a video and post it on You Tube so it could be used for this purpose, to be posted on a library blog. I thought starting with my own blog would be as good a place as any to start. Enjoy. I also found several other videos posted on Youtube that I liked like the dewey rap, ALA book cart championship, and several library book talks and library conference broadcasts. Check
Week 9- Twitter
Thing 15
1.Read the newbies guide to twitter. Check
2. Go to Twitter and see what people are saying about library or libraries. Check.
3. Read about twitter for libraries and librarians. Check.
3. Create a free Twitter account and find some people and libraries you want to follow. Library of Congress. Check
4. Integrate your tweets into your blog (see bottom right of this blog) by adding a twitter gadget that posts your tweets. Check
5. Blog about your Twitter experience and whether you can see a use for it in your current or future school library. I really didn't know why everyone loves twitter until I got onto it and I can see how it could be addictive. I subscribed to the library of congress but I also subscribed to my favorite stores and new anchors. I can see my self checking what they are saying all the time. It can save time by keeping you informed about what is going on with so many things at once but it can also waste time because you are spending time that could be spent else where.
As for libraries I think it would be good for patrons because they can be made aware of events that are coming up or happening in real time. I also think that it would be good for librarians to be able to follow other libraries and see what they are doing so they can improve their own library. Check
1.Read the newbies guide to twitter. Check
2. Go to Twitter and see what people are saying about library or libraries. Check.
3. Read about twitter for libraries and librarians. Check.
3. Create a free Twitter account and find some people and libraries you want to follow. Library of Congress. Check
4. Integrate your tweets into your blog (see bottom right of this blog) by adding a twitter gadget that posts your tweets. Check
5. Blog about your Twitter experience and whether you can see a use for it in your current or future school library. I really didn't know why everyone loves twitter until I got onto it and I can see how it could be addictive. I subscribed to the library of congress but I also subscribed to my favorite stores and new anchors. I can see my self checking what they are saying all the time. It can save time by keeping you informed about what is going on with so many things at once but it can also waste time because you are spending time that could be spent else where.
As for libraries I think it would be good for patrons because they can be made aware of events that are coming up or happening in real time. I also think that it would be good for librarians to be able to follow other libraries and see what they are doing so they can improve their own library. Check
Week 8-RSS and Newsreaders
Thing 13
1. Read so you will understand what Bloglines is. Check.
2. Create a Bloglines account. Check.
3. Add our learning 2.0 blog as a feed. Check.
4. Go to Google news and create a search on something you find interesting. Check.
5. Remember Flickr? You can also subscribe to people's photographs so every time they post new photos you'll get them automatically! Check
Thing 14
1. Try out a blog or feed search engine or two and find additional blogs to subscribe to. Check.
2. Explore one of the lists to see if they point you to additional blogs. Check
3. Create a blog post on your personal blog about your RSS feed search and subscription experience.
First I didn't know that Google had a subscription feed at the bottom of the news search. I think that is pretty neat. Second, I love RSS feeds, they are so simple. It is nice to be a follower of a blog and be notified if they have added something new without having to go and check on it. Now I specifically tried to find blogs on library technology or school librarians. What I found was, A. I don't like blogsearchengine.com and B. There are some cool librarians who are doing all the stuff we have talked about in class. They are spreading information about libraries to the world. The 2 blogs that I am now a follower of is 1. librarywebhead it is a librarian who has posted articles and things that she has learned from conferences on technology in the library. She covers topics like webdesign and having your patrons try using technology things that you have designed to see if they are user friendly. The blog posts are a bit long but they have a ton of information. 2. Ilibrarian this is a neat site that has blog titles like Amazing Facts about Instant Messaging and Google to Digitize anciant Italian books. I like this site because it looks like a "what is happeneing with libraries and technology" while the first blog is more about how to use technology in your library. I think that subscribing to RSS feeds of blogs and other sites is one of the easiest ways for librarians to keep up with what is going on with technology. That is why RSS feeds and knowing how to use them can be so important for librarians. Check.
1. Read so you will understand what Bloglines is. Check.
2. Create a Bloglines account. Check.
3. Add our learning 2.0 blog as a feed. Check.
4. Go to Google news and create a search on something you find interesting. Check.
5. Remember Flickr? You can also subscribe to people's photographs so every time they post new photos you'll get them automatically! Check
Thing 14
1. Try out a blog or feed search engine or two and find additional blogs to subscribe to. Check.
2. Explore one of the lists to see if they point you to additional blogs. Check
3. Create a blog post on your personal blog about your RSS feed search and subscription experience.
First I didn't know that Google had a subscription feed at the bottom of the news search. I think that is pretty neat. Second, I love RSS feeds, they are so simple. It is nice to be a follower of a blog and be notified if they have added something new without having to go and check on it. Now I specifically tried to find blogs on library technology or school librarians. What I found was, A. I don't like blogsearchengine.com and B. There are some cool librarians who are doing all the stuff we have talked about in class. They are spreading information about libraries to the world. The 2 blogs that I am now a follower of is 1. librarywebhead it is a librarian who has posted articles and things that she has learned from conferences on technology in the library. She covers topics like webdesign and having your patrons try using technology things that you have designed to see if they are user friendly. The blog posts are a bit long but they have a ton of information. 2. Ilibrarian this is a neat site that has blog titles like Amazing Facts about Instant Messaging and Google to Digitize anciant Italian books. I like this site because it looks like a "what is happeneing with libraries and technology" while the first blog is more about how to use technology in your library. I think that subscribing to RSS feeds of blogs and other sites is one of the easiest ways for librarians to keep up with what is going on with technology. That is why RSS feeds and knowing how to use them can be so important for librarians. Check.
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