PB wikis look like a cool tool. And there were a lot of good ideas in the curriculum connections section. We have several teachers doing laptop classes, and I can see several ideas we can incorporate into their curriculum.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Week 7 Thing 16
I am as bad as my students--I have not been putting the "thing" number in my blog posting. And I am also a lazy blogger in that I have been putting all the "things" in the same blog. But posting blogs has become easy enough that I have one for Thing 16 all by itself.
Wiki's seem to be one of the most useful things I have seen so far for my own library. To begin with, I am planning one for booktalking this fall. It was useful to find all those comparisons of different wiki services. However, since our students are accustomed to using Blackboard, I plan to post my book wiki there.
Wiki's seem to be one of the most useful things I have seen so far for my own library. To begin with, I am planning one for booktalking this fall. It was useful to find all those comparisons of different wiki services. However, since our students are accustomed to using Blackboard, I plan to post my book wiki there.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Week 6
It has been interestsing and enlightening looking at all those blogs and all those networking sites, but I am not certain about how useful they are. I guess I am comfortable enough with my searching skills that I did not find much I didn't already know about when I went searching in del.icio.us. And I have been successful enough in managing folders in my bookmarks that at this time I do not need those managing tools.
I am glad to know there is something like technorati, and probably some I share this with will be very glad to learn about it. What I can't figure out is who in the world has time to create and read all those blogs?
Which brings me to the future of libraries:
Libraries and librarians help provide information. The explosion of blogs and all sorts of personal postings make it even more difficult to sift through the mass of "stuff" to find "information" that is viable and credible. I spend a lot of time trying to teach students how to become critical users of the web. Unfortunately some of their parents and some of the teachers are just as intimitated as they are about all the stuff they need to sift through.
I am glad to know there is something like technorati, and probably some I share this with will be very glad to learn about it. What I can't figure out is who in the world has time to create and read all those blogs?
Which brings me to the future of libraries:
Libraries and librarians help provide information. The explosion of blogs and all sorts of personal postings make it even more difficult to sift through the mass of "stuff" to find "information" that is viable and credible. I spend a lot of time trying to teach students how to become critical users of the web. Unfortunately some of their parents and some of the teachers are just as intimitated as they are about all the stuff they need to sift through.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Week 5
Success! I got into this for posting the first time I tried!
I guess it is time to be grateful for small victories. I have a picture from flicker to post, but the insert pictures box will not open. I went back to the comic strip generator and post it from there, but there was an internal server error.
Lesson: One must sometimes be really persistent to make use of some of these wonderful new tools.
I am about to the point that I am really sorry you cannot see this wonderful cartoon of Bart Simpson wondering if he really needs to have an ID card to check out a book, but all my kids can, because I HAVE been successful in saving the image to my desktop and then printing it for use in my library.
There are some very interesting things in that Web 2.0 awards list. But who in the world has time to do all that stuff? I looked at LibraryThing, and am looking forward to playing with it more. I can see some use for that when I am trying to remember themes when I do reader's advisory.
As for rollyo, I guess I am successful enough with search engines that I do not find that to be very useful at this time.
I guess it is time to be grateful for small victories. I have a picture from flicker to post, but the insert pictures box will not open. I went back to the comic strip generator and post it from there, but there was an internal server error.
Lesson: One must sometimes be really persistent to make use of some of these wonderful new tools.
I am about to the point that I am really sorry you cannot see this wonderful cartoon of Bart Simpson wondering if he really needs to have an ID card to check out a book, but all my kids can, because I HAVE been successful in saving the image to my desktop and then printing it for use in my library.
There are some very interesting things in that Web 2.0 awards list. But who in the world has time to do all that stuff? I looked at LibraryThing, and am looking forward to playing with it more. I can see some use for that when I am trying to remember themes when I do reader's advisory.
As for rollyo, I guess I am successful enough with search engines that I do not find that to be very useful at this time.
Monday, August 6, 2007
This has been a VERY frustrating experience. I created this blog under one address, and it shows up in the 23 things with a different email address. I have spent more hours than I care to admit to trying to figure out how to change from one email address to another. Unfortunately I don't do this every day, so I don't remember exactly how I get this blog posted everytime.
I am not much of a blog reader. And I am not much of a writer. I rather doubt that I will be maintaing a blog, especially if it is this much trouble.
At any rate, I have learned something about RSS feeds. I have asked my "techie" friends what they were good for, and have gotten all sorts of information. I have now come to the conclusion that they have no idea what they are talking about.
BlipTV was the right introduction for me--short, simple, and to the point. I have already created an "aggregator" in my google account. Yes, I do remember which email address I provided. We have four of them at our house, and that can be a royal pain.
I am not much of a blog reader. And I am not much of a writer. I rather doubt that I will be maintaing a blog, especially if it is this much trouble.
At any rate, I have learned something about RSS feeds. I have asked my "techie" friends what they were good for, and have gotten all sorts of information. I have now come to the conclusion that they have no idea what they are talking about.
BlipTV was the right introduction for me--short, simple, and to the point. I have already created an "aggregator" in my google account. Yes, I do remember which email address I provided. We have four of them at our house, and that can be a royal pain.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Week 3
Working with new technology can be a bait challenging if it is only
done sporadically. I did the first post three weeks ago, then left for vacation
and forgot everything I had done. There is a lesson there for those of us
in education. Just because we have taught something once, it doesn't mean
that students will remember it if we do not constantly re-enforce what we
have taught.
I did play with Flicker, and found several things that could be done with it for assignments and student reports. However, administrators have not kept up with new technology possibilities. Flicker is blocked at our school, so students will not be able to use it unless they can find it and learn to use it at home by themselves. It seems a shame.
done sporadically. I did the first post three weeks ago, then left for vacation
and forgot everything I had done. There is a lesson there for those of us
in education. Just because we have taught something once, it doesn't mean
that students will remember it if we do not constantly re-enforce what we
have taught.
I did play with Flicker, and found several things that could be done with it for assignments and student reports. However, administrators have not kept up with new technology possibilities. Flicker is blocked at our school, so students will not be able to use it unless they can find it and learn to use it at home by themselves. It seems a shame.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Avators
OK. Now I have posted a picture. I always wanted to be considered as one
would consider royalty. I also had a bit of difficulty. It is what happens when you are a MAC user. Internet explorer does not support MAC anymore, so I have been
using Netscape, but Yahoo Avatars don't work on MACs with netscape, so I have had more
practice having multiple windows and browsers open at the same time. Let's hope I
can remember how I did all of this.
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