Which podcasts did you find interesting?
(Be sure to include links in your blog entry to the podcasts mentioned.)
Just One More Book
http://feeds.feedburner.com/JustOneMoreBook
Storynory
http://storynory.com/
Identify one or two podcasts and describe how you would use them in your work.
Just One More Book is a fun source for book reviews that is searchable by topic, audience,(age group), discussions, format (picture book, chapter book, etc.), illustrations, and even values (i.e. acceptance, forgiveness, honesty etc.). This would be useful for keeping up on new publications, and also as a resource for questions from teachers about book recommendations. If they were looking for a book for a reading prompt on Honesty, for instance, I could check this site for ideas.
Storynory is a free site for audio stories for kids. I could show this site to students and teachers to use in class, at home, or to supplement the literacy program. It would also be useful for genre studies.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thing 18 Slideshare
What did you like about the presentation you embedded?
This is a decent library advocacy slideshow that would be good to use as inspiration to create one for our district. It discusses the current state of access to certified Media Specialists (Teacher/Librarians) in PA, where the situation is a bit worse than in our district (for the moment), but it could provide a vision of what it would be like if such a valuable resource was cut.
How might Slideshare be useful in the classroom? out of the classroom?
I could see it being useful. Hopefully I can find some work related slideshows that I could use in my library class. Just poking around I found some good examples to show when teaching kids how to create PowerPoints. The nice thing about this site is that there are lots of very slick and professional looking slideshows available. As a PowerPoint creator I know how time consuming they can be. I'm always looking for ways to avoid re-inventing the wheel.
This is a decent library advocacy slideshow that would be good to use as inspiration to create one for our district. It discusses the current state of access to certified Media Specialists (Teacher/Librarians) in PA, where the situation is a bit worse than in our district (for the moment), but it could provide a vision of what it would be like if such a valuable resource was cut.
How might Slideshare be useful in the classroom? out of the classroom?
I could see it being useful. Hopefully I can find some work related slideshows that I could use in my library class. Just poking around I found some good examples to show when teaching kids how to create PowerPoints. The nice thing about this site is that there are lots of very slick and professional looking slideshows available. As a PowerPoint creator I know how time consuming they can be. I'm always looking for ways to avoid re-inventing the wheel.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Thing 17 Online Productivity
Give a review of the tool you explored - what worked, what didn't work, how might it be used in your personal or professional life?
I explored and joined Library Thing. What a fun site. It had a Book Talk section, an Author Chat, Early book Reviews, special interest groups to join such as Librarians who Library Thing that had over 6500 members. As a librarian, being in contact with online communities like this enhance both my personal and professional life. It great to have a place to share ideas and information that's interactive. It's another resource to help keep me up on what is current, what others are thinking and reading.
I explored and joined Library Thing. What a fun site. It had a Book Talk section, an Author Chat, Early book Reviews, special interest groups to join such as Librarians who Library Thing that had over 6500 members. As a librarian, being in contact with online communities like this enhance both my personal and professional life. It great to have a place to share ideas and information that's interactive. It's another resource to help keep me up on what is current, what others are thinking and reading.
Thing 16 Google Docs
How might you use this tool in your personal and professional life?
This would be very useful for committee work as follow up to a meeting or in place of one. I could also see using this with other media specialists to share information. I would work great for instance in creating collaborative book lists, suggested reading lists by grade etc.
What issues come to mind about using this tool with students (ie, they need email addresses to log-in)?
I think it would be great to use this with students but as you point out, having email accounts is a problem with elementary. However, I noted your comment about the work around for this using a teacher generated email which they could access. I'll have to look into this in our district.
This would be very useful for committee work as follow up to a meeting or in place of one. I could also see using this with other media specialists to share information. I would work great for instance in creating collaborative book lists, suggested reading lists by grade etc.
What issues come to mind about using this tool with students (ie, they need email addresses to log-in)?
I think it would be great to use this with students but as you point out, having email accounts is a problem with elementary. However, I noted your comment about the work around for this using a teacher generated email which they could access. I'll have to look into this in our district.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Thing 15 RSS Revisited
Is RSS becoming easier to understand?
I'm getting there.
Do you recognize new benefits of using this tool?
I think as I start using it more often, I will see the benefits.
Do you remember to check your feeds regularly?
Not yet. It's a good idea to have "rss revisited " as part of the course. I went through my feeds today and they were very interesting.
Has it become a habit (or obsession!) yet?
No. I think this is part of the challenge of becoming web 2.0 literate. We must get in the habit of truly incorporating these tools in our every day lives.
I'm getting there.
Do you recognize new benefits of using this tool?
I think as I start using it more often, I will see the benefits.
Do you remember to check your feeds regularly?
Not yet. It's a good idea to have "rss revisited " as part of the course. I went through my feeds today and they were very interesting.
Has it become a habit (or obsession!) yet?
No. I think this is part of the challenge of becoming web 2.0 literate. We must get in the habit of truly incorporating these tools in our every day lives.
Thing 14 Delicious
Include your Delicious username in this blog post so that others can view the bookmarks that you have chosen to share.
My username is lemenum.
Reflect on how you think social bookmarking can be used in your teaching.
I'm anxious to see if I can access delicious from our school network. I have a feeling it might be blocked. Anything with the potential for something inappropriate to slip through is blocked. it's frustrating that even the teachers are blocked from using these wonderful social networking tools. Well, that's my rant for the day... maybe I'll go back to school and find this one is available.
Anyway, if we look at it at home, the potential for sharing resources within a building, the district and of course beyond are really great. It's just a matter of organizing and training teachers to use it.
Does Delicious seem to be a tool that can enhance your productivity?
It could certainly be a time saver. I have lost so many good bookmarks when the district has come in over the summer and whipped our computers to "start clean" or load new operating systems. I used to email myself links and put them into folders in order have access to them at home and at work. This is much easier, and with multiple tags, I should be able to retrieve sites more quickly.
My username is lemenum.
Reflect on how you think social bookmarking can be used in your teaching.
I'm anxious to see if I can access delicious from our school network. I have a feeling it might be blocked. Anything with the potential for something inappropriate to slip through is blocked. it's frustrating that even the teachers are blocked from using these wonderful social networking tools. Well, that's my rant for the day... maybe I'll go back to school and find this one is available.
Anyway, if we look at it at home, the potential for sharing resources within a building, the district and of course beyond are really great. It's just a matter of organizing and training teachers to use it.
Does Delicious seem to be a tool that can enhance your productivity?
It could certainly be a time saver. I have lost so many good bookmarks when the district has come in over the summer and whipped our computers to "start clean" or load new operating systems. I used to email myself links and put them into folders in order have access to them at home and at work. This is much easier, and with multiple tags, I should be able to retrieve sites more quickly.
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