Week 10: Video

This is a video book trailer. We are going to be making some of these after spring break. This is the book our Book Club is reading right now.

Week 9: Instant messaging

We use iChat with AIM at school.  I have also set up an account with my daughter so that I can chat with her.  I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family.  I joined Meebo.  I added both account to that.  It looks like I can talk to any of my friends on AIM or Facebook through Meebo.  Friends were added automatically.

Our Wiki Page

Our wiki page is http://kansaslibrary.wikispaces.com/
If you would like to add to our page, we are adding titles and web 2.0 activities for middle school and high school students.  We have seven genre:

1. Adventure
2. Biography
3. Fantasy
4. Historical fiction
5. Horror
6. Humor
7. Mystery
8. Poetry
9. Realistic
10. Science fiction

Week Eight: Cloud Computing

Gwen Lehman and I collaborated to form a wiki for our Language Arts teachers.  We added titles for various genres and Web 2.0 ideas for student projects about these books.  I think this is something we will continue to use and add to as we find ideas.

Week Seven: Microblogging

I have had a twitter account for quite a while, but I forget to check it.  When I started, I didn't like all of the little tidbits of info - what people were eating, watching on tv, when they were going to bed, etc.  Now that more people are using it to share websites, tools, ideas, I like it better.  I have gotten some good info when I remember to check it.  I follow the Hutch News.  That keeps me up on local news.  I also check the Trending Topics.  Some of those are interesting.  I find I spend more time on my google reader.  Many of those I follow are on both.  Finding the right people to follow is essential.  I have now found some librarians and some technology specialists.  Our school has a twitter account where they post changes to the sports schedule.
My twitter name is gbartlett620

Week Six: Tagging and Social Bookmarking

My delicious account is gbartlett.  I started my delicious account to share SMARTboard resources with our teachers, but I have started using it for all of my school bookmarks.  I have added my delicious tags to my library web page so that students can click on my tags to find websites they might want to use.
http://www.buhlerschools.org/index.aspx?nid=1535

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Adding an RSS Feed

I added an RSS feed to my PHMS Reads blog by customizing the layout.  Blogger has a widget that you can add to your blog that allows people to subscribe.  It was very easy to add.

Week 5: RSS and Feed Readers

I use Google Reader.  It is part of my iGoogle page which is my home page.  So, I see it everytime I go to the internet.  That way I don't forget to look at it.  I follow 69 blogs.  Some are library, some education, some technology, and a few just for fun.  This is a big part of my PLN (Professional Learning Network).  It's how I keep up with what's new in the worlds of library, technology, and education.  My favorite blog is Free Technology for Teachers.  It's written by a social studies teacher, but he should have been a librarian.  He is always recommending great websites for teachers in all curriculum areas.  I just read an article that listed 10 blogs you shouldn't miss.  I added those to my reading list.  They were:
100 Scope Notes
Bookshelves of doom
Chasing Ray
Collecting Children's Literature
Editorial Anonymous
Educating Alice
Read Roger
Reading Rants
Seven Impossible Things before Breakfast
The Brown Bookshelf

Week 4: My Favorite Book Shop .........

My Favorite Book Shop .........
Originally uploaded by Lochaven

I want to read them all!
Photo by Lochaven
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lochaven/2588186224/

Week Four: Photo Sharing

Week Three: Webinars

I listened to the following webinar:
Thank you for registering for the upcoming School Library Journal Webcast:

What’s Up in YA Books 2010 Webcast

Date: February 25, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 60-minutes

http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=189538&s=1&k=BA902F769C137B62E8F89155A5227E26

You can view the event at the link provided above.

Sponsored by: Abrams/Amulet, Harlequin Teen/Kimani TRU, HarperCollins Children's Books, and SLJ

The publishers discussed upcoming Young Adult books. One thing I noticed was that very few of the books were for boys. Almost all of them had a female main character. I did get some good ideas for books to add to the collection if/when I get some money for the budget. I was interested in the Harlequin/Kimani Tru series. 11 of their titles were chosed for the YA Quick Picks lists. They won't be great literature, but will appeal to our reluctant readers. Most of my picks were from HarperCollins, which didn't surprise me, but I did learn about other publishers that are not mainstream, but have some good titles for YAs.