Number 15

Wiki's
I guess I was a little ahead of myself on this one. I love Wikipedia and have used it with my students prior to this. I love the informtion I get from it. Sometimes it was the only to way to get the information that was needed. I had not thought of creating a wiki of my own but I now have some great ideas on how to use one. When I looked at the BookLovers Wiki I realized that I could set one up for my book club for the students to share about books that they have read. I also realized that I could set up a wiki about my book fair as a way to promote it to a larger audience.
I liked the Teacher/Librarian Collaboration Wiki as a tool for communicating about what is going on in the classroom and how I can help my faculty and students.
I am looking forward to trying this out.

Number 14

Library 2.0 Libraries and librarians must stay current on new trends in information gathering and dissemination. I love holding a book in my hand but I realize that the new generation of library users wants to find their information online more than in books. We must make sure that we have a ditigal library collection to offer this generation of users. The WIKI article on Library 2.0 was helpful to me in understanding the basics of this subject. I really liked Away from the iceberg. I agreed that it is to easy to stay in the past. We must move forward in this information technology world. We must always keep up or we will be left behind. I know that I want to serve my students to the best of my ability and I want to make sure that in this ever changing digital world I stay current and that the collection stays current.

Number 11

Library Thing- I really like Library Thing. Cataloging a book has never been easier.
It will be interesting to see how many people like the same books that I do. I put Library Thing on my blog. I am not quite sure if I did it right but it is there. I plan to check on Library Thing on a regular basis.

Number 9

There is so much information it is overwhelming. It is nice to be able to get what we want and need when we need it. I like Google Blog Search because I like Google. It is easy to use and I enyjoy reading the blogs from everyday people.
I also liked School Library Blogs on Suprglu. Technorati was not my favorite. It did not have a user friendly feel to me.

Number Eight

Really Simple Syndication- I need really simple. It is a great service to be able to get in the information you want from different sites with out having to go to the different sites to get it. I subscribed to Dallas Morning News, Fox News, Children's Books, and Youtube. I am looking forward to checking out my Googlereader and seeing what I have gotten. This experience continues to be a really big learning curve. It is amazing how much is out there in the technology world.

Number Seven

Google - what a great tool. It is amazing what it offers. I set up a Google Alert for news on the Dallas Cowboys. I am looking forward to seeing what news I get. I set it for once a day. It was so quick and easy to do.
The other tool I played more with was iGoogle. I now have a customized home page. It was also quick and easy to do. I will set up a link as soon as I figure out how to do so. I need to spend some time on that part. I will update this entry at that time.
I am enjoying playing on the computer at work.

Number SIx

There are some very neat mashup sites. Mappr allows you to post photos to different continents. This would be a great exercise for students when they are learning landmarks. Get the photos and then the students must determine what the landmark is and where is belongs on the map.
Mosiac Maker allows you to make photo mosiacs. Allow students to take pictures of something that they are studying. They can create a mosiac about their subject to present to the rest of the class. These mosiacs can show different characteristics and information about the students subject.