Thing 11- tagging

There have been many times I would have liked to have my bookmarks from school available to me at home. I think it would also be very useful to set up a set of research links for students when we are doing projects in the library.

Thing 10 - wikis

We tried a wiki type thing at our school last year. The problem was that not many people remembered to use it or even how to get to it. (myself included) We are so trained to correspond through group emails that we never really got into it. It does seem like a really good idea. I edited the 23 things on a stick wiki. It was easy. I was glad to see that there was a password to edit it.

Thing 9

I created a Google docs account. My mom made a food list for a camping trip and posted it on Google docs. It could be very useful, but I am not sure how I would use it at work. Maybe for a computer lab schedule, but I would have to teach all of the users how to use it and I don't think that would fly. We still use a paper sign up sheet.

Thing 8

I used Tabblo quite a bit. It was fun and easy to make picture collages and books. I made a picture cube to share with some friends. I printed it out. The kids thought it was cool. I also looked closely at eFolio Minnesota. It is a neat concept, but I can't see myself using it either personally or professionally. Maybe if I taught in a high school. I didn't check out the slide show makers too much. I just felt that Powerpoint is so available I wouldn't have a need for them.

Thing 7 Communication Tools

The patrons of my media center don't currently use email, well not officially. I use it mainly to communicate with other media people in my district and teachers in my school. It makes sharing information and resources much easier. If someone needs copies of a book, we just send a request via email.
Not really into text messaging or im.
I watched a MINITEX webinar about the ELM databases. One thing I liked about the format is it allowed me to skip around and only watch the sections that were relevant to the elementary level. I liked the menu along the side so I could easily see the content. I could also rewatch parts. I liked that these was a visual to go along with the audio. I have a hard time listening to radio and podcasts. My mind tends to wander and watching the slided helped me to stay focused. In the OPAL podcast he presented the live aspect as exciting about webinars. To me, I don't care if it is live, I'm more about having the info available when I am ready for it.

Thing Six - Big Huge Labs

This was fun too. I made a trading card for Kevin Henkes. These would be a neat resource to have in the media center. I'm pretty sure I couldn't teach a whole class to do this, but maybe...Our students have Gaggle accounts. I wonder if they could use these to sign up for a flickr account? I wonder if I showed them how to sign up for an account if I would be responsible for pictures that they uploaded and shared? Sounds pretty complex. Not something I would do with out lots of permission from admin and parents.

Author Trading Card

My creation, originally uploaded by jbt pics.