I recall an earlier posting where I said that Technorati was the least easiest site to use re: tagging. Since the tutorial I watched didn't match the site exactly in terms of searching on blogs, tags and the blog directory (and adding 'my favorites' as the video instructed), I need to spend more time exploring this site. However, searching for "School Library Learning 2.0" resulted in 2 hits in tags, 15 in blog posts and 282 in the blog directory.
I am still thinking that tags are problematic...kind of a "anything goes" which may seem easy but may result in unhelpful hits (or too many hits)
One thing I did not like about Technorati was all the ads including a flashing window announcing that I was the millionth user and could claim a new laptop.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Week 6:13 Del.icio.us
I viewed the del.icio.us tutorial as suggested but found related tutorials on YouTube that I liked better. I then spent a couple of hours using del.icio.us, establishing my account and going through 35 screens (out of 95 screens) on SJLibaryLearning 2.0. I also searched using tags....I ended up with 20 items in my personal account utilizing 24 tags. All dealt with professional topics: library 2.0, web 2.0, books, reading, research, professional opinions, tutorials and webinars. I look forward to examining the sites I saved at a future time. Delicio.us is something that I had heard about but had not taken the time to set up and use. It is truly very easy and is a wonderful way to organize bookmarks and make them accessible.
I've taken spring semester off school but I recall that our building technology person was setting up a teacher del.icio.us account to add helpful websites for the staff. Certainly this has applications also with setting up an account for student research sites.
Week 5:12 Voice Thread
I watched several of the Voice Thread tutorials, it is so easy....one just needs to have time to set something up. It could be used for a book club... members could comment in general terms about the book being read (like/dislike/etc.). It also might be useful as a "virtual library suggestion box" or as a virtual survey about various school matters.
I will be the new VP of our school's PTSA in the fall and establishing a blog and using Voice Thread might be a good way to share information and to gather opinions as few people have time to attend meetings.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Week 5:11 Web 2.0 Award Sites
When I was checking out the award winning sites, under "Fun Stuff" I went for the honorable mention (http://www.onesentence.org). The site describes itself as: "true stories, told in one sentence." This makes for fascinating reading and would be a good writing exercise for high school students.
I wish something similar could be created as an exercise for students to post a book blurb about a book they read. The blurb could introduce the book or a student could take on a character's identity and create a post to entice readers to the book.
I joined the gotbooks.ning.com ("a network for librarians") and I am awaiting approval....
Week 5:10 Text Generators
Well, I googled "text generators" and at the bottom of the screen were a lot of related searches....I chose "animated text generators," and found the Ninja Text Generator at the following (sorry, I don't know how to link) http://www.fodey.com/generators/animated/ninjatext.asp
I learned about wordle.net from the rosie.com blog and have enjoyed using it to create word posters. This would be a great site for students who have to create personality posters of themselves. Here is a poster I made about reading (you can click on it):
Week 4:9 Library Blogs
Least liked tools: Technorati.com and Syndic8.com. Easiest search tools: Blogdigger and Google blog search. Topix.net was a news screen that had Fairbanks featured which was intersting. While I did add librariansmatter.com/blog to my Google Reader account, there is so much out there it is overwhelming. Also, you can get a lot of personal and/or not useful hits which further adds to the problem of having time to truly sort through everything.
In Technorati.com, I searched for "school librarians" and except for the top three posts, I got hits on a lot of weird stuff: solar power, NAZI message, various text gibberish that had "librarian" somewhere in the posting.
I had typed in "retired school librarians" to see what I'd get....and I got several funeral orations ...not what I had in mind.
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