Thing #17

http://rollyo.com/jmcnabb/mcnabb_kinder/

OK, another thing that I liked. This is starting to get better; or maybe I am starting to think differently. I am learning so many ways that the computer can make things easier. I really can't wait to share this with the teachers at my school.
The rollyo page was soooo user friendly and easy to do.
YEA!!!!!

Thing #16

OK, a wiki is something that I actually understand and see myself using. YEA!!!! I would only like this with family and friends, in other words not public, and within the school. Using this as a collaboration tool with teachers would be fantastic. Like the guy said on the video, emails can get messy when you are trying to communicate with several people. A wiki is a great solution.

Thing #15

I read "A temporary place in time" by Dr. Wendy Schultz.
Librarians are "ch-ch-changing" (Bowie). And we the librarians need to change with it. As stated by Dr. Schultz, "they are convocations of people, ideas, and artifacts in dynamic exchange."
We need to help the students that we service and get them ready for a life including technology. As shown in the video, technology is a part of their daily life (outside of school). We need to bring it into school as well. We (education) are slowing down the kids.

http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/6.htm

Thing #14

After looking at technorati, I understand that it is a way to organize blogs, videos and other things. However, I continue to be blown away by ALL the information out there. If I want to look up something, I will use Google or the online databases at our school. If I want to read about library related things, I have a few librarian's blog that I would go to. However, sitting on the computer and reading just stuff isn't for me. I think that we as teachers need to be careful using things like technorati in the classroom. I did not see a way to monitor use.

Thing #13

I liked the social bookmarking site named Del.icio.us. Usually I store things in my favorites through my computer. This has been frustrating for me. When I get to school my favorites are not the same as I have at home. It seems that the website I need is always saved on the other computer. The entire "tag" thing was a bit confusing until I watched the video; than it all made since. I also liked how you can share your favs with other people. I will need to play with this more to get better at it, but for sure this is something that I will use.

Thing #12

I agreed with many of the "commandments" and other suggestions on creating good blogs. This goes back to using the Internet appropriately as discussed in class. Use humor in your blog and read your blog before posting are two of my favorites. Using humor will lead to people commenting on your blog. I believe where it said that only 1 out of 100 people comment on a blog. My suggestion to add to this is to use spell check.
After posting on my classmates blogs, I went on two blogs from googleblog. One was on Twilight the movie and the other was on H. Clinton being Sect of State.

Thing #11

I liked part of LibraryThing. I have done something similar to this for another class. Kids and teachers can share what they are reading and recommend to friends.
The groups were a mess. I hit several of them and it was basically a blog. I even typed in a search for librarians. This was the only site that I might find useful. I am not a blogger and all the posting were overwhelming to me.