I have used Google docs before with my family and at school with colleagues. It think it is a great resource and the best thing I like about it is you can always find it. Always. For example, I made a spreadsheet of my mother’s medicines. She lives alone and is almost 80 years old. Sometimes she forgets some things, and also we want to be as involved as possible when it come to her care. So, I then shared the document with my brothers and sister. We all are collaborators and can edit the document because we all need to be able to update it if we find out new information. I also have a link to my Google docs on my igoogle page for easy accessibility.
I also used Google docs among fellow middle school librarians. We were discussing and adding to a book list we were going to use for booktalks at our monthly city book club. It was a great tool to use in this instance because once again it was available for us all to access and edit and view whenever we wanted. I LOVE IT!!!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
thing 17 LibWorm
I explored Libworm and did search book challenges since I am very interested in the topic. It seems to be a hot topic now and sure enough with lobworm as well. Over 1838 pages are given…..wow it will take me a while to get though all of these! I did subscribe to this topic with my Google reader since I want to read a lot about this topic. I especially like the idea that this focuses on libraries and librarians …..how much better can you get??? I have never explored this resource before! Great find.
I also explored historical fiction and found a great site that gave hot topics such as those concerning real people’s lives and/or with strong female protagonists as well as anything tudor-related. I personally feel I want to spend more time promoting this genre since they are often over looked in fiction and also they can provide great resources to history teachers as well a students interested in a certain topic. I plan on taking a look at a lot more of these valuable resources. I did a phrase search of my library, Crockett Middle School Library, and it was not listed. I tried several other of the middle schools in Irving and none of them were listed either. Over all I think the quality of results that LibWorm gives you is great. I do plan to use it in the future.
I also explored historical fiction and found a great site that gave hot topics such as those concerning real people’s lives and/or with strong female protagonists as well as anything tudor-related. I personally feel I want to spend more time promoting this genre since they are often over looked in fiction and also they can provide great resources to history teachers as well a students interested in a certain topic. I plan on taking a look at a lot more of these valuable resources. I did a phrase search of my library, Crockett Middle School Library, and it was not listed. I tried several other of the middle schools in Irving and none of them were listed either. Over all I think the quality of results that LibWorm gives you is great. I do plan to use it in the future.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
doin the Library thing no 16
Thing 16 Library thing
I have explored Librarything before. It is a huge website…..lots there. I sure think it would be cool to get some ARC’s but I suppose you need to check back a lot and sign up fast. The list was extremely long.
I found I See Dead People’s Books and checked out e.e. cumming’s library.
I think this could be valuable when teaching about particular authors since it contains their fav. quotes, etc. LIBRARIANS WHO LIBRARY THING has interesting posts especially about the things patrons say. I can see where it might be useful for librarians. Actually after I had browed this website for quite a while, I had to use the FIND shortcut to find these two sections that were mentioned in our blog to check out. The website is HUGE.
The On this Day section is an interesting one to look at daily, especially in the library. I checked out READ YA Lit since I am a middle school librarian and if I had the time I would probably check in with them more. They discuss one book a month, which could be very insightful.
I have explored Librarything before. It is a huge website…..lots there. I sure think it would be cool to get some ARC’s but I suppose you need to check back a lot and sign up fast. The list was extremely long.
I found I See Dead People’s Books and checked out e.e. cumming’s library.
I think this could be valuable when teaching about particular authors since it contains their fav. quotes, etc. LIBRARIANS WHO LIBRARY THING has interesting posts especially about the things patrons say. I can see where it might be useful for librarians. Actually after I had browed this website for quite a while, I had to use the FIND shortcut to find these two sections that were mentioned in our blog to check out. The website is HUGE.
The On this Day section is an interesting one to look at daily, especially in the library. I checked out READ YA Lit since I am a middle school librarian and if I had the time I would probably check in with them more. They discuss one book a month, which could be very insightful.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
diging digg thing 15
I dug into dig and what I noticed first about the explanation of 23 Things is that it is SOCIAL. Therefore, the purpose of it is to be SOCIAL. And I am social….I love to talk, but when I have time. Now I am in grad school, working on school things, trying to read all the Lone Stars and as many of the YA’s as possible plus endless lists that I want to read……I just don’t choose to permanently put time into this website.
I have never heard of it. It is interesting. To those just starting out on certain tasks or if you have extra time, I think it could be really fun.
I did explore several pages and did find an article about spy gadgets we would all love. In my secret life, I would like to be a detective! I saw the facebook icon so I sent it to my facebook page. It is very interesting how quickly you can add info etc to other applications. It blows my mind.
I have never heard of it. It is interesting. To those just starting out on certain tasks or if you have extra time, I think it could be really fun.
I did explore several pages and did find an article about spy gadgets we would all love. In my secret life, I would like to be a detective! I saw the facebook icon so I sent it to my facebook page. It is very interesting how quickly you can add info etc to other applications. It blows my mind.
thing 14 is delicioso
I have used Delicious before. I loved it because all my bookmarks were saved no matter what computer I was on. Now I can see how you can share easily and not even have to email each other. For example, if all the middle school librarians have a delicious bookmark and we give each other our addresses, that we can periodically look at them and update ours! How easy is that!
Before a teacher friend actually asked me to take her website off my delicious bookmark because I had made it public and when anyone typed in her name (which was quite unusual), her website came up. I really don’t know why she didn’t want her students to see it, but she didn’t. It was not the school’s link, but a personal one she had made for a class. Interesting what can happen when things are public
Before a teacher friend actually asked me to take her website off my delicious bookmark because I had made it public and when anyone typed in her name (which was quite unusual), her website came up. I really don’t know why she didn’t want her students to see it, but she didn’t. It was not the school’s link, but a personal one she had made for a class. Interesting what can happen when things are public
thing 13
Thing 13 tagging
Does tagging belong in the library….to tag or not to tag........I don’t think we have an alternative. We are tagging! I mean we are tagging when we are on the internet or the internet is because that is how it works. Having said that……………OK tagging is in.
It seems not quite right when you consider it as compared to cataloging in the library world. I mean there is usually only one answer….no creativity allowed. So, tagging is a liberal way to catalog? Interesting……It might create more open mindedness….I mean words can be used in different ways….just like a crossword puzzle. You have to open up your thinking and seeeeeee. I think it could be detrimental due to inconsistencies.
Does tagging belong in the library….to tag or not to tag........I don’t think we have an alternative. We are tagging! I mean we are tagging when we are on the internet or the internet is because that is how it works. Having said that……………OK tagging is in.
It seems not quite right when you consider it as compared to cataloging in the library world. I mean there is usually only one answer….no creativity allowed. So, tagging is a liberal way to catalog? Interesting……It might create more open mindedness….I mean words can be used in different ways….just like a crossword puzzle. You have to open up your thinking and seeeeeee. I think it could be detrimental due to inconsistencies.
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