Thing # 17 - Rollyo

Using Rollyo was made a lot easier by the video linked in the discovery activity. I decided to create a place for my first graders to search American symbols. I found Rollyo to be user friendly but very slow. Here is my link:
http://rollyo.com/bmoore6/moore_1/

Thing # 16 - Wikis

Although I had heard the term Wiki before, I really wasn't familiar with them until this semester. Both of my college classes for this semester use a Wiki to which I have had to contribute information about myself. I became more familiar with Wikis when Cheryl and I chose to create a Wiki for our midterm presentation on the revolutionary period.

http://fifthgraderevolutionmidterm.wikispaces.com/

Thing # 15 - Library 2.0

I read all 5 perspectives on Library 2.0 and decided to comment on To a temporary place in time. I liked the definitions of libraries and the librarian stated in this perspective. To me library 2.0 means that school libraries are or should always be evolving and involving the patrons to meet the up-to-the-minute needs of the patrons.

Thing # 14 - Technorati and How Tags Work

Technorati had 23 listings under Blog Posts for School library Learning 2.0. There were 0 listings in the Blog Directory. I could not figure out how to do a search in Tags. Technorati did have a list of the most popular tags for the past month in an easy to use alphabetically organized listing. This feature can be useful when looking up what people have to say about current or popular, subject matter. Tagging can be a valuable tool in the way that it can save a lot of time when you are doing searches for websites that you have saved.
http://technorati.com/

Thing # 13 - Tagging and Discover Del.icio.us

After looking at the suggested social bookmarking sites for this assignment, I opened a Del.icio.us account. After registering with Delicious. It was easy to import my bookmarks that were already on my laptop. I can see that this will be an easy, organized way to save websites that I come across and want to save for later.
As a teacher and future librarian, I can see that this will be a good way to organize lesson plans, articles and websites to refer back to later. It can be used to guide students to websites that can help them with research or topics that are being taught in class. This is a tool that I will continue to use both personally and professionally.
http://delicious.com/

Thing # 12 - Creating Community Through Commenting

Being new to blogging, I have A LOT to learn. One point that I learned from the readings of this assignment is that bloggers usually like to have people comment on what they are blogging about. It lets them know that someone is interested in what they have to say. Another point that I learned about commenting is that the comments should be meaningful. This helps reinforce opinions.
Commenting on blogs gets easier after you do it a few times. I commented on the blogs of classmates and then went to the outside world.
I commented on a blog that my preacher has. I have known about this blog for over a year but until today, I had never bothered to look at it.
An Open Door Blog
I also commented on a blog that belongs to a first grade teacher in Virginia.
Elementary, My Dear, or Far From It

Thing # 11 - LibraryThing

LibraryThing is really easy to use. I chose some books from my bookshelves at home to add to my list. I can see how this would help me organize my class library. It could also help me keep track of which books I keep at home and at school.
I did check out some of the groups from LibraryThing. A couple of groups that I relate to are the Children's Fiction group and the Graduate Students group.

Thing # 10 - On-line Image Generator

http://bighugelabs.com/jigsaw.php

http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/create-duo.asp?cartoon=stuffed-smiley-face-toys_

This assignment was a lot of fun. I had a hard time deciding which items to post. I discovered that there a lot of tools for my students to use when working on projects.

These tools can be used in the library or classroom during many lessons. Teachers can create posters or cartoons to introduce a new topic in any subject. Students can create products to show what they are learning on any given topic.

Thing # 9 - Useful Library-Related Blogs...

Edublogs' awards was easy to use. I enjoyed reading some of the teachers' blogs and viewing some of the wikis.

The most difficult for me was Suprglu. My internet exployer could not display the webpage. (I will try again another day.)

I found Topix to be useful for finding news stories.

Thing # 8 - RSS and Google Reader

I found Google Reader easy to use. I like RSS and think it is helpful to have information in one spot. The hard thing for me was finding sites that I frequent to subscribe to. I do not go to many websites on a daily or even weekly basis.

I can see how this would save time if someone does go to websites frequently to check news and updates.

It can be beneficial to teachers and librarians to organize their favorite websites and save time catching up on news and articles.