What is Web 2.0

Myspace Tutorial: What is Web 2.0?

Week 3

I did set up an igoogle page and played with the gadgets and found a few that I liked.  I found a SLJ gadget that keeps you updated on articles and thought that was cool especially since it is FREE.  I also found one that keeps track of the bestselling childrens books.  There was also a countdown gadget that was cool which counts the days down till an event such as the: end of school, till christmas, till school starts, and etc.

Google Earth was amazing.  I can certainly turn the kids on to this when I am talking about the atlas.  I think this will help the kids alot especially in a research game that we play. I just found myself spending too much time with it right now however I will go back and try become proficient in certain areas of it.

This was my first time to really see any of the atomic learning and I was very impresssed with the tutorials for Google Earth.  I found them to be really helpful.

I did not really know what Google Reader was, but now I know it is a manager for your blogs. If I get into other blogs besides our library blogs, it would be very handy to access them all in one place, and to be able to organize them by catagories. Also I see that you can search for blogs of interest.  I could see this as another research tool for kids if you set up a list on a subject for them to use.

Week Two

Yea, I finally figured out the Voki!  Just keep clicking, thats my motto. I had trouble discoving how to get it into my blog.  However once I did it, it made perfect sense, silly me.  I think the kids will get a kick out of our friendly alien.  I think he is cute!  :)

Week One

I feel that it is essential that I learn and use web 2.0 tools in order to be an effective teacher with my students especially as a librarian. As a librarian I feel responsible to be knowledgeable about these tools to be able to help the teachers and students on my campus as well as just to keep up with the rest of the world. I must say it has been challenging for me. I used to consider myself pretty good with technology but things are going so fast and I am not keeping up, however with classes such as this I am not completely sinking yet.

Thing 6

Thing 6

I played with several of the mash-ups like Mappr, Flickr Color Pickr, and visited FD Toys.  I did create a trading card using Trading Card Maker. I have attached it, this is my car that I have restored and I LOVE it very much.  I really have taken many cruises to rid my self of all my worries temporarily. I was very surprised and pleased at how easy and user friendly it was.  I thought of may ideas on using these cards in the library.  The kids could read a biography and create a card about the person.  After talking about biography and autobiography they could write an autobiography and then create a card about themselves. Also they could create cards about main characters in a book.  

Thing # 5

I got lost in flickr I finally just had to make myself quit.  I will definitely  revisit to play and set up a place for my photos.  I found a group called "I am a librarian" where you post a picture of you when you are most unlike a librarian, I think I will take a picture of me and the 18 wheeler I drive and post it on there.  It is good to have another place to look for pictures and know that you are within copy right laws.

Having fun moving on:)