So What Do You Think?

I am anxious to hear what you think about your "23 Things" experience. It has certainly generated some discussions around the office about various tools people have discovered, the amount of time it required to complete each week and where this might lead us. My experience has probably been alittle different than most, because I was already at least a little familiar with most of the tools. Of course there were still some favorite (some of the generaters & the applications) and some I'll probably never use (Avatars & Booklists). But the favorite part of my experience was hearing the discussions around the office and knowing that everyone was at least learning something new. How would you sum up your experience? Before you do Scroll down and watch the video below!

A Vision of K12 Students

I found this video on http://www.teachertube.com/ which is a site similar to YouTube but related to edcation. There are thousands of videos that range from actual video taped lessons to video clips to support a lesson. Of course, just like anything else on the internet, there are good videos, bad or inappropriate videos and some GREAT videos. Check it out!

Wiki's - Not just for Libraries

As you read through this weeks information on Wiki's you need to look past the Libaray examples and begin to think about how the same types of uses can be applied to our world. The sharing of information, collaboration, posting of collections of information, etc are all things we do all the time. A Wiki is just another way for us to do the same thing. I know you are thinking that we are all too busy and spring is coming and how will we fit one more "new" thing into our world. Did you know that we can create our own Wiki space on SharePoint to use when we are working on common projects? Did you know that Somerset Intermediate already has a Wiki for our Promethean Resources? You can visit it at http://somerset-promethean-resources.wikispaces.com/

How do the Library Articles Apply to Us?

I can see some of us looking at this weeks assignment to read the Articles about Libraries and Web 2.0 tools and thinking this part doesn't apply to us. I'm hoping to see some posts here from the administrators about why it is important for you to read some of these articles and how are they related to the ibraries in our schools? How should our media centers be changing? What is the role of the media specialist in your building? Come on...let's here it... what do you think?