Each TechnoTuesday
Posted in 2.0, 21st century, Collection development, Education, Library on Jan 2nd, 2009
I read this today in Mary Woodard’s Blog The Top Shelf–essentially Dallas Public Library has created a branch in a local mall. Fantastic idea!! All I could think is how this could be modified for the school library. I know my circ stats are not what I want them to be, despite investing a large [...]
Posted in 2.0 on Nov 27th, 2008
Edublogs is seeking nominations from the blogosphere for their annual “Eddies.” I really wasn’t sure I could make many recommendations, but I opened my Google Reader today, clicked manage, and found a nomination for almost each category. Some of my nominations may not be well known, but others are probably too popular. So popular in [...]
Posted in 2.0, 21st century on Sep 24th, 2008
Last week I posted a comment on Doug Johnson’s blog about filtering, yes that necessary filter educators reckon with daily. Yes, I compared the weirdness that ALA would sponsor rebels with a Banned Book Campaign Annually but have not even remotely addressed our 21st century censorship issue–that of filtering. My comment even somewhat dared him, [...]
Posted in 2.0, 21st century, Learning, Professional Development on Sep 12th, 2008
It’s just around the corner! The 3rd annual K12 Online Conference. I just saw this tonight from my reader. I hope to put a few fliers out at school. The preconference keynote is scheduled for October 13, and then over the next two weeks there will be 40 downloadable sessions, either in video or podcast [...]
Posted in 2.0, Blogging, Introduction, South Carolina on Sep 8th, 2008
A blog is a story to weave I blog because I feel the need to share, vent, rejoice, worry, and look for collective wisdom. I have not encouraged a great many to jump into the blogging world, because in all honesty, I highly detest blog-faders, those who begin a blog because it is just the [...]
Posted in 2.0, 21st century, Blogging on Aug 2nd, 2008
When I was on the Edublogs platform, and because I did not pay for the service but instead used the free platform (which I still say is GREAT), I needed to use FeedBurner to track blog statistics. I did not realize however that by steering my readers toward the feedburner subscription, I was practically eliminating [...]
In lurking around the SLJ’s “All Together Now” Netvibes page, I’ve discovered many new blogs by school librarians to follow. Quite obviously some are rather experienced, but many others are very experienced. The new bloggers are using a variety of platforms to test the waters, and I’ve seen many Edublogs, WordPress, and Blogger blogs. I [...]
Posted in 2.0, Conferences, K12Online, Learning, Professional Development on Jul 29th, 2008
The SLJ All Together Now version of 23 Things is now in its 2nd week, and “thing 3″ calls for us to subscribe to a podcast or two and tell why we like it. Yesterday I wrote about Bob Sprankle’s Bit by Bit. Today I thought I’d plug the upcoming K12 Online Conference, which starts [...]
Posted in 2.0, 21st century on Jun 24th, 2008
Today is an optional staff development day in my husband’s school district. He is as busy as ever making sure 120 presenters have their needs met including making sure there are students for the session that calls for it. Yes–students. Marc Prensky is in the building, and I’ve just sat through 2 sessions–a keynote titled [...]
Posted in 2.0, Professional Development, South Carolina on Jun 22nd, 2008
I am working on my slides for the panel discussion. I’m sure i will tweak them again and again before the big day. But here is round one of the editing process. They may take on a whole different look before then, but who knows? My contribution focuses on professional development–us getting it and giving [...]
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