Thing Seventeen - The Sandbox

I think I posted to the Sandbox. In case it ended up in the wrong spot, this is what I posted:


As a cat person, I would never play in a sandbox...

But I do try to follow directions, so I will post to this wiki. To be honest, I'm trying to absorb all we are learning in our 23 things activities. I can't say that I have anything very creative to add at this time. But I'll try...

How about a wiki to manage all the ILL requests, especially all the ones for multiple copies? Librarians can post their requests and those who can supply can respond, eliminating the need for SO MANY EMAILS?

How about a wiki to plan a research project that involves several teachers, all with different perspectives on a similar task.

How about a wiki to discuss ways to implement things learned in Library2Play in our DNN webpages?

More thoughts on Library2Play and the 23 things can be found on my: http://sheepishblogger.blogspot.com/

Thing Sixteen - Wiki, wiki, wiki

I enjoyed this Thing more than some of the others. There was lots to read, and I clicked on all the links, and the links within those links and bounced off from there to other things to read. The bottomline...wikis seem to be an easy way to edit webpages and offer simple possiblities for collaboration. I understand the concept, I can see librarians buying into the process, it may take teachers a bit longer. It may start as simply planning for student instruction that involves the library. We'll see what I can come up with and then I'll be sure to add it to a wiki...

I found great ideas within The Teacher Librarian Wiki
My favorite was Copyright Friendly Image Source
I also found a great list of Graphic Novels for Secondary Libraries. In Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki the section on Selling your Library - wow, some great ideas. I bookmarked several of the sites in Del.icio.us. See, I learned something useful...

Thing Fifteen - Library 2.0 (No clever rhyme, this time)

There was so much to read, think about, and absorb in the tasks of Thing Fifteen, I decided to remind myself that this is supposed to be fun. Life just isn't the same without Bob Barker!

First of all I could not connect to the video that we were supposed to watch. But in true Library 2.0 fashion I went to the Rollyo search on LRP and searched and found it and was able to watch. I couldn't help but think that the procedures and policies that are so much in place in public schools do not allow our students to take full advantage of the Web/Library 2.0 world. If students can't use a cellphone or MP3 player in school, checkout a laptop, check email, or have access to all appropriate websites, we are definately not "getting with the program." There has be change all around.

I read all the articles. I still think that librarians will always serve as a guide to finding information in whatever format it comes in, and we will continue to coordinate collaboration at all levels. As for the "Just in Case" syndrome - nothing will ever replace the feeling you get when you place the right book, in the hands of a student. Even if that book sat on the shelf for decades. It was waiting for that one reader.

Thing Fourteen - Tags and more Tags

Technorati - this was not one of my favorites in the quest to be literate in Web 2.0OK, I get it, the blogs are organized here, but there seemed to be so much trash to shuffle through. I tried the keyword search and tag search - the tag search was so much more cleaner. I get it, the tags are like subject headings, the more you use, the better the chances are that the book, webpage, article, blog, podcast, etc., etc., can be located and used.

I will not be adding this site to my Delicious account, I don't see myself using it, but I'm sure that blog gurus will find this useful.

2/3 of the project completed! I need an organizer for all the logins and passwords...

Thing Thirteen - Tasty and so Delicious

This one I definately get! I will need to grab all those wonderful bookmarks I have collected over the years from my work computer and send them off to my new Delicious account. There is some comfort in knowing that much of my stuff will be safe there (at Delicious.com) as we work towards our distict's laptop rollout.

Thing Twelve - Rollyo - Holio Molio!

Select Search Engine...TimesaversSearch The Web

Powered by Rollyo

I really struggled with finding a real purpose for this Thing. But I completed the task in an effort to get back rollyoing on to the next Thing and back on schedule...

Thing Eleven - Librarything has lots to bring...

The LibraryThing has lots of potential for all booklovers. This will be one site I will spend a lot of time exploring. The tags for the books make searching "real" for everyone. I also see this as a way to make a library webpage "pop" with book suggestions. The Librarian's who LibraryThing group posts were fun to read. I especially enjoyed "Funny requests from patrons." Take a look...

We were asked to add 5 books, which I did but only 4 are showing. I have redone this task two times. Time to move on to something else. What did I miss?

Thing Ten - Time for this when?

Ok, I admit that this is fun, but once again - addicting. One could spend hours and hours customizing this stuff. I started playing with it on Sunday and didn't finish until Monday. My computer thinks that I have gone off the deep end. I had so much open at one time, it wasn't sure what to do. So I just made this simple smiley cartoon. It goes along with the smiley collection - its a long story.

Thing Nine - RSS and newsreaders are fine!

To answer all the questions about finding feeds and the tools to find them... I'll stick with Google - it seems the easiest and the most comfortable since we are using it for most everything. I played with Technorati a bit, and found a few posts that pop up on the first screens to be a bit "adult" so I probably would encourage students to use Google (like they need encouragement.) Now, I must start reading all the articles that have been fed to me through the RSS activity!