Thing 19

I listened to the Memoirs podcast which was done at MEMO. I was actually in the room when the session was done. I wanted to learn more about podcasting.

I also listened to an MPR podcast on Grammar Grater. This podcast was fantastic. Here is the link to the site http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/podcasts/grammar_grater/ I know someone at work who definitely needs to know about this site.

I want to do podcasting with students but posting it is a bit difficult. The podcasts take up a lot of network space. I'm going to see what I can do with making some booktalk podcasts this fall.

Thing 18 (continued)

I truly enjoyed the You Tube searching. I found some very neat library related videos. There were some that would be fun to make for our library (ie. a tour of the library or a library rap). I do wonder about copyright. Do the people posting the videos have permission? Do I have permission to put it in my blog?

Thing 18

No Cookies in the Library

You might need to turn up the sound.

Thing 17

I wasn't sure how to do the RSS feed even after reading the directions. I also got an error when trying to watch the tutorials that were linked in on the 23 Things blog. When in EBSCO I watched a tutorial that was very well done. I did browse through many of the Elm pages. I use the databases through the Hennepin County Library website. I haven't figured out many of the productivity tools. I do like the idea of having students use ELM as a source to search. The Kid Infobits was very well organized and I also liked how the reading level was labeled.

Thing 16

I looked at the support materials and really liked the Planning for Plagiarims-Proof Assignment. I follow Doug Johnson's blog who was the author of those papers. He has some very good ideas. I had a teacher tell me a student plagiarized her paper. I don't believe the teacher had the student take notes so the student did a bunch of cut and paste. I could see the high school media specialist using the calculator piece.

Thing 15

I have concluded that I am not a gamer. This Thing did not hold my interest. I played the pirate game until I got bored. Other pirates were interacting with me but I didn't find that I had a reason to be playing. I looked at the video about Second Life but wasn't interested in joining. I know that patrons of libraries use computers for gaming. Today I went to the public library to grab a book and saw two young kids on a computer playing some kind of game. I did read the myths about gaming article and I totally agree. I simply am not interested in computer online games.

Thing 14

I liked Library Thing. It was very easy to put a widget together and post it to my blog. I'm wondering if I could use it to post new books to our school website. I would have to send the code to the webmaster to put on the site. I think it would be a great way to make a quick list of new books. I will have to see if I would keep it up for personal use. I like the idea but finding the time for it will be another issue.