Changes with our district

I am happy to say that our district no longer blocks YouTube and Google. Thank you to our director of technology!

Thing #23

I have enjoyed learning about the 23 things. There is so much more to learn about each of these 23 things . My main goal was to learn as much about web 2.0 as possible, have fun, and to finish before CSLA starts web 3.0!

I work at an alternative school, and I feel that one way to develop rapport with my students is to understand how they use technology to communicate. I used my web 2.0 tools when I was in charge of creating a Yearbook DVD last year.I
I will continue to work on my blog, and read other library blogs.Our county office of education blocks my blog, Gmail, YouTube, and many other educational sites. Eventually I hope to work with our county office of education to unblock some of these valuable sites. I plan to continue to work on the the liblogary, and try to keep up with the latest web 2.0 tools for education.Our school bought IXL math, Brainpop, Discovery Education, California Streaming and Study Island. I was in charge of imlementing all of this software. I put each student into their class rosters, created passwords for teachers and students, and showed the teachers how to use the software.It took a while to figure everything out and I gained the confidence to do this with School Library Learning web 2.0.

Thanks so much to CSLA and to our CSLA cheerleaders who helped keep me going! I decided to finally finish everything before the CSLA conference which started today. I plan to attend the conference tomorrow.
See you tomorrow!

Kandice Goodman
Library Technician
Highlands Campus Library

Thing #22

I checked out the websites recommended for online books. I liked the free online books, especially the banned books on the Online Book Place from the University of Pennsylvania.. I work at an alternative school and kids there are interested in banned books. I agree because some of my favorite books have been banned!

Audio books are great for ELL and special ed students too.

Thing 21

I guess technically this is a podcast but is it still a podcast with the video?
I looked at several podcast websites. podcast.com had a weekly subscrition to Obama's weekly address. I registered with voicethreads to make podcasts. There was trouble with the Educational Podcast Network and Odeo was under construction.

Thing # 20 embed a you tube video

For thing #20 I decide to start with this really cool and funny video of librarians doing Gaga! I was surprised at how easy it was to embed a video.

Librarians Do Gaga

Thing # 19 Looking at Library Thing

I signed up for an account with Library Thing. I cataloged 5 books into the system. Each book took a few seconds to catalog. If the economy declines even more, Library Thing could save a lot of money in a school setting as cataloging programs are pricey
.I added some of my personal books from my home library just to get a feel for how it works. it is a very user friendly website.The Library Thing account I set up is http://www.librarything.com/home/kandicegoodman