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

Thing #17

I went to PB wiki and to the sandbox to practice. I posted an idea on Calcurriculum connections that maybe a wiki would be useful for teachers to collaborate and exchange ideas for using some of the software at our school. One example is california streaming that is found at californiastreaming.org. This is a wonderful way to teach using streaming video clips . Teachers and staff could use this wiki to share ideas and review the best documentary videos.

Another use of this calcurriculum wiki would be to use as a book review wiki for students and staff.

Thing # 18

This week I have been exploring some free web based applications for students working on word documents and spreadsheets. I first looked at Google docs and was truly impressed. There were templates for letters to apply for college, cover letters for resumes, resumes, templates for business cards. I then realized that my district has blocked Google apps and gmail! What a tremendous disappointment. I explored zoho writer and am hoping that website is not blocked too. I think it has fewer useful templates but still could be used for teaching computer applications. I will post more about thing #18 when I check to see if it is blocked on our school computers.

Thing #16 Looking at Wikis

I looked at the wikis recommended. The first wiki was the SJCPL Subject Guides which is a pathfinder wiki developed by St. Joseph County . Public Library I checked out the Booklover's Wiki, which had recommendations which are also popular in my library.I took a look at the school library section of the blogging librarians wiki.The most interesting and useful wiki was the teacherlibrarianwiki. This wiki had some great open source resources. This wiki is a helpful booklist site. I found two teen websites with recommendations of books that I have in my library. I will direct my teen readers to these sites. I also gained some new ideas for books I would like to see in our library.