Thing 13

This is why I am here. This is the greatest Thing since the last greatest Thing I have learned! I can catalog all the books I have sitting on my shelves ( which, by the way, would in no way demonstrate that I am a librarian with all books organized alphabetically or otherwise). I can also find people who have read these books, I can comment and review with others who are not just someone who also bought it from Amazon.com!! I could use this with students who read the Sunshine State Young Readers Association books. We have a One Book One Community program I could follow with parents, teachers and the whole county. This is the kind of social networking I can and will use.
BTW, I did find local events, at Books A Million, and others who had read my books, Jodi Piccoult is VERY popular, as are eating disorder books.

Thing 12

Oh, the WIKI. I do not recommend Wikipedia to students, although teachers can use it because they have a better ability to determine the credible from the incredible. I do think, as I stated on the Neflin WIKI, that this is a great way to discuss a book, collaborate with teachers and work with people from a distance ( family reunion, professional conference). IF everyone is willing to go online and create an account. This is tricky, considering, again, that most of the teachers at my TECHNOLOGY magnet school, still have trouble accessing e-mail and opening an attachment. I still have to choose a select group of students or teachers to participate in my online adventures. BUT, it is worth it.

Thing 11

I am beginning to resent the fact that I have to sign up for so many Things. I have had to create a notebook for all the sites and usernames and passwords. Otherwise, I am so excited by each of these new Things, some more so than others. I was not that impressed with Digg but Newsline, with it's live scrolling updates and Reddit with it's clever entries, that got me to sign up for more accounts and more passwords and usernames.
I do think the possibility of communication and distraction is equal. That is why our county blocks all of these fun Things from our work computers.

Thing 9 - My slideshare

I can see using this to share ideas from my program and learning from others. I can search and find powerpoints to use with students and teachers without starting from scratch everytime.
This was really easy to use. I will definitely use it again and recommend it to others.

Thing 8

I am in a technology magnet school and we still have teachers who only read their email once a day. I would have to do some surveying to find out how many kindergarten thru 5th graders have IM accounts. I checked out 3 of the webinars (archives). I found subjects that interested me but could only figure out how to view/hear one of the three. I do appreciate online tools that allow me to learn from the comfort and convenience of home or work. I do have many responsibilities each day and my own professional development is usually last on the list. Therefore, anything that can make things easy to access is alright with me.

Thing 6

I love how easy it is to use and find all these photos. I just have a copyright question. I guess when you post your photos publicly you are giving up copyright?

Thing 5 continued

Read to Your Child Every Day, originally uploaded by Lester Public Library.

This is the photo I found to post. I have always enjoyed sharing photos with family and friends via email. I have only recently used photo sharing websites because of the privacy issue. I do not feel comfortable posting children's pictures publicly.