Thing 20 Take 2

Ok here goes. I have had some trouble getting this to work, but I finally got to view some videos by getting them converted at Zamzar.

Frustrated with Thing 20!!!

I can't get any teacher tube or you tube videos to show!! I am going to have to get some tube tutoring.

Thing #19

I liked the awards list. There are so mny possiblilties out there for things to look at. I liked the fact that someone had taked time to look at these sites and now instead of millions of sites to look at there are 4 recommended. I found it a lot less intimidating than doing a search for something and getting hundreds of possibilities back. There were some sites listed there that I had thought about looking at before and since they were there I did finally get the chance to go explore.

Like Craig's List. I got the chance to go in a look around. I thought that was a great resource. Recently I was trying to get an ipod for my mom on ebay. I didn't even think about going to Craig's list. It might have saved me hours of waiting on auctions. The thing that is scary about CL is getting the items from the sellers. That part makes me cringe a little.

I also looked at the site Spanishpod. Looks very cool. They offer 217 FREE lessons and a few thousand conversations. I know quite a bit of Spanish, but I would be intrigued to see if the classes were worth it. The first site they listed for education was a bunch of document templates. Could be useful but not what I was looking for.

I looked at the book sites also. I guess I was stuck in the world of Amazon and B&N, not thinking there might be more sites to buy from. Lulu also had a publishing section. Hmmm.

Thing #18

I looked at Google Docs. I think that it could be useful for kids trying to do a project away from school where they don't have access to the server. They could have a shared password with their group so that they could all work on the documents. This could also be a way for class members to get a form for an assignment. If the teacher had the form on a common class google docs, they could access it from home. I think most computers these days have some kind of document program, but if a student was working at the library or at home they could have access to their work where ever they had the oppotunity to work.

Thing #17

I was pretty confused by this one. I like the idea of having all the websites organized so that my class can get to them easily, but I think I would easily create a web page and connect it to our school home page and accomplish the same thing. Not sure how useful this could be. I was also unsure of how to link it to the blog. I will take another look.

Thing #16 WIKI

Last year our illustrious librarian tried to start one of these at our school. I loved the idea but was frustrated when I tried to contribute because I had NO idea how to manipulate the thing. Now I can go back to the site she created and contribute! He He! Who knew it was so easy! I think that this could be great! Some people have said that WIKIs are blocked. Assuming that they were allowed, you could have students grouped by interest across a grade level and complete projects together by WIKI. Sharing the information they find and generating a network through technology! WOW what fun! You could even work with students from other schools. Maybe the spiral and PGP programs should look into it!

Thing #15

I think Library 2.0 is just putting a name to what all librarians are striving for. Every librarian wants their library to be user friendly. Every librarian wants their library to serve the needs of the eever changing user. Sounds to me like this just gathers these thoughts and ambitions and puts them into words so that they library users know what has been happening all along. Love the ideas!