Week 5 - Thing #12

I created a Rollyo search for copyright free images. Students really don't get that images found in Google images are not free for the taking - even for school projects. We do have permission from our database vendors to use images in school projects as long as the images are being used for a class project and if we post them to the internet, they have to be behind a password protected site.

I create many links for my students to use in research projects and dump them into our Follett Destiny software using the Visual Search. But using the Rollyo would allow me to create one search box for all the sites together. What a great tool and a great way to get students to use credible sources!

Here's the Rollyo I created:

Select Search Engine...Image SearchSearch The Web

Powered by Rollyo

Week 5 - Thing #11

I joined the Library 2.0 Ning and the Teacher Librarian Network and added the icons on the right. Wow, there are a lot of different groups to join. Will explore some of them in Ning during the next couple of days.

I tried several of the 2.0 Awards. I want to play some more with different tools, but will save that for the summer. I like the PBWiki. Although it would cost us an annual fee for the full features, I think the free version is clean and easy to use. I see a lot of potential in a library wiki. Especially allowing students to collaborate on best resources for research projects. I also think this is a great tool for teachers to use to create an inquiry-based project that requires research.

Thing #10 Finally worked!

More Week 4 - Thing #10

Wasn't as successful trying to upload my own images - but this one seemed to work okay.

Week 4 - Thing #10

Okay - here's my first attempt with Comic Strip Generator


Made with free image tools @ TXT2PIC.com

Week 4 - Thing # 9

I found that the Google Blog search was the easiest for me. I found Doug Johnson's blog as well as Kathy Schrock's blog. The Shifted Librarian is a great blog too. I don't know how many blogs I could follow and still keep up as well as start to comment on them too. I saw some pretty interesting YouTube videos too.

Where do blogs fit in the school library? First - I think they can be a great resource for ourselves and even our students if they find blogs by experts in a field.

I think if classes create their own blogs they can also be useful - if done correctly. We're still playing around our high school in how to make the best use of blogs. We use Moodle a lot for this type of technology simply because it provides easy access and protects out teens behind a password protected system.

Week 4 - Thing #8

I use Google Reader as my aggregator. I have to admit that it is very hard in my busy life to keep up with RSS blog feeds. I taking doctorate classes at the University of Delaware and had to use Google Reader quite a bit about a year ago in a Curriculum Theory course. We had about 25 students in the course and we had to blog at least twice each week AND comment on at least 3 other students' blogs.
Using Google Reader was an easy way for me to keep up and keep track of new items pushed from my class blog.

I am still struggling to see how this would be used by students. I am going to explore some of the other Web 2.0 posts for this week and see what other school librarians have to say.

Here is one of my Google Reader gadgets: http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=www.unshelved.com/rss.aspx&source=imag&val=3