Webinars

This weeks topic was webinars. I searched through and watched a couple of archived ones. The first one was about finding music to use for publishing on the web or podcasts. the other one I watched, and really liked, was an archived webinar on OPAL. It was called "Connecting Kids with Great Websites." The presenters were Meagan Albright and Sharon Haupt. They discussed how they evaluate websites to put the Great Web Sites which is part of the ALA site. I had forgotten about this website, so it was nice to be reminded. It was also interesting listening to how they evaluate the sites that are chosen. We have a database called Teaching Books in my district. They often have webinars, but the times don't always work with my schedule. I do like the idea of being able to join a webinar live, if possible, and if not, being able to go back and listen to and watch the presentation. I plan to take better advantage of this opportunity. I wonder if there are any groups that focus on school librarians. Usually their is only one librarian in a building. To me, webinars would be a perfect opportunity for school librarians to collaborate with each other.

Facebook Reflections

Okay, it is Monday. I am a bit late posting on the assignment. I chose Facebook, because I am already a member. It is one that I set up because a lot of my friends are on it, and this is how we communicate with each other with our busy lives. I have also connected with some friends from high school. I see it as a great way to stay in touch with family and friends as well as communicating with my professional community. I think it would be hard to sell to elementary school parents as place to use, but I could very much see it being useful at the high school level. I didn't know about creating groups. I have done that. My one quesiton is, if the person is in a particular group, can they see the people in the other groups? I can see them all at once, so I wasn't sure. Ta, ta for now.

Friday!

One week down. I found out how to add a blog to my blog. I am going to try and add a picture later. We'll see how that goes.

Thursday, Jan. 14th

I failed to mention that yesterday was my baby's 16th birthday. Man, they grow up fast, which means I am getting old fast. Second day on this blog. Life has been busy. I am trying to get on other people's blogs, but can't find them yet. Will keep looking. I hope I am in the group that is having a hard time seeing the list. Otherwise it is operator error. I hate when that happens!

Hello Fellow 23rd Thingers

Well, I am finally getting started on this blogging adventure. I am a bit behind, but I will catch up. I am excited about learning all about the technology offered in this class. These have all been things I have been interested in learning about, but hadn't had the time or guts to dive in and get going. This is just the kick in the pants I needed.