thing #20

This video for the fisrt day of school is awesome. I think showing a video clip is a fun way to start! I had the clip stop every few seconds. I don't know why it keeps doing that. Any ideas as to how I can fix that?

thing #19

I browsed through colorblender (you pick a color and the site generates a matching palette of colors. Cute but not a high need area for me. Next I looked at swivel (data, graphs, photos) but I was really intrigued by http://www.millionmasterpiece.com/. It is like deviant art only the purpose is to raise money for charities. They claim to be: Officially the World's largest collaborative arts project and drawing community. I am inspired by the favorites gallery. They are creating a million piece art "quilt". This is creative and a fun site. I bookmarked it!

thing #18

Google doc is fast. This will save so much time and give easier access for students to share information while working on projects. It gives easier portability too. So many of my students need to be able to work at home and school on papers/projects. They don't have flash drives, printers, etc. Some have to use the public library computers because they don't have the internet at home. This is a great resource for them. I will use it for some things.

thing #17

I love making search rolls! I can limit the time wasted searching for information! The L2P player's video wouldn't play so I created an account and made a searchroll http://rollyo.com/dss/
I would like to see each student create their own searchroll. So many times I help students trying to find a site they used but can't figure out how they stumbled on it.

thing #16

Wiki's can be used for student group projects. It would be a great way to for some students to get engaged. It would be nice to use for planning meeting agendas. Wiki's could be used for organizing parent participation in a PTA project. I will definitely use it with my family/friends to organize reunions/campouts/etc.

thing # 15

I think library 2.0 is "the library is everywhere, barrier-free, and participatory as said in To a temporary place in time...
Rick Anderson in Away from the “icebergs" thinks Library patrons will expect access to everything and expect to spend as little time as possible searching for information so they can spend as much time as possible actually reading the information. Lastly he feels we must bring library services to patrons rather than insisting that they come to us. Yes, that is what our students need!
I need guidelines for how to adapt to the changes libraries are implementing and I found them at A Path to Becoming a 21st Century Literate Educator — Self Development. Here is the link:
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?s=Library+2.0
In my opinion school libraries have to change to keep pace with our students needs. My daughter has never read the paper, she gets her news online. I grew up having a dailiy newspaper (actually 2) to go through. My son is uninterested in the printed news as well. He uses blogs and you tube. They both are not out of touch they just get their info electronically!

thing #14

Technorati is overwhelming. I found a cool link for kids at funetics http://www.themommyblogger.com/2008/07/28/funetics/ but when I went to the funetics site it is down for this week. I found other stuff to check out. Even though tecnorati has a lot to offer I think I will use delicious more.