How the Blog Will Evolve
I would like for this blog to serve as a place for my elementary students to find out about books, authors and illustrators. I would like this to be a place for them to come to search for new titles and find out about great podcasts and Internet sites. I am so excited that I took this class! Now my blog can be used as a teaching tool!
Podcasting
I had a great time at the Library of Congress. You know the whole media specialist/book thing. I knew that there was some podcasting available, but didn't until this class have time to explore it. I really enjoyed watching Doreen Cronin. Her and Harry Bliss read their book Diary of a Spider. Since then they have released a new title Diary of a Fly. If you haven't checked these out, do!
The Water Buffalo movie was extremely interesting. My school studies a country every year and we are currently studying Vietnam. I knew water bufffalo were very important to them and it was nice to see the video to go along with what I already knew about water buffalo. It was also nice to go to learn out loud and podcastalley.
Podcasting is new to me and I think this week was my favorite. I think that every week! I just love gettting to know what is out there.
As far as podcasting at my school, I would love to see children doing book talks of their favorite books to put on the school website. How cool would that be!
The Water Buffalo movie was extremely interesting. My school studies a country every year and we are currently studying Vietnam. I knew water bufffalo were very important to them and it was nice to see the video to go along with what I already knew about water buffalo. It was also nice to go to learn out loud and podcastalley.
Podcasting is new to me and I think this week was my favorite. I think that every week! I just love gettting to know what is out there.
As far as podcasting at my school, I would love to see children doing book talks of their favorite books to put on the school website. How cool would that be!
Wikis
Every week I am taken to a whole new level with respect to technology. With not very much knowledge about wiki's prior to this week, I am delighted to see that wikis can be used as a collaborative tool for students. I really like the fact that many people can work at the same to to not only collaborate but also contribute. Thinking of the media center, this is a great way for students to research on a topic whether it be individually or in teams. I work in a PK-4 environment and can really only see wiki's as a possibility for 3rd and 4th grade. I can only imagine the endless possibilites in middle and high school. I am going to make sure and pass this information from this week to the middle and high school media specialists at my school.
I am a part of the organization South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL). We are currently in the process of creating a wiki to keep all the documents that we use so frequently to be located on the scasl website. There will also be a place for us to contribute processes that we use to share with other media specialists. I am excited to see how this will play out.
I am a part of the organization South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL). We are currently in the process of creating a wiki to keep all the documents that we use so frequently to be located on the scasl website. There will also be a place for us to contribute processes that we use to share with other media specialists. I am excited to see how this will play out.
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