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LIBE 477: School Library 2.0

by Melisa Hunter

Reflections on my Journey:

Exploring Web 2.0 tools for use in the library

and the classroom

Professional life

But,

In the library

research projects...

In the classroom

In the staffroom

Personal Learning Network

  • continue blogging about Web 2.0 on

"Learning and Playing with Web 2.0"

Web 2.0 tools that I'd like to check out

Then...

I was a beginning-intermediate technology user.

This is where I began my journey.

Sharing my newfound knowledge of Web 2.0 tools

Personal life

I communicated by email and checked it every day!

I did all of my banking online.

Posters for a research project on Mesoamerica

Grade 3 research projects on space

I did not have a Facebook account,

kids blogging about:

...for sharing a love of books.

literature circles...

book clubs...

Having fun with Web 2.0

...for cataloguing online resources.

...for maintaining an interesting, useful library website.

School library website hosted on Blogger

digital storytelling

  • storybird

nor a Pinterest account,

book clubs

literature circles

research projects

sharing a love of reading

  • zooburst

sharing resources

nor had I ever tweeted...

maintaining an interesting, useful library website

blogging

  • sharing
  • creating
  • responding

Now,

I am an advanced-intermediate technology user.

...collaborating with teachers, using Web 2.O tools for research, presentation and sharing purposes.

...offering workshops to my staff on Web 2.0 tools

Professional life

Personal life

Following and connecting with fellow educators through Twitter guided me to interesting blogs and trends in the educational technology world.

Storybird gives students a chance to write stories, using professional illustrations. For a fee, they can even have them professionally published.

Livebinders helped me organize my online resources easily and efficiently, giving me, my staff and my students fast online access to hand-picked websites.

See my binders here: http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/view/19704

Check out their website:

http://storybird.com/

I found Pinterest to be a very visually appealing social bookmarking site. I am using it to organize images, websites and blogs that are of interest to me both personally and professionally.

Zooburst offers students a fun way to illustrate their stories. The virtual pop-up features are appealing, as is the ability to view the books in 3D.

Check out my sample here:

http://www.zooburst.com/book/zb01_4f565e0a6fdfd

Signing up for Facebook allowed me to connect and reconnect with family and friends. It was important that I learn about Facebook in order to teach about it and use it in the educational setting.

I had fun playing with Xtranormal. I can see it being a great tool to make an animated film for creative writing or to use to showcase a final project for a research assignment. See my example here:

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13134019/library

Kidblog offers a safe blogging environment for students to write and share. It gives them an authentic venue to start building their digital tattoo and start practicing good "netiquette". I am looking forward to using it with the Grade 7 students.

Prezi has so many options within its presentation platform. I can see myself using it to liven up lessons or possibly as a final presentation option for grade 7 students.

This is social networking about the love of reading! My students had fun putting books on virtual bookshelves, making recommendations and discussing what they were reading. I found it to be another good vehicle to teach proper "netiquette" for social media.

Check out a description of Destiny Quest here:

http://www.follettsoftware.com/destiny-quest

Future inquiry into Web 2.0

  • following educators who are

enthusiastic about Web 2.0

  • tweeting about my own Web 2.0 experiences and

other interesting events!

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