Method 4 - RSS Feeds & Newsreaders
Hello, I'm reporting on Method 4's lesson by using Google docs. Practical practice!
I've already learned a lot in just three lessons, but if I can't devote more time to Two-Stepping, I may not finish the course. I'll try to do at least two lessons a week.
Below find links to my feed sites:
One:
http://www.beachwalks.tv/
I like Beach Walks with Rox because I'll never go to Hawaii, she's very calming with a humane philosophy of life, and she has a great, playful dog Lexi. Her Reef Radio is really an interesting add-on at her site. I relax with the music.
Two:
http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/
I just found Jenny Levine's The Shifted Librarian blog doing lesson three. I like what she said about cloud computing, and she seems smart and interesting.
Three:
I don't visit the same web sites daily or read many blogs, so I'll just add a news one.
(I doubt you want the ones I DO use - Amazon.com, Lands End, or J.C Penney!)
Ok, what about this one?
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
School Library Journal Breaking News is new to me. I like subscribing to it though. I can breeze through and catch what interests me.
One thing I've noticed about Google Reader is the format.....I don't like it. I find it kind choppy in appearance, hard to see the different feeds, unattractive, and plain. Maybe I'll use another reader or practice more.
I do like the Explore feature. That's how I found SLJ's top stories or breaking news.
I almost lost this post. Eeek! So many different windows open.
All my best,
S. G.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Method 3 (Computing in the Cloud)
Technology gods are in the clouds, aren't they, like on Olympus?
I understand the concept of saving documents and retrieving them from online cloud places like Google Docs. and Zoho. My HS students are doing this. Actually at my school students must (administrative request) let me know when they are using the Internet for email or document retrieval.
Learning about saving computer work in the clouds rather than ON the MACHINE is both exciting and concerning. I wish to be a responsive librarian in a thoroughly modern library, but I can only work within the framework of my small private school which is a little behind technologically-comparatively and budgetarily. (No criticism meant, just reality.)
HEY, I JUST SPELLED TWO WORDS WRONG, AND THE BLOGGER HIGHLIGHTED THE WORD, AND THEN WHEN I HOVERED THE SUGGESTIONS WERE RIGHT THERE. I LOVE IT!
Isn't blogging the height of egotism? (I digress....)
Here are some things I want to note about the Method 3 readings:
Media fluency is our expanded role as librarians.
Pursuing information is not receiving information. Receiving is part of the educational experience, too.
Libraries are increasingly becoming portable. (Where do I [me as librarian] fit in?)
How can libraries personalize and LOCALIZE the patron's info-seeking experience?
Can clouding save libraries MUCH NEEDED money on software and updates to software?
Long-term storage of users' files as well as privacy of docs and files are in question at this point.
I guess I am relating to Levine's "We Are Not All Ready for the Cloud Yet," in which she says teach cloud computing and the possible consequences of it. Teach that!
My best,
S.
I understand the concept of saving documents and retrieving them from online cloud places like Google Docs. and Zoho. My HS students are doing this. Actually at my school students must (administrative request) let me know when they are using the Internet for email or document retrieval.
Learning about saving computer work in the clouds rather than ON the MACHINE is both exciting and concerning. I wish to be a responsive librarian in a thoroughly modern library, but I can only work within the framework of my small private school which is a little behind technologically-comparatively and budgetarily. (No criticism meant, just reality.)
HEY, I JUST SPELLED TWO WORDS WRONG, AND THE BLOGGER HIGHLIGHTED THE WORD, AND THEN WHEN I HOVERED THE SUGGESTIONS WERE RIGHT THERE. I LOVE IT!
Isn't blogging the height of egotism? (I digress....)
Here are some things I want to note about the Method 3 readings:
Media fluency is our expanded role as librarians.
Pursuing information is not receiving information. Receiving is part of the educational experience, too.
Libraries are increasingly becoming portable. (Where do I [me as librarian] fit in?)
How can libraries personalize and LOCALIZE the patron's info-seeking experience?
Can clouding save libraries MUCH NEEDED money on software and updates to software?
Long-term storage of users' files as well as privacy of docs and files are in question at this point.
I guess I am relating to Levine's "We Are Not All Ready for the Cloud Yet," in which she says teach cloud computing and the possible consequences of it. Teach that!
My best,
S.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Methods 1 and 2 - my comments
Methods 1 and 2
I have needed a course like this for a few years now. So, thanks!
I am a bit overwhelmed with all the new terminology presented in just Abram’s short video and article, “Social Libraries.” I know that I as a school librarian can assist my patrons with these new technologies and should not immediately squash students’ use of blogs, social networking, etc. in the school library. Besides that, though, I need some rethinking about how I can utilize blogging for my own communication with my patrons. I’m usually not that “in your face” so to speak either personally or certainly professionally. I have a good library web site, but it’s hard to keep it interesting, and I’m pretty sure my students don’t go to it for their school and research needs.
I like Abram’s words about Library 2.0 – academic learning and collaborative environment for the new, responsive library. We are not simply warehouses, storage vaults, or even places of information delivery any longer.
Also, Abram says be ready for change; seek new Web 2.0 understandings. Don’t just let change happen to us. Realize the new directions libraries (and patrons) are headed and facilitate. And, most of all, set aside even fifteen minutes to acquaint yourself proactively with something new.
I have needed a course like this for a few years now. So, thanks!
I am a bit overwhelmed with all the new terminology presented in just Abram’s short video and article, “Social Libraries.” I know that I as a school librarian can assist my patrons with these new technologies and should not immediately squash students’ use of blogs, social networking, etc. in the school library. Besides that, though, I need some rethinking about how I can utilize blogging for my own communication with my patrons. I’m usually not that “in your face” so to speak either personally or certainly professionally. I have a good library web site, but it’s hard to keep it interesting, and I’m pretty sure my students don’t go to it for their school and research needs.
I like Abram’s words about Library 2.0 – academic learning and collaborative environment for the new, responsive library. We are not simply warehouses, storage vaults, or even places of information delivery any longer.
Also, Abram says be ready for change; seek new Web 2.0 understandings. Don’t just let change happen to us. Realize the new directions libraries (and patrons) are headed and facilitate. And, most of all, set aside even fifteen minutes to acquaint yourself proactively with something new.
First time blogger!
Hi,
I don't know much about this kind of communication, but I'm willing to learn. After 20+ years as a librarian I'm still surprised every day by the newness of everything to children and older people alike.
~~BW S. G.
I don't know much about this kind of communication, but I'm willing to learn. After 20+ years as a librarian I'm still surprised every day by the newness of everything to children and older people alike.
~~BW S. G.
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