week 9 thing 21

Podcast... I had no idea. What an adventure and twist on learning. I was interested in the educational podcast. I sorted through and found how to learn spanish.

Hopefully, I can begin my journey in speaking Spanish correctly.Okay I downloaded Juice... I began listening to my new podcast and ....I am learning new pick up lines in SPANISH.LOL! I guess this means I need a little more practice in finding podcast of value.

week 9 thing 20

YouTube is a nice tool to upload and share videos; however, you there is a lot of entertainment style of video included. I selected this video because of the subject matter. It is not suitable for elementary level but it does give a few interesting details that I find fascinating. I like how YouTube counts each videos hits. This is a great tool to find out which has the most traffic.

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week 8 thing 19

http://www.librarything.com/ Librarything is a tool that can be used for elementary schools within a district for interlibrary loan possibliy. I was exploring options in uploading books and there is a way to upload collections.

However, I am having problems getting my link to books to display.
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week 8 thing 18

Zoho.. I found this website to be very user friendly. I was able to create several test documents and email to myself. I also played around with the project creator and made a power point. Which is very nifty. I like this product because it has other templates to choose from and the clip art is already categorized. However, i had issues posting it to my blog. It could just be me since I can't locate the one of many passwords needed. Overall this tool is very useful. It allows users to work with documents/projects from anywhere(all you need is log in).

Week 7 Thing 17

I played in sandbox from Region 1. I made an account under my name. I think that wikis are a useful tool in the school for parents and teachers. I believe that wikis are not being used widely because teachers do not understand or value the resource.

week 7 thing 16

Wikis... I had heard of wikipedia but never knew the complete details. I am very impressed in how wikis can be used through different school committees and different collaborative projects within the school. Upper level schools could also have students input. I do see myself putting this to use. I browsed the sandbox of one of the wikis and found it extremely helpful in updating the wiki.

Thing 15 Week #6

Web 2.0
We are in the day and era of a library without walls. As an elementary librarian, I need to realize that all the library has to offer is not available in print. Our children and staff need to know how to use all the resources available to them. We need to be able to share the resources with our children and teach them along with staff how to use it.