COPYRIGHT THING 15

I found K12 Learning 2.0: Tools for 21st Century Teaching & Learning at k12learning20.wikispaces.com/ and (e)Learning 2.0 & Beyond ...it's all about what can/will be at bgraziadei.blogspot.com/ -----Both an adaption of classroom learning 2.0.
K12 learning even had “23 things” while the other had a series of assignments and micro lessons.

After reading a few different articles, the perspective of library 2.0 seems to be more than just providing and utilizing technology. There is also an interactive element; a user center, community collaboration of services provided through multi-media.

To me, Library 2.0 represents a movement toward better service and interaction with patrons through use of various tools of technology.
For schools, it means innovation and change utilizing more student centered technological techniques. Even technologically disadvantage schools can still create a user-centered environment. By taking advantage of the numerous free web services available, schools (and libraries) can become Library 2.0. My school is slowly embracing that concept. Of course, that would mean dropping some firewalls to provide access to those sites….for example-- youtube. Do you know how much can be introduced into the classroom with youtube alone?!?

TECHNORATI THING 14

Technorati is CRAZY! The number of blogs was outstanding. Now, when I searched “School Library Learning 2.0” and “Classroom Learning 2.0” using the quotation marks—surprisingly there were no results for school library and only 2 results for classroom learning (and not even the blog itself—very strange) Of course, when the quotes were removed, then the results went wild! I looked at the top 100 most popular blogs, concentrating on the top 10. As I looked at them on a Saturday afternoon, what I noticed is with the exception of only 1, the top 10 blogs pertained to technology and all had posts within the last 8 hours.

There are so many advantages to tagging. According to the book entitled Library 2.0 and beyond, edited by Nancy Courtney (p. 94-99, 2007), the organizational scheme that emerges from tagging, known as folksonomy, showcases the “network effect” that not only economically demonstrates user patterns but also remains fluid, current, multifaceted, and empowering. Tags are great to organize, focus, and pinpoint a particular topic of interest but there is free range on the tag terms. The disadvantages, as described by Courtney, are low precision rates, susceptibility to unethical use, and lack of synonym control. Therefore, something “tagged” might not be exactly what one is looking for or not all results will be shown --- that can be frustrating. However, with the amount of information available, it wouldn’t be necessary to locate every relevant item of a particular tag. As noted by Lee of Headshift (2005), “the trade off between simplicity and precision makes sense."
Sounds good to me. :)

DELCIOUS THING 13

My bookmarks are everywhere. There is ZERO organization. Everytime I find something I want to remember, I book mark it, wherever I am at the time. So…..Some are at the computer in school, some on the laptop, and others on the family computer….to go to a single site and pull up everything is a time saver. Truth be told, I have even done searches to figure out the URL address to some of my favorite sites. But not only does delicious keep all bookmarks in one place, there is the added pleasure of finding more great sites that others use!

While using the SJlibraryLearning2 account, bookmarks are being added on a daily basis, I had found a great site entitled Top 10 Sites for Educators. Immediately, I check it out and bookmark it (albeit the traditional way-but that will change SOON). Due to delicious, I found a site I otherwise would have never found.

Libraries can take advantage of this site by creating bookmarks for particular topics, as well as introduce patrons to this useful tool. Users can add to the bookmarks as well.

ROLLYO THING 12

This tool would be helpful in libraries as part of their pathfinders and within ibraries for particular projects of teachers. Rather than have students aimlessly search, with rollyo, they can search predetermined sites. Students still have to search but there is now more focused and safer for them. That’s why I created a search roll for my classes to use for their 3rd marking period Modern Europe projects. My next task would be to make one for their other outstanding projects.

http://www.rollyo.com/workinprogress/modern_euro_history/

While discovering rollyo, the sites are listed for the different “high rollers” or “most used,” but unless you have something to specifically search, the “play” falls short. Helpful tool nonetheless.

WEB WINNERS THING 11

Web winners:
http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0
http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/short

Reading through the web awards made me realize how many tools are out there that I do not use, nor even knew about. It was an amazing list... no wonder there is internet addiction (see my post to giddy librarian).

I liked having the winners condensed so it was easy to click and check them all out.
I spent a lot of time with http://www.docstoc.com/
I loved the tools offers for teachers but not so happy about seeing essays on there for students to help themselves to…but, sorry to say, I now have another place to look if I am feeling suspicious.

Ning was interesting. To be able to connect on a particular topic and learn/share ideas with others is certainly a great concept. I looked at classroom 2.0 as well as various educational innovative sites. It was very difficult to decide where to join. I think I am going with either classroom 2.0 or teachers 2.0. I noticed some of the groups were by invitation only and groups had the ability to moderate or even ban people from their network in order to keep high standards of the topic at hand.

IMAGE GENERATOR THING 10

Glad I finally started using my digital camera...otherwise I would have no pictures to play with. But you will have to bear with me, the only pictures I have are of my girls. This was FUN! The girls REALLY enjoyed seeing their faces on different frames from imagechef (http://www.imagechef.com). I had to kick the girls out of the room or I was never going to be able to stop.








And with comic strip generator...there's a fun way to send messages to students

EDUCATION FEEDS THING 9

After browsing the suggested sites, I would just like to say…….THERE ARE TOO MANY PLAYERS ON THE FIELD!!

Way too much information--Syndic8.com was confusing for me, while the other sites I got lost in all they had to offer. I can see the positive in the sites overall, a focused search area but….right now, I am overwhelmed!

On a side note, I did enjoy looking at the blog winners...interesting.