Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Book Review...


Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black


I could not put this book down... Teens will love it...
The trouble will be that the language and content will make it very hard/impossible to book talk in schools.
Anyone else read?

Youtube Video...

One of my latest favorites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

8N08

ok, it is sad or kind of funny depending on how you look at it....

But I am finishing up today.... Now just to set the record straight....
I have worked on all but the last 2 before today. Well actually I have been working on Wiki's for a while, so it is not new...

Anywy here is the whole 8N08 Recap




Exercise 1

Blogging a

-Too much to say... not enough time to say it.....

http://librarygirl123.blogspot.com/


Exercise 2


Flicker a
Mashups a

-I enjoy Flicker... It is fun way to spend hours looking up pretty much anything. I have made it my New Years Resolution to try and update my photos for the family....


-I think the bookmobile mashup was the best!




Exercise 3

Tagging a

- Very useful in getting your information accessed and for finding tricky topics!






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Exerercise 4

Rollyo a

Pandora a
-Great place to plug in my favorite 80's music

Webjunction a
-Had some trouble with logging in to this one... I like the webinars, and all the possibiliies for sharing.... I have used Library wikis and other resources such as:

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/05/29/100-free-library-20-webinars-and-tutorials/


Image Generators a

-Way to much fun.... and I have used this 2.0 technology for my church website, to add fun things to school newsletters and just for the fun of it!

Exercise 5

RSS Feeds a
-Not as many of my favorite link had RSS Feeds at this time, This might be a cool thing for our MCDL page...




Exercise 6

Podcasts a
-great fun to watch clips and recaps and spoilers or shows...

Downlading Audio Books Library on –Demand a



**Book Trailers..... We need to do an exercise on these! They are so fun!


Exercise 7

Wiki a

http://afterdark.knowitnow.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page







-I work on a wiki for Knowitnow Afterdark resources... It is very cool, but you need time to keep up with it.

-I have also tried working on my own Readers Advisory Wiki (PB Wiki) It is a great idea, but the PB wiki changed and now there is a fee, and I was unable to access my previous work





Exercise 8

Exploring 2.0 Myspace/Facebook/gmaila



-I enjoy looking at myspace pages, I have had one for awhile, but do not keep up with it. I enjoy the links to music, youtube and other fun and off the wall surveys and silly stuff. I would love for us to have one for our Teens at Medina!



-Facebook, is also fun and I have enjoyed touching base with some old friends.


If you want to find a few Ohio Librarians to friend:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19587912526&ref=share


-gmail is cool because I am looking forward to using the google docs to work on an upcoming project !


(dsashcraft@gmail.com)

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Book of the week....

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney


http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html

http://www.wimpykid.com/


Great book for reluctant readers.... and anyone who enjoys a little bit of funny stuff!

Image Generators.... a bit addicting?


Ok, Now that I have started this.... I am hooked...






Monday, April 21, 2008

Flickr.com

Yes... I am going to do all 8 tonight.... well lets wait to see how late it gets! Those of you who know me best...know I sleep very little and get most of my work done late at night... :)


http://www.flickr.com/photos/25344989@N02/show/with/2388283253/


I actually uploaded these pics last week to send to a friend...

I love to search Flickr but had not actually added any photos until recently...

My Children....





Michael
Tristan
Daniel
Cheyenne