What is the one thing that spoke to you? The one thing that made you say,"Man I gotta try that?"
The “thing” that appealed to me was the fact that SKYPE is in “real time”. What a fantastic source for our students to view and talk with people all over the world. I have timed a couple of “SKYPE” sessions with friends in Korea. They are about 12 hours ahead of us so timing is a small issue that is overcome when both parties are willing to compromise about working beyond the school day.
Our budgets are dwindling so rapidly that I thought I would no longer be able to fund author visits. Well...SKYPE Authors just solved this! I plan on contacting an author for a SKYPE visit this fall or spring. I am SO EXCITED about being able to provide this service to my students on my shoe-string budget!!!
Discuss how you will implement that one thing. (You are more likely to try one thing than get bogged down with many, so really think about how you are going to do this. What will it take? What don't you have? Who do you need to bring on board?)
I already have the technology and equipment...now all I need is the author.
Blog about your author search.
Did you find any authors you are interested in? YEP!! Deb Lund
I also want to use ePals Global Community but am going to wait until the 201-2012 school year starts to set up my free 30 trial subscription...staying with that $0.00 budget!!!
Have you emailed them yet? :) Yep!!!
How will you share this Web 2.0 tool with your faculty?
Hopefully, my author will grant my wish for a SKYPE visit!! Then I will have my faculty hooked on the SKYPE possibilities!!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Libro Island
VOYA – “My Souvenior”
While the setting of my library program is elementary I believe it is one of my responsibilities to know the needs of the students at the next level. The cross grade level information ensures that I provide the foundation necessary for students to be successful once they leave my program. This is often a challenge for me as time and resources are not always right at hand. With this in mind I “sailed” the seas of the VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) to locate content that was applicable to my needs. The homepage link to “This Week’s Reviews” is very useful for collection development. This gives me a quick look at what students may find interesting at the next level and therefore an idea of where my patrons are headed. Check out the “Hot Topics” for yet another method of collection development!
http://www.voya.com/
While the setting of my library program is elementary I believe it is one of my responsibilities to know the needs of the students at the next level. The cross grade level information ensures that I provide the foundation necessary for students to be successful once they leave my program. This is often a challenge for me as time and resources are not always right at hand. With this in mind I “sailed” the seas of the VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) to locate content that was applicable to my needs. The homepage link to “This Week’s Reviews” is very useful for collection development. This gives me a quick look at what students may find interesting at the next level and therefore an idea of where my patrons are headed. Check out the “Hot Topics” for yet another method of collection development!
http://www.voya.com/
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Blogger Island
How do you feel about the teachers you saw in the video?
The teachers are a good example of the spectrum of roles the library program plays in a child’s education.
Do you agree that this is what teaching and learning is becoming?
I agree our “digital natives” are defined by the Web 2.0 technologies they have access to. We, as their educators, are required to meet their technological needs. We must be their digital tour guides as we cannot expect them to step backwards into the world that existed before the digital age.
How does this affect you in your classroom and how can you incorporate these things into your teaching?
We incorporate so many of these skills in the library program...research, collecting data, discerning authoritative sources, etc.
Of all the verbs you saw in the video which one do you best identify with.
Since I have to choose (which really the library program can be described by all of these verbs)...”integrate” would be my choice as the library program integrates the skills taught in the classroom and makes it possible for the classroom to integrate more skills at a higher level because of what we teach in the library program.
You Tube video-“Digital World-Kids Today”-by the same creators and great accompaniment to “Digital World-Teachers Today”
The teachers are a good example of the spectrum of roles the library program plays in a child’s education.
Do you agree that this is what teaching and learning is becoming?
I agree our “digital natives” are defined by the Web 2.0 technologies they have access to. We, as their educators, are required to meet their technological needs. We must be their digital tour guides as we cannot expect them to step backwards into the world that existed before the digital age.
How does this affect you in your classroom and how can you incorporate these things into your teaching?
We incorporate so many of these skills in the library program...research, collecting data, discerning authoritative sources, etc.
Of all the verbs you saw in the video which one do you best identify with.
Since I have to choose (which really the library program can be described by all of these verbs)...”integrate” would be my choice as the library program integrates the skills taught in the classroom and makes it possible for the classroom to integrate more skills at a higher level because of what we teach in the library program.
You Tube video-“Digital World-Kids Today”-by the same creators and great accompaniment to “Digital World-Teachers Today”
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