Method # 8

I like social networking sites. I originally setup a Myspace account a few yeaars ago to prove to my kids how easy it was for someone to see everything on their pages. Now, I mainly use Facebook to keep in touch with my friends and to find long lost classmates. I am concerned about privacy, especially with the recent change Facebook made where you have to select your privacy settings again. I'm afraid a lot of people will just ignore that message and post/pictures will be available that they really didn't want to be.

I think you definitely would want to keep your personal account separate from a library account. But I think a libray account could be used to reach your target audience. I don't see my library having a Facebook page for a while, just because I work in a public high school and the wheels of change are turning slow in allowing access on school computers. The funny thing is a majority of students can access their accounts from their cell phones while at school. So a library account could reach a lot of students.

Method #7

I can see where Libraries or teachers could use this to select certain sites they wanted the students to use for a research project, or maybe sites with educational games the students could play. I think it could be a useful tools.
I also like the idea that you can take your bookmarks with you form computer to computer. I don't know how many times I have found something at work and then when I get home I can't find the same site again. It will just take a little time to get use to saving it in a different way.

Did You Know - by Karl Fisch

Did You Know - by Karl Fisch

Method #6

I chose these videos because they really made me stop and think about how fast technology is changing and how students are learning differently. I can see with my own kids how reading a book is something they would pick as a last option. They would perfer to watch a video or listen to a podcast instead of reading, or create a video or presentation instead of writing a report. I think libraries need to realize that the future is not about hard copy books. We have to be open to new ideas. But at the same time I know we have to have some kind of control over content in a school setting.
One thing I dislike about you tube is there are so many videos to sort through. I get drawn in and start watching videos that are not related to what I was looking for. I do think there are videos out there that students could use and learn from, especially on teacher tube.

Method # 5

A couple of years ago, my home computer crashed and I lost a lot of pictures I had saved to my computer from my camera. Since then I have tried to make CDs to serve as a backup. I might give Flickr a try at home to at least serve as a backup. I can see where it would be good for family and friends to view pictures and not have to print or e-mail copies to everyone. But as far as in a school library, I don't know if I will be adding a lot of school picture to my account. I do think kids would love it. It seems a lot of teenage girls carry a camera in their purse at all times and love to take the silliest pictures. Then the next things said is e-mail that one to me or put that one on facebook. So maybe educating the students about the options out there is what I need to explore.

Method 4

http://www.aggieathletics.com/

http://www.cnn.com/?eref=rss_topstories

http://www.libraryjournal.com/community/Library+Education/47104.html?nid=3280

RSS Feeds

I don't think I did these the correct way but I couldn't get them to show in the sidebar and work properly. I will have to play with it some more.

I had a hard time searching for feeds I was interested in. On Google Reader, I never found the discover button like the instructions said. I currently don't follow any sites daily, so RSS is not something I see myself using regularly. If I found a site I just loved then maybe I would use RSS feeds.