Method # 12

Whew!! Thought I was never going to finish, lol. But Seriously, I should thank our librarian for suggesting that we take this training. I did start off a bit intimidated, but once I got into into the program I thought to myself "I can do this" and I am glad I did because this two-step program was awesome, I feel a little bit more knowlegable about what's available to us online. I did not realize just how much there was for us to use and so simple to access. I really liked learning about Wikis and I loved Del.ci.ous. I hope to learn more on these particular ones. Once I practice using these tools more I will surely make use of them as much as I need to, both and at work and personally. The short videos in plain english were very easy to understandand and very helpful to me. As I mentioned on #9 I am a bit familiar with FB chat and IM, I do use these pretty frequently with my family. Thanks for having trainings like this one, hope to see more in the future.

Method # 11

In the Educational Podcast Directory, I found some really good ones. I really like reading the one on "Healthful Living" especially the one called "Take one Step for a Healthy Heart." Great advice. The other one from the podcasting libraries, I thought "Book Talks-Quick and Simple" was pretty cool. I can see something like this working in our school library.

Method # 10

I thought the video on PB Works (Wikis in Plain English ) was pretty simple to understand. I liked how the St. Joseph County Library has their page setup. We could do something like that in our library. The way they have their Subject guides is very user friendly and I think it would really help our students understand the Dewey Decimal System and how books are arranged in the library. If Teachers are not already using PB works they should because their students would really benefit from it.

Method # 9

Since I have a FB account, I do FB chat with my family. I really enjoy chatting online. I also like the fact that we can have a conversation with more than one person at the same time. I think this would be a good idea to consider, but like I have mentioned before students are still restricted from online chatting in school.

Method #8

I really enjoyed learning more about Social Networking. I personally already have an account with Facebook, and I love it. All my family and friends have Facebook accounts and we all enjoy it, it's so much fun and easy to use once you get the basics, of course I have not tried to do everything that you can do, basically I post messages on the board and share photos, check out what everybody is doing. I like the way you have the option to privacy and only share with people you want. Also I can send a message directly to the person I want to communicate with. We use it to share photos and keep in touch with what’s happening in our lives. Maybe I’ll create another account that will be more professional and I can share with everyone. As far as using it in our school I think this would be an awesome way to promote our new books , letting our teachers, students and community give their input and make suggestions on what kind of books they would like to see in the library. Right now all this sites are blocked in our school but I think this will soon change if we want to keep up with the rest of the world. About My Space, I have seen my kids use it, I do not have an account and don’t think I ever will, I think for now I’ll stick with Facebook.

Method #7

DELICIOUS oh yes, the perfect name for this social bookmarking tool. I have not yet created a Delicious account, but believe me I am. I really like the way you can share websites with people/friends with the same interests. I do hope that we use this tool in our school library, we could bookmark all the educational sites that students would be using on a particular project. This is also an easy way to keep in touch with what other school libraries are doing. This is so cool and I can't wait to get started. I am a clerk and my job is mostly book processing, so I am going to find some sites on cataloging, searching for marc records like the The Library of Congress for example...