a november haiku by mrs. dowty

work, life, spinning plates
blog plate getting wobblier
will get to it soon

picture borrowed from diggingalot.org

At our district’s Library Inservice last week, I hosted a breakout session called “Casting a Wide ‘Net for Readers:  Using the Internet to Promote your Library”.  If you missed it, I’m including the PowerPoint below (there’s not much to it, I tend to talk more than “present”), along with these links to three cool web tools we discussed:  LogoEase (to make unique logos for your library and its programs), Wordle (a fun, eye-catching way to get your point across), and Animoto (slick little videos of your uploaded pictures).

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I’m writing this post to share some of my favorite library-related blogs.  I continue to stumble upon blogs with delightful writing and priceless nuggets of information on a regular basis.  For this reason, I’m certain this list represents a small portion of what’s “out there”.  All the same, I hope this whets your appetite and you are inspired to create a similar list of your own.

Techno Tuesday (Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts…) – a blog about integrating technology into classrooms and libraries.  Cathy Nelson has been a school library media specialist for more than 20 years and is well respected in the blogging community.

Dorman High School Blog – Cathy Nelson’s high school library blog.  A wonderful example of a school library blog.

A Library By Any Other Name – a varied collection of timely resources by Vaughn Branom, a public school librarian and a self-described “digital immigrant”.  I especially like that each post is assigned its appropriate Dewey Decimal number.  Fun!

Hey Jude – Judy O’Connell is an educator and library professional interested in the latest technology and how it can be used to advance our students’ education.  Great perspective.

The Shifted Librarian – is written by Jenny Levine, the Internet Development Specialist and Strategy Guide at the American Library Association.  This blog focuses on the “shift” of libraries to meet a new generation’s information expectations.  This is heady stuff.

Likely Stories and Bookends (both are Booklist blogs) – great resources for information about books and publishing.

Please comment and let me know your favorites!

Keep reading and keep learning… …and keep sharing.

Click HERE

to listen to a podcast created during the 2009 Teacher Tech Camp.

or

Click on the picture below…

Check out the following Animoto video for highlights of our Teacher Tech Camp!

Here’s a picture from my library…

One good source to learn how to use hyperlinks is Sue Water’s blog, The Edublogger.