Organizers

Organization Tools. 

When registering for these organization tools, I was a bit confused about what they did exactly. Until I started playing with the tabs and started adding items. The organization tool I liked the best is Wunderlist. It was simple to use and you are able to customize the background. I liked that there is an downloadable App. I believe my students would find this website/app very easy to use. They would be able to organize due dates or exam dates for their classes, even their game days. 

Evernote. 

Evernote is a useful website/app to upload notes or files to an online cloud. I would upload notes or assignments onto a notebook. Then provide the link to my students.  That way my students would be able to access any file that they might need. This is a great tool use if students were absent, they would have access to what they missed. 

Pinterest. 

First and foremost, I love Pinterest! There are so many 'pins' that can help students with their homework.  Students are able to access pins to get ideas for science fair projects or help them understand a topic. 

My Pinterest Boards. http://www.pinterest.com/prettyeyes85/

Facebook Assignment

As I was searching for school libraries on Facebook, I noticed there were a limited number of school library pages.  I saw the some schools with the Facebook pages and they used them to promote the school’s activities as well as up and coming book to movie adaptations.   I liked that these school included reminder for Book Fairs and updates to the library’s filing system.  Cheltenham High School’s page included school announcements, like who placed in soccer and field hockey league.  Moreau Catholic High School’s page posted an image of an old check out card from 1982.  I really liked how they involved the students with funny posts. 

One disadvantage I saw on these pages was the mediator of the page did not update regularly.  For example, the Pasadena High School was last updated December 7^th.  A second disadvantage, I also noticed there was not a lot of traffic on the pages; very little people check these pages for updates of posts. 

I think having a Facebook page in beneficial because the students have Facebook accounts and it is readily available using their smart phones.   When I become a librarian, I would like to involve the students as much as possible.  For example, I would like to post a message and whoever read it and comes to the library first wins a prize. 

 

Here are some screenshots of some posts!

Pasadena High School Library

 Cheltenham High School Library

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moreau Catholic High School Library

 

 
 

Twitter Assignment

Using Speed Dating for Learning
Linda W. Braun @lbraun2000

Using the “Speed Dating” Model to Enhance Student Learning #lis460 http://t.co/uecKNOhL4A
— Linda W Braun (@lbraun2000) January 21, 2014

Living and Nonliving Stickaround Puzzle
Tony Vincent @tonyvinvent

@cbeyerle I whipped a living/nonliving #stickaroundapp puzzle just for you! https://t.co/Ha44K8d3Du pic.twitter.com/Js7nEW1pqP
— Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent) January 23, 2014

Using Wikipedia for Information
 Buffy hamilton @buffyhamilton

Using Wikipedia in information literacy instruction http://t.co/tIPLDyT725
— Buffy Hamilton (@buffyjhamilton) January 21, 2014

10 Social Media Skills for Teachers
 The Daring Librarian @GwynethJones

10 Social Media Skills for 21st Century Teachers INFOGRAPHIC Inspired by @BlueSkunkBlog via @21cif http://t.co/tlGqTnWUjQ
— The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones) January 20, 2014

Teaching with QR Codes
 Jim Lerman @jimlerman

Teaching With QR Codes via @joevans http://t.co/zsHnkDLNhn
— Jim Lerman (@jimlerman) January 14, 2014

Can now find usage rights in Google images
Kathy Schrock @kathyschrock

Thanks, @tchilders Can now find usage rights in Google images under search tools! w00t! pic.twitter.com/kdGHi8jjUe
— Kathy Schrock (@kathyschrock) January 14, 2014