Podcasting should be done very early in the morning. Anytime between 5 and 7 am is much preferable to "normal hours" when everyone else is online. The Education Podcast Network gave me some spectacular results this morning. I have already sent emails to teachers alerting them to" This Week in Science" and the many tech skills topics available (60) .
The link to Podcast.net is no longer working, and Tech Savvy Girlz Podcasts opens, but doesn't seem to go anywhere, perhaps because it was later in the afternoon when I got there. The time factor, did not seem to affect Education Podcast Network on a second visit, nor Teacher Created Materials: Podcasts. Now that I know more about podcasts and how to locate them, can I justify the expense of a mobile "device" with which to carry them around? Somehow, I think I'd hate to give up my airplane reading time for Podcast listening time....I seem to have so little time to read.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Week 9 # 20 Teacher Tube
Teacher tube is a wealth of information available to the classroom. It was quick and painless to locate a video produced by a group of students who had visited some Mayan ruins. The quality and content were excellent, and should hold the class' interest.
Posting it to the blog was another question. Following the directions step by step did not produce the desired result. Another possibility presented itself through the share button on the teacher tube site, I was able to share the site to Blogger, and appeared to be logged in, but could not get it to display on this page. Help tried to be helpful, but again the desired result was not forthcoming, a bit frustrating. I finally downloaded the file to my desktop, then added it to the blog.
Here it is visit the Mayan Ruins and learn about the culture.
Posting it to the blog was another question. Following the directions step by step did not produce the desired result. Another possibility presented itself through the share button on the teacher tube site, I was able to share the site to Blogger, and appeared to be logged in, but could not get it to display on this page. Help tried to be helpful, but again the desired result was not forthcoming, a bit frustrating. I finally downloaded the file to my desktop, then added it to the blog.
Here it is visit the Mayan Ruins and learn about the culture.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Week 8 # 19.1 Digital Pipeline
This is a good exercise in using the more refined features of digital pipeline.
Making an alert to the School Library Journal may remind me that it's out, and I should scan the contents.
My initial efforts in finding a diagram of the eye in the consumer health database ended unsuccessfully. I eventually located the diagrams/charts box on the bottom right of the initial search page and found the chart I wanted. Found no animations or videos, references to them, but nothing "live".
The tutorial on the new features is fantastic. I'll add a link to it on my Wiki. The students would prefer it to my verbal instructions.
The more section was eagerly inspected. My "hands on" people are interested in this, especially for older models of cars that can still be worked on without computers and lots of sophisticated equipment.
Making an alert to the School Library Journal may remind me that it's out, and I should scan the contents.
My initial efforts in finding a diagram of the eye in the consumer health database ended unsuccessfully. I eventually located the diagrams/charts box on the bottom right of the initial search page and found the chart I wanted. Found no animations or videos, references to them, but nothing "live".
The tutorial on the new features is fantastic. I'll add a link to it on my Wiki. The students would prefer it to my verbal instructions.
The more section was eagerly inspected. My "hands on" people are interested in this, especially for older models of cars that can still be worked on without computers and lots of sophisticated equipment.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Week 8 # 19 Library thing
What a nice tool for small libraries. I'm not about to start adding all 5,000 titles in my small school library, but the Church library is only about 10 shelves, and that would be "do able". In this format, it would also be attractive to the younger generation, perhaps they would even help. We won't have many fancy covers, though. so it mught look as dry and dusty online as it does "onshelf".
As for my personal collection, maybe its a good way to remind myself of what I have, and serve an an impetus to organize better. No, those stacks, ARE organized, just not according to Dewey.
As for my personal collection, maybe its a good way to remind myself of what I have, and serve an an impetus to organize better. No, those stacks, ARE organized, just not according to Dewey.
Week 8 number 18
I just copied and pasted this post into Zoho, and posted it to my blog. It posted beautifully, exactly as created. Then I tried to edit it, but I generated a" HTML error, The tag is not closed:DIV". Since I don't know how to fix that, this is an interesting experiment. When previewing the post, I see the header I created survived intact.
Week 8 #18 Online productivity tools
Zoho looks very interesting. Collaboration on a Career and College meeting in January will be possible and easily managed easier than with email. Three people are working on this, and we are not all in the same building or time schedule. It will be especially useful when I leave the state.
As we near the holidays, I can see this may be a fun way to set up a round-robin letter to the family. The computer "users" can add to it and the computer "reader-only" crowd will just enjoy.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Week 7 #16 Wikis
Wikis are a fantastic way to give the librarian a simple website that can be added to the school's main page with very little effort from anyone else.
The Steller library wiki can be found at www.stellerlibrary.wikispaces.com. I have 8 pages on information that folks tell me is useful. They can find the volunteer calendar there, as well as the ebooks and online references with live links. One large page is devoted to Career and College Resources.
Wikis can be customized to fit many needs. I liked the English teacher who added a Mebo window so that the kids could connect with him in real time if he was online.
It's also interesting to see how other libraries deal with their situations and plan for the future. Lots of that planning is centered around training users how to use the online resources.
All in all, a very useful, simple to use tool.
The Steller library wiki can be found at www.stellerlibrary.wikispaces.com. I have 8 pages on information that folks tell me is useful. They can find the volunteer calendar there, as well as the ebooks and online references with live links. One large page is devoted to Career and College Resources.
Wikis can be customized to fit many needs. I liked the English teacher who added a Mebo window so that the kids could connect with him in real time if he was online.
It's also interesting to see how other libraries deal with their situations and plan for the future. Lots of that planning is centered around training users how to use the online resources.
All in all, a very useful, simple to use tool.
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