Copyright is definitely a topic that is "hot" and "touchy". As a librarian, I feel it is my right to educate both teachers and students on the important on not infringing on others' work. Teachers have been provided with training and a poster to put up in their classrooms. As students come to research, they are reminded not to plagiarize and to give credit where credit is due!
The Creative Commons website is great! I also loved the Disney video which gives the explaination of a copyrighted work. It is one I will definitely use with my students.
I cannot believe that I have finally made through the 23 things! It has been a worthwhile journey, as I have learned so much!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Week 9: Thing 22: EBOOKS AND AUDIO EBOOKS
I do have some experience with ebooks and audio ebooks, as our school library has subscribed to some of them. I do enjoy them, especially if it is a book where I will be teaching from. This year, I have ordered ebooks for our language arts teachers--these books are short and very colorful.
I still cannot fully get used to reading abook online for pleasure. Even throughout my coursework, I had to print out all of my articles so that I could highlight, and make notes. I couldn't get used to scrolling down or moving my task bar sideways. I know that technology is gearing toward ebooks, but I feel that there is nothing like "cuddling with a good book" at night or any time!
I do love the idea that a book is available at a click of a button, as it is done through the World ebook Fair, which was amazing!!! I still do prefer going to visit my local library and checking out a good book!!!
I still cannot fully get used to reading abook online for pleasure. Even throughout my coursework, I had to print out all of my articles so that I could highlight, and make notes. I couldn't get used to scrolling down or moving my task bar sideways. I know that technology is gearing toward ebooks, but I feel that there is nothing like "cuddling with a good book" at night or any time!
I do love the idea that a book is available at a click of a button, as it is done through the World ebook Fair, which was amazing!!! I still do prefer going to visit my local library and checking out a good book!!!
Week 9: Thing 21: Podcasts
I chose to add "librarygeeks" from the PodcastAlley because I feel that it will keep me updated on what's going on with the librarian world. As I added the podcast to my Bloglines account, i went back and visited some of my feeds, which includes "Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? " and of course, I was laughing out loud at the pictures and sayings...I really needed a laugh this weekend! It's been a stressful one!
WEEK 9: THING 20: YOUTUBE
I chose this video because I thought it was so appropriate to what I am learning in this Web 2.0 course. It was such a hilarious video, but it did hit on the many points. I will have the chorus of this song stuck in my head for a while! I have used YouTube to use for one of the lessons I taught at the library which incorporated science...Steve Spangler has awesome video demonstrations of all of his science experiements. I have also been a member of TeacherTube for about a year and enjoy viewing its videos. Most of our students are familiar with You Tube(some more than me!)and recognized the site right away when I showed them the video of the Geyser experiment.
WEEK 8: THING 19: LIBRARYTHING
My account is: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/lauraglz
I must say that the books I chose were popular, with the Twilight Saga Series taking the most popularity votes...I was not at all suprised. I added the books that are my favorites, mainly children's books, as I am a huge fan of them! I love that under each title, other book recommendations are given, you are able to see other people's reviews and thoughts about the particular book, and that you are also able to contribute in posting a review of your own!
I was suprised that "The five people you meet in heaven" only got 3 1/2 stars. I read it this Christmas break and was in tears most of the book!
I must say that the books I chose were popular, with the Twilight Saga Series taking the most popularity votes...I was not at all suprised. I added the books that are my favorites, mainly children's books, as I am a huge fan of them! I love that under each title, other book recommendations are given, you are able to see other people's reviews and thoughts about the particular book, and that you are also able to contribute in posting a review of your own!
I was suprised that "The five people you meet in heaven" only got 3 1/2 stars. I read it this Christmas break and was in tears most of the book!
WEEK 8: THING 18: ONLINE PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
Online productivity tools are great to use for many reasons. I loved learning about Zoho Writer, the online word processor! It is amazing that I can actually create documents online and if I go to any computer, my document is right there for me to continue working on. It is also helpful in that others can go and read it to help with corrections, etc. My friends and I while in college were always sending each other our papers to help with proof reading, but with Zoho Writer, they can just go online and do this! Where was Zoho when I needed it???? lol.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Week 7: THING 17: SANDBOX ENTRY
I love the idea of a wiki for librarians. The wiki I engaged in was the image generators and award winners because so far this has been the most fun "thing" I've had to do. I love reading all the posts of other people's experience and/or ideas of how to use them.
Again, wikis can be used for so many things...dialogue between students and teachers, projects, research, and so much more!
Again, wikis can be used for so many things...dialogue between students and teachers, projects, research, and so much more!
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