Thing 14: LibraryThing

I visited librarything once before, but never really did anything. I can see where this would be a good site for librarians. I have added several of my books, but since I really don't know what is currently in my library, I had to guess. I also added a picture of my favorite author, (Sue Grafton).

My books were not real popular, about 800-1000 hits, but then Grafton is fairly well known. Other books may be more popular, like Patterson or anything on Oprah's list. I need to spread out a bit and read things other than mysteries.

How could this be used? Maybe if there were children's books listed in the library, it would be interesting to see how many hits different books got and whether anyone had reviews on it.

Thing 12: Newsvine

Newsvine looks like it will be a great addition! There is some much more to explore in Web 2.0 than I could dream. I may not be able to use it as I accidently deleted the registration email, but there may be another chance to join in. They have a contest on the NCAA basketball games. I may not do very well, but it should work ok.

Thing 11: Del.icio.us

This has been a new idea. I heard about this site once before. It would be a good thing if I had more than one computer with access to internet. I could go directly to this site and obtain what I needed without having to remember all the addresses. I could also access some of the 23 things from a public library computer without having to jump through all the hoops.

thing 10: wikis

I attempted to add to the 23 things wiki, but all I got was into the comment area. I was not able to find out enough about wikis to actually learn how to do it. There really is a lot to learn. Well, I am not quite halfway through and there is only 1/2 of March left. So I am going to move on. Maybe I can come back to it another time.

Thing 9: Gypho

Gypho is something that I might try. I am currently attempting to write the "epic" novel. It might be interesting to see how far I can get. This I can see using with the kids. It may get them to do some writing. I will try it for myself first, and then maybe try it on the kids.

Thing 9: Google Docs/Zoho

Once again, I can see the validity of another type of web type editing tool. I did not find either of them to be usable unless you were invited. Right now, I am dealing with kids who cannot spell, cannot capitalize, nor are able to flat screen any type of paper. Some cannot write a sentence that makes sense.

I also do not see how this could be used in an atmosphere where many are not computer literate. To me it is just more confusing as to how to access everything. However, once there is the generation y in charge, they are used to the social networking and the virtural use of documents. I can see how it could work if someone has one version of a program and another person has a different version.

this has been a long day. I have now finished more of the things. This is an eye-opening experience as I did not realize how much was actually out there.

thing 8: slideshow

I tried the slide show and the acrobat cube. I can see where it might be useful to market the media center. I could not save nor could I upload it. I can see where kids might get a kick out of using it.

Ok, it did work and you can see it if you are reading this blog. This was easy, kids may like to do this if they have their own pictures.

I took the pictures of the media center. This could be added to a web page as well. I am going to keep blogging on.

Thing 7: Email

I am not a slave to my email. Some days I only check it once per day. If I was in a profession where it would be purposeful to have IM, I could see using it. Right now, I think the only one I would instant message is my daughter, and I am sure that she would not be interested in what I had to say when she is messaging her friends.

I have seen it work for those who are working at a job where it would be important to keep up with others. For me, I do not see it working. For kids in the media center, no, IM is not the way to

thing 6: Creating trading cards

Trading cards. Kids these days love trading cards. What if we had trading cards with? Hmm. Right now, we are celebrating I Love Homework month. I am not sure there is something that could be used.

If I sat and thought about it long enough, there could be a few uses. Like favorite books, or something to do with a research project. Not quite sure. Kids like to collect Pokemon cards and Yu-gi-oh cards. How could we get them to collect cards for school?

This would be something that could be used for memories of a field trip maybe or something that there were plenty of pictures for. There could be several uses.

Thing 5: more flickr

I can see using pictures of the school to create jigsaw puzzles. It might even be fun to produce calendars with pictures of the school media center. There could be many ways to use this in a media center.

The one thing that I did manage to see was the interactive site from St. Ben's. That was really cool. I am not sure it would work here at Green as many students may not have home computers. I do like the idea of making things from my pictures.

thing 4: Flickr

Flickr is an interesting thing. One has to be careful about the types of pictures to add and who to invite. I can see adding more pictures as I get them taken and get a chance to work with it some more. Check out the site from my school windows! It is a very interesting site!