Thing 21 -- Photostory -- I love it

I just played with Photostory for the first time and I love it. I LOVE taking pictures of my daughters, and so this is a great new resource for me. I can also see how Photostory could be useful for teachers and librarians. I plan on playing with Photostory more in the future. I'd love to experiment more with transitions and music.
Here's my first go at it ...

Thing 20 -- imbedding video

I played around with YouTube and TeacherTube today. Of course this wasn't the first time I'd viewed either one of them, but this was the first time I copied the code and dropped it into a blog. I can see how this is much more user friendly. I'll certainly start doing it this way. YouTube and TeacherTube are invaluable resources for teachers and librarians. There is a wide breadth of educational items out there. I have found interesting videos about writing, reading, social issues, etc. I embedded a lesson about argumentative writing here on the blog.

Thing 19 -- Award Winning Web 2.0 Resource

I chose LinkedIn as my favorite award winning web 2.0 tool. I think this tool is special because it helped my husband get a job after he was laid off and it has helped me make professional connections to like-minded educators. I think it would be useful for libraries, as it would connect libraries and librarians. Collaboration and sharing of knowledge is just as important for school corporations as business corporations. I would like to use this tool as a librarian to keep me abreast of new technologies and happenings in the library world.

Thing 18 -- online productivity tools

I played around with Google Docs this past school year and found that I really love it. I sponsor my school's chapter of National Honor Society (NHS) and I am continually planning community service projects and signing kids up for work shifts. One main problem I have always had is kids signing up and then needing to change shifts, kids that try to come by my room to sign up and I'm running errands and they can't, or kids that decide after school is out that they want to volunteer. I created a Google Docs sign-up for every event and made it public and available for kids to change. It worked out so nicely. I like the way it can be accessed and updated by multiple people.

Thing 17 -- I'm a high roller

I just watched the Rollyo podcast provided on the Library2Play blog. I had never heard of "rolling a search engine" until now. I created a search roll focused on young adult literature. Here's a link to my search roll:
http://rollyo.com/dfarrar/farrar_--_ya_literature/

Thing 16 -- wiki, wiki, wiki

I just reported on the Spring Branch ISD's sandbox that I really enjoyed learning about RSS feeds. I feel like the whole concept is a lot like what Tivo has done for television. I think that Wikis can be used to collaborate between teacher and students. My group midterm focuses on Wikis, as a matter of fact. We chose to have students do some independent research and then come to a Wiki to report what they learned. The final component is for students to respond to each other's posts.

Thing 15 -- the 2.0 library

As Rick Anderson points out, librarians can not have the "come to us" attitude. Instead, libraries should strive to do anything they can to make the lives of patrons easier. Modern libraries need to keep up with the times. The digital librarian's role has changed in terms of what services they will perform; however, it is the librarian's responsibility to bring digital services to the world.