beccablog, teacher-librarian

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Well, Edublogs seems to be changing their offerings for free users of edublogs. I have been an edublogs user since 2006, so I am especially disappointed.  I now need to find a new blog provider that provides great features for a free user. Any ideas of a better blog provider?  I am leaning toward WordPress [...]

For most of the year, I thought I would have time to do this for my current school.  Unfortunately, it didn’t happen.  However, the other day I started on it again – for the new school. It took some time, but I think I got it to work.  It isn’t pretty or flashy yet, but [...]

Help with the design of the new library web page.  I need specific assistance with the front page. Go to http://www.bvswlmc.com Then answer the following questions on this Google form. Thanks!

For the new school, I have been ordering books since last July/August.  AND I am not done yet!  We did not do a start up collection provided by a vendor.  Often, they give you books they don’t want in their system anymore and things we don’t necessarily need. This process has been very different than [...]

When we opened West nine years ago, I remember creating a website at the beginning of the school year.  It was very basic, blah, and wasn’t really ready to go until a month into the school year.  In the wayback machine, I found the oldest archive of the site over a year later.  Much improved, [...]

Here is the library logo (for the new library – Southwest).  I purchased the tree on istockphoto and then a talented friend of mine (soon to be a graphic designer – although this shows she is already) was able to make it specific to Southwest.  I had to enlarge the library for web, but for [...]

I recently read Joyce Valenza’s post about library website for high school.  She showed many examples of high school library web pages that display 2.0 tools and other ways to interact with students.  While I love the ideas presented, I fear that by adding a high volume of things to a small space on the [...]

1.  Opening a new building.  New furniture, new books, new – everything. 2.  You won’t be the only new person! 3.  You love kids and enjoy the school atmosphere. 4.  You love to integrate technology and show others how to as well. 5.  You love to try new things.  (You aren’t freaked out that the [...]

Wikis – I like wikis. It used to be love, but it is now more of a like situation. I use them, but not as much as in the past. Google docs has taken over that collaborative need in many ways. Our students have email accounts with Gmail and have access now to Google docs. [...]