I added a Twitter feed on the library web page. Why? Well, I was reading my blogline feeds today and saw a recent post from Hey Jude, a powerpoint from Nathan Wright and Hilary Brown discusses Library 2.0 . Although a lot of the information is directed to public libraries, the examples of how public [...]
With a 9th grade class, we started the semester adding library widget & gadgets to the iGoogle. I created several widgets/gadgets from widgetbox and then posted on our website. Students added several widgets to their iGoogle page. Then, they had to check the widget by the end of the week for their assignment.
Another way to [...]
I am constantly thinking of ways to engage students with our great resources. I think Joyce Valenza said at the AASL conference session (paraphrase) – “students go for information that is just ‘good enough’ not necessarily the best.” I believe that is why Wikipedia is such an attractive source – easy, seamless, and good enough [...]
I’m back from AASL & contemplating the various resources from the presentations.
I recently redesigned my library web page – hoping to eliminate the many clicks to get to good sources. This thinking was validated through the conference… In a workshop with ProQuest – SIRS Researcher, they discussed RSS feeds, creating widgets, and other [...]
In the next couple of days, we will be posting a new library home page. I struggle so much with changing the current one – if something works, don’t fix it – right?
However, we have had the same site for six years.
Of note, the Johnson County Public Library just changed their web site. It looks [...]
