Thing 21 Students 2.0

I have definitely evolved from being the student-type to being the educator-type. If I was a student, I think I'd see this is just another assignment that my teachers gave me to get the assignment done, and I'd probably pass it off for my extracurriculars. With undergrad and library sciences behind me, I catch myself wishing I had a tool like this to walk me through my research when I was in college, even better...when I was in high school.

I think that if students are actually willing to give this tool a chance, it would -at the very least - eliminate anxiety over researching, writing papers, an citing sources. The element that I will definitely promote most is the fact that "Research Project Calendar" offers a variety of "Style Manual" tools (http://www.biblioscape.com/styleMan.htm ) under their "Glossary of Terms" link. That link has other tools that are also extremely helpful, and I wish I had that in high school AND college. I also wish I had teachers who wold have taught me had to use such terrific tools.

I really appreciate the fact that you can set up your activities and programs on one of these tools and include your e-mail address so that you may receive benchmark reminders. Speicifically? Our Youth Services Department may revert back to the "Traveling Box" of story times. I think that these would be great tools in putting a box together and even making sure that the boxes travel according to the schedule we set up.

Things 16: YouTube

Alright! YouTube rocks! If you're following this, and you've never tried it, you're in for some fun! Unfortunately, we are one of those library systems that gets blocked, but ONLY on our staff computers! While I know you can find some worthless material on YouTube, you can also find some really worthwhile stuff as well. And yes, perhaps this particular video that have posted may be deemed professionally "worthless", but at least it's entertaining and fun! =-D Can't wait to see everyone else's!

For starters and professionally speaking, ALA and individual systems create Library advertisements and post them to YouTube; in fact, Director's Cut is a nationwide contest that gets teens involved in advertising the library.

In addition to this, SJCPLS does post YouTube videos to promote a variety of services and programs. This afternoon, there was a clip posted front and center on the SJCPLS website: http://www.sjcpls.org/content/great-free-resources-your-local-library. This is DEFINITELY a tool that will benefit me in promoting the library and providing better services to my community.

I will add clips from YouTube either in the privacy of my home either tonight or on the library's public computers tomorrow, seeing as I cannot access YouTube right at this moment. THANKS!

Thing 15: Rollyo

Having explored different "Roll" options such as Rollyo, it seems like a helpful tool, but not one that I would use. Our system's website does a great job of organizing database websites and filing them onto one page. In addition to this, Gale Databases offers its own version of "Roll", which I intend to use. This is definitely a tool that I will need to work with before I can find any kind of a benefit in it. This was not one of my favorite tools.

Thing 10: Tagging and Delicious

So I created an account on Delicious. It's www.delicious.com/ladylibrarianlyss. Once I was in I gave it a shot and created a bookmark...very easy. SO, it can definitely be beneficial to students, especially if teachers are savvy to it. Teachers, school media specialists, and librarians can collaborate as satellite units using this tool. That said, this tool is more practical than impressive to me. I have had more fun going into other things and playing. I'm still a bit cloudy about the purpose of searching the Popular bookmarks, etc. I suppose it will just take some time to acclimmate to it.