It makes me a little sad to know this class will be over tomorrow, and I'm not just saying that. Today we covered many more tools, Mixbook, Glogster, Sliderocket, Projeqt just to name a few. Karen was so correct to say this class needs to be longer. I wonder if I would have gotten more out of the class had I taken it during the fall or spring semesters. What's done is done, move forward. Colleen's presentation said it standing still is just like moving backwards. Nobody is going to wait for you. (Makes me think of zombie apocalypse movies.) The tool Nicole presented, Speakingimage, gave me so many ideas for a library webpage. In a picture of book shelves, each pin placed could take you to a student made book trailer. As a school media specialist, you could have the students make book trailers and present them on the library webpage using Speakingimage. Parents and administrators could see what is going on in your library. The librarian wears many hats, and each hat has to be worn for each lesson. It is very easy to get overwhelmed, but you must roll with the punches and punch back. I thought I would have a month off before my next class began, I think I'm going to be spending my evenings, when my kids are in bed, mastering these web tools, and building a wiki portfolio that will knock future employers socks off, while keeping it lively to motivate any child. I got a lot of work ahead of me.
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I really like how your mind was working while watching the other presentations... imagining ways that you could utilize the tools. That's exactly what I wanted to happen!
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