http://popplet.com/app/#/1677161
https://app.wisemapping.com/c/maps/183947/edit
Edwards, Sarah & Cooper, Nick. (2010). Mind Mapping as a Teaching Resource. The Cinical Teacher. 7; 236-239.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Webbing/ Mind Mapping
Wow! I didn't know all these websites and apps for web making even existed! It is amazing how far technology has come. These three websites(Spiceynodes, Popplet and Wisemapping) can be very helpful for students. Of all three Popplet was the easiest to use and it would be the one I recommend to my students. I also think it was the one that let me create a more fun and pretty map. Popplet was very easy to type in text and link ideas to the key topics. Changing the color of the text and text box was very user-friendly. Spiceynodes' free webs were a bit too simple. I wanted to add another bubble to my web and I just couldn't figure out how. The one I thought to be most complicated to work with was Wisemapping. It took me a while to figure out how to add text, change the color of text, and delete or add a text box.
http://popplet.com/app/#/1677161
http://popplet.com/app/#/1677161
Friday, February 21, 2014
Videos and QR Codes in the Library
It is amazing to learn about all these technology applications that we can use in our libraries. YouTube is a great way to share information about a library and its uses for its patrons. I would personally like to use some of the samples below in my own library in the near future. I can use it to promote new books, book fairs, screencasts, share information about resources and create fun videos for the students.
YouTube Videos I liked:
NHS Library
Most Helpful: These videos on screencasts on how to use a Google documents can be very helpful to students. These can come very handy when working on a group assignment. Students can share their ideas in a Google document, edit it as needed, and email it to each other. There are three videos on how to use Google documents from this YouTube user.
Best liked by students: I bet students at Norman High School really enjoy the orientation video. It clearly states its hours of operation, what a student should do to check out a book or use online resources, when they need a pass from a teacher, computer safety, policies, printing, student IDs, and other necessary information. I especially liked it for incoming freshman who may feel scared their first year in high school.
Unquiet Library
Most Helpful: The video that I found most helpful was the one where the librarian explains how students can use Wiki to search for copyright friendly images.
Best liked by students: I really liked how this user used animoto to create a quick video on new books at the library. It's a great way to promote literacy and encourage students to read new books. It seems like the user only did this a year ago. It would be nice if he/she would have been more consistent in creating new videos every time the library gets new titles.
Pikesville HS Library
Most helpful: Wow! I extremely like what this librarian did for the high school's students. The librarian created videos about the courses that students may take during their high school years. Professor explain what the course is about and what is required from the students. The videos also include mini interviews with students themselves expressing how the course has helped them. This is a great idea because sometimes teens are confused about what courses to take; this types of video would be really helpful in making their decisions. Below is the video on AP Spanish.
Best liked by students: I know I might sound silly, but I like to see videos where "fun" teachers and administrators allow their students to record the Harlem Shake song. I say "fun"because I know the administration at my campus would not allow it! How fortunate for these students to have been allowed by the librarian to "shake"and record a fun video. This experience will forever be in their minds!
BB MS Media
Most helpful: The video on books with strong female lead characters is very informative. The librarian suggests titles to students by showing them the book titles and explaining that they have a female playing a strong role. This would be helpful for students wanting to read a book for fun, for a book review, or a research paper.
Best liked by students: Those videos on overdue books are so great and funny!! I loved, loved the Taylor Swift video on overdue books. I liked how they used trendy music/artists to express how irresponsible it is to have overdue books. They are a must watch!
Book Trailer
I decided to do my book trailer on The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie Sherman. I read this book last semester for YA course and I absolutely enjoyed it so much. I was a little nervous about this whole making a book trailer thing, but Animoto made it so easy. I liked Animoto to introduce new stories in my classroom. As a future librarian, I plan to use it to expose students to new books.
Synopsis for the publisher: Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. (Amazon.com)
Scan on the QR code below to view my trailer!
YouTube Videos I liked:
NHS Library
Most Helpful: These videos on screencasts on how to use a Google documents can be very helpful to students. These can come very handy when working on a group assignment. Students can share their ideas in a Google document, edit it as needed, and email it to each other. There are three videos on how to use Google documents from this YouTube user.
Best liked by students: I bet students at Norman High School really enjoy the orientation video. It clearly states its hours of operation, what a student should do to check out a book or use online resources, when they need a pass from a teacher, computer safety, policies, printing, student IDs, and other necessary information. I especially liked it for incoming freshman who may feel scared their first year in high school.
Unquiet Library
Most Helpful: The video that I found most helpful was the one where the librarian explains how students can use Wiki to search for copyright friendly images.
Best liked by students: I really liked how this user used animoto to create a quick video on new books at the library. It's a great way to promote literacy and encourage students to read new books. It seems like the user only did this a year ago. It would be nice if he/she would have been more consistent in creating new videos every time the library gets new titles.
Pikesville HS Library
Most helpful: Wow! I extremely like what this librarian did for the high school's students. The librarian created videos about the courses that students may take during their high school years. Professor explain what the course is about and what is required from the students. The videos also include mini interviews with students themselves expressing how the course has helped them. This is a great idea because sometimes teens are confused about what courses to take; this types of video would be really helpful in making their decisions. Below is the video on AP Spanish.
Best liked by students: I know I might sound silly, but I like to see videos where "fun" teachers and administrators allow their students to record the Harlem Shake song. I say "fun"because I know the administration at my campus would not allow it! How fortunate for these students to have been allowed by the librarian to "shake"and record a fun video. This experience will forever be in their minds!
BB MS Media
Most helpful: The video on books with strong female lead characters is very informative. The librarian suggests titles to students by showing them the book titles and explaining that they have a female playing a strong role. This would be helpful for students wanting to read a book for fun, for a book review, or a research paper.
Best liked by students: Those videos on overdue books are so great and funny!! I loved, loved the Taylor Swift video on overdue books. I liked how they used trendy music/artists to express how irresponsible it is to have overdue books. They are a must watch!
Book Trailer
I decided to do my book trailer on The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie Sherman. I read this book last semester for YA course and I absolutely enjoyed it so much. I was a little nervous about this whole making a book trailer thing, but Animoto made it so easy. I liked Animoto to introduce new stories in my classroom. As a future librarian, I plan to use it to expose students to new books.
Synopsis for the publisher: Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. (Amazon.com)
Scan on the QR code below to view my trailer!
The use of QR codes is quickly spreading. QR codes can be used in various ways. A librarian may chose to use them as a link to surveys, songs, videos, or other information that the librarian want to send out to teachers, staff, and parents.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Blogs and Blog Readers
This blogging thing is all new to me so I had no idea that blog readers even existed. It is such a neat way to keep all the blogs I like in one page, similar to Pinterest. The blog reader that I decided to use was Feedly. The others I found a little more complicated. Feedly was a little more user-friendly, starting with how to add blogs to my blog reader. All I had to do was click on "Add COntent" and search for blogs. On the other blog readers I had to really search through their sites to find out how to add my blogs, especially in Bloglovin- I never found where to add my blogs. =(
Once I learned to add blogs to my blog reader, I could easily locate where my favorite blogs were, "My Feedly". Once I was there, I clicked on the blogs that I had added and I could very easily browse through their content. Feedly is the blog reader I liked best and would recommend.
As I searched through blogs on the web and Tumblr, the following blogs are the best that I chose to follow:
This blog belongs to a librarian, male, who works at the Carroll University. The post on this blog are about the librarian dude describing his job, posts pictures of events he has going on in his library, and in general, what good libraries should look like and what services they should provide.
I really enjoyed reading through this blog. I would recommend it to any librarian working at a high school. This blogger posts lessons and pictures of students as she is delivering the lesson. I especially liked the Twitter one. I liked how well she planned with the teacher and how it was implemented. She also included a section where student got to evaluate the lesson and it seems like they all enjoyed it. She has excellent ideas!
One of my dreams is to hopefully visit the Smithsonian Museums someday. When I found this blog about the Smithsonian Library, I just had to read through it. This blog provides articles about books being added to the library, internship and scholarships information, and events. I really enjoyed reading the blog about the best of 2013. It shared a link to their top 5 blogs fro the year 2013. They also add their tweets to their blog.
I like how this elementary school librarian used a blog to deliver information to students, parents and teachers. She posts pictures of displays, hours of operation, library rules, top 10 popular books, and videos of her lessons.
I will definitely use this blog in my future as a librarian. The pictures of various library displays are so creative. I sometimes get "Creative Block"when trying to decorate a bulletin board in my 3rd grade class. So this will be a neat blog that I will refer to when I get "Librarian Creative Block". LOL
Friday, February 7, 2014
Infographic-Mining PEW
Below is the Infographic I created after I read the article "Teens and Mobile Apps Privacy". Easel.ly was very user-friendly; I think even my 3rd graders could use it effectively. As a future librarian, I plan to use it to deliver important information to my faculty and staff because information can be portrayed and interpreted easily.
As technology continues to evolve, so does the topic on personal information privacy. We need to be extremely careful how and to whom we can share that information. Being an aunt to a 13 year old, I was relieved to know that many young teens out there DO think about the safety of their personal information.
APA Citation:
Cortesi, S., Gasser, U., M., Lenhart, A., & Madden M. (August 2013). Teens and Mobile Apps Privacy. Pew Research Center: The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Univeristy.
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2013/PIP_Teens%20and%20Mobile%20Apps%20Privacy.pdf.
Page Count: 20
easel.ly
As technology continues to evolve, so does the topic on personal information privacy. We need to be extremely careful how and to whom we can share that information. Being an aunt to a 13 year old, I was relieved to know that many young teens out there DO think about the safety of their personal information.
APA Citation:
Cortesi, S., Gasser, U., M., Lenhart, A., & Madden M. (August 2013). Teens and Mobile Apps Privacy. Pew Research Center: The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Univeristy.
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2013/PIP_Teens%20and%20Mobile%20Apps%20Privacy.pdf.
Page Count: 20
easel.ly
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