My library after unpacking in 2006

My library after unpacking in 2006
Originally uploaded by Ms. Russell

One of the Flickr ideas I discovered and liked was creating a virtual library tour. You can see an example here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11329886@N00/sets/72157594291410121/ This is something I think I would like to do and link to my library’s webpage, but I think I will wait until school starts and get some kids to do it for me– they would probably enjoy working on it.

i’ve been using Flickr for awhile and I’m always learning new things that can be done with it. Another use I think is great is that you can convert a PowerPoint presentation to a Flickr set and share it online. I learned about this awhile back by reading about it on a blog I like, Alan Levine’s CogDogBlog. I tried it– it worked: http://www.flickr.com/photos/srussell/sets/72157602444681095/

Cool!

… Time to revisit the M.S. 88 library blog! School Library Journal is running a 23 Things style program this summer that I’ve decided to join. 23 Things is a low-key way to learn about all kinds of Web 2.0 technologies and think about ways to apply them to the library. It will be fun (in a nerdy kind of way) to see what technologies we’re already using at M.S. 88 and learn about new cool stuff to use in the fall. For example, Day One covers blogs… check!

In the 2008-09 school year, I want to make the library blog more of a destination for teachers and students to get library news and to collect all of the information I’m picking up throughout the year. I’ve learned the hard way that it’s difficult to keep blogging, so an important goal for the fall will be to keep up the flow of content (as in, at least a trickle of content, please.) Maybe it would be helpful to set posting goals–at least once a week, more than six times a month–
and then make posts more of a daily or weekly routine.

Participating in the SLJ 2.0 Experience is going to be a great way to get back into library blogging, since there will be something to talk about throughout the summer and I’ll be linked into a larger community of school librarians.