Ok, I looked at various online tools. I had WAY too much fun with RedKid (see photo in my blog if you don’t see it in the RSS feed). I also set up accounts and played with both LibraryThing and Shelfari. I want to spend some more time comparing these tools for social sharing of book interests, and see if somehow they could work at the high school level to generate interest in reading books and writing about them.
There are several other tools I looked at but did not set up accounts. I can see where Google Docs & Basecamp would be useful when you need to collaborate with others on a project or list of things, especially if the other people are in remote locations. Zotero seems to have a lot of promise, but it looks like it’s in the early stages. Don’t forget also that OCC has purchased NoodleBib as a tool for students to build bibliographies; I have been demonstrating that in classes. Twitter just seems like way to much information on people (similar to “What are you doing now?” in Facebook) – could be useful, but I sure don’t want to be on the computer 24/7!
(image generated through bighugelabs.com)
7 comments:
i'm interested in hearing more about how school librarians can use some of these tools. the idea of using shelfari or librarything is new to me and i think it sounds like a great idea. btw, did you hear that school library journal is also doing a learning 2.0 program?
I love the picture!!!
Thanks for introducing me to Redkid.net. Just when I thought I had all the fun I could handle, you gave me a new toy.
Kate K.
Ted, I had a blast with Redkit.net! Thanks!
I mean Redkid.net...
Yeah, it is pretty cool, isn't it..
hi ted, saw on marilyn's blog that you asked about the flickr slideshow she put up.
there are different ways to embed a flickr slideshow into a blog post. here's one slideshow generator. let me know if you need help setting this up :)
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