Janice’s Adventures in Web 2.0

Wow-Classroom 2.0 is yet another resource that one can learn from and go to to share ideas with other educators. This is taking listserves to a whole new level.  As I explored Classroom 2.0 I found some interesting discussions going on related to libraries. This would definitely be a good place to participate, if one had the time. That is the key-what will one focus on? Between RSS feeds, blogs, etc.-where is the time to do all of this great networking?

One discussion of forums that I found interesting was on having a library blog to discuss new books or materials. The concept of creating a “book club without walls” was introduced. I found the Blogging Libraries Wiki where there was a list of various school libraries with wikis around the world, with links to their blogs. I plan to look at these links further, to see what is going on at other libraries. I would love to see us in our media center expand our library webpage to perhaps include a blog with children’s book reviews, book suggestions, etc.  or other such ideas. If I get some of my lost hours reinstated, this may be something I can work on. I learned that there is a Tech Conference called Internet Librarian, that I might want to find out about. There was an interesting discussion going on on Document Sharing Applications, as well as YA literature ideas for summer reading for 7th graders.

When I looked at groups, I found a Library 2.0 Group, but there was not a lot of discussion going on yet within this group.  I found Media Specialists Unite!  , a group where media specialists can share ways they are incorporating Web 2.0 ideas into their libraries and lessons. I did learn about a group called Darim, that I will explore, that is apparently a Jewish Education place to go for all things 2.0. Someone also mentioned that there is something out there called Jew.0 that I will explore further. Sometimes people did not provide links to things that they mentioned, which was not as helpful.  I found the blog of Noemi Szoychen, a Jewish day school educator, where she did a project with Bible rap, which was neat. http://jewlearn-it.blogspot.com/  Bible rap idea

I looked at some of the videos as well and found a few interesting ones, though there was a lot more of Jewish interest on You Tube.

I can see that Classroom 2.0 would definitely be a good resource to find out what others are doing in the world of 2.0, to get more ideas for use in our own media center.

I then went on to explore Ning networks related to education and found one I really liked, TeacherLibrarian Ning-the link I have enclosed is for one forum on an Information Fluency Project, which was very interesting. I found a lot of relevant, interesting groups on this Ning, including YA Literature in School Libraries, Middle School Librarians, Elementary School Librarians, a group that discusses Applying Web 2.0 Tools, etc.  I really liked this TeacherLibrarian Ning, so I went ahead and signed up for it. I can see a lot of potential learning and sharing going on between me and this ning, to enhance what goes on in our Media Center.

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