#10 Wikis

I know many teachers do not like Wikipedia. But I do. I think it is a self checking system. If someone eneters something totally bogus, somewhere in the world someone is going to catch it and fix it. I use a few Teen library Wikis including the Wiki for Teen Tech Week. Also..with out wikipedia i would have no idea what tons of answers to trivia are that I can't find and would have no idea what a Poetry Slam is or other trend or fad info you would never find in enclyopedia Britanica.

I edited the 23 Things on a stick Wiki. As you can see i am the one editing at 3:00 in the morning!!

#9 Cont.

Oh yeah and the other question I answered that was erased was....

I think if the Founding Fathers could see us now...the editing of the consitution for play would be the least of their worries.

#9 Collaboration

Omigod. I can totally tell it is 3:00 a.m. as I just deleted my post again. Ahhhh! Okay so recap again....

I don't think that either Zoho nor google documents is more difficult to use that the other. I used Zoho for my poll that I created and added it to my blog. See right hand column of my blog. 80's Movie poll. If you are reading this...which if you are...may I ask Why??...Then take my poll!!

#8 Share your creations

Grrr.......I have to save my drafts because this dang thing keeps erasing my posts before I post them!

Okay so quick recap since my long one was deleted.

I love the photo stuff I dded a Picture Trail cube to my Blog that totally rocks.

2nd....I created an acount on the lazy base for my Teen Book Club that I will get their opinions on at our next meeting

I am going to create an eFolio..but as I started i got totally sucked in and I need to finish this first.

Okay so I will totally recommend many of these sites 2 people I know and try to incorporate as much as I can with my teen group.

#7 Communication

Classes on email for Teens may be a quite a stretch...but for older patrons it would be a great "thing" to offer!!

Some of these "things" are things I have been exposed to constantly...i.e. instant messaging and text messaging. This is already how I communicate with some of my teens. I think reference would be great this way. Or as reminders for upcomming events.

Webconferenceing...i have attended so many I cannot even count. And I have also done many of the library webinars and webconferences.

Email can drive me crazy. So much junk to fliter through. And sometimes people rely to heavily on it.

My most recent webinar was on Online Homework Help in libraries.

I am a member of some facebook groups (not google...) including "Bully Breeds" which is a group for people with dogs that are breeds originating from bull dogs. My dog is a bull mastiff.

I am also already a member on MEEBO because some of my friends have AOL IM and I refulse to use AOL. You are just asking for viruses with AOL (in my opinion).

Finnally Twitter...I am going to go and sign up right now and check it out yo! Well...no one in my hotmail contacts is on Twitter so i am going to have to invite people. I will have to get back to you about how I like this one. However...if you look at the "everyone" option it is pretty crazy. Some people are talking in all sorts of different languages.

#6 Cont.

I am definately going to do the trading card thing for an event for my teen group.

#6

I am sooooo mad. My last post had all my super cool pics on it and this stupid thing deleted ALL OF THEM!!! ARGHHHH!!! Again maybe it I didn't procrastinate I would have more time to redo this but dammit!