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Here is my Photostory about my son's birthday:

This technology was fun to explore for personal use but there are so many things you could use it for as a Librarian. You could easily create tutorials, read-alouds, or videos about library rules - just to name a few things. This software was very easy to download and use (once I got my microphone working.) I plan to play with this program a lot more during the upcoming school year!

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YouTube had some great videos about the library. You need to watch them because you never know what they might actually say. Here are a few that I would suggest; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYOVlcBl4WM, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faP3-M0ypaw, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWGJw6O8_k8.

There are so many videos out there for educational use. The videos are funny and educational. Having so many video resources available can make teaching or enhancing lessons so much fun.

Check out this funny Dewey Decimal video I found at TeacherTube:

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Delicious (http://delicious.com/) is already one of my new favorite sites. I love how easy it is to use and organize. It would be great to create a school account with a list of all of the great student sites or teacher sites. Then students or teachers could log on and do a search for what type of information they need and the sites would be listed. Other teachers could add to the list and it would be a wonderful collective resource for everyone.

Lulu (http://www.lulu.com/) is also a great site. This would be a great tool to use for school fundraisers by selling class or school created books. It is also great for aspiring writers to 'publish' their own books.

Biblio (http://www.biblio.com/) is a great alternative to amazon. Although I love Amazon it is often hard to find used & out of print books. This would be a great site to use for text books, collectors books or just for cheaper prices in some cases.

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I am just in love with GoogleDocs. I think this is a great site to use at a school if you wanted to have a PowerPoint that everyone could access or a document that multiple users can contribute to. Here are some of the features that I loved about http://docs.google.com/#all:

• You can upload existing documnets or create your own
• Edit documents simultaneously
• Keep track of who made changes to a document and when
• Publish the documents as webpages or into a blog (easily)
• Control who can see your pages.
• Access the information anywhere from any computer!!

Thing 17

I enjoyed using the Rollbar bookmarklet. I found it a little confusing but I think that the more you used it the better it would get. I did like that the Rollbar bookmarklet gives you access to all of your Searchrolls wherever you are. Here is a link to my search:
http://rollyo.com/search.html?q=Elementary+Book+Club&sid=110547

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I posted on the http://sbisdlibraryfuture.wikispaces.com/SandBox site.

I had never thought about all of the uses for wikis. Exploring the suggeested wiki led me to lots of great information. I even found a great list of user-friendly images at the teacherlibrarianwiki. I liked the idea of creating a "top 10" lists and supporting material.

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I agree with the statement made on http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/2.htm that we need to focus "not on research skills but on eliminating the barriers that exist between patrons and the information they need." Very often in my school we have a transient population. I do not want students to feel overwhelmed because they have not yet been taught research skills. I believe that it is part of my job to design and layout the library in the most user-friendly way. Students and teachers alike should be able to enter the library and find exactly what they need - even if you are not standing right there!

I also believe that the statement "Library 2.0 also attempts to harness the library user in the design and implementation of library services by encouraging feedback and participation." found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0 it a crucial concept. If we do not design libraries with the users in mind and with their input then libraries will become obsolete. Information is everywhere now and if a library is hard to use and not set up for the current population then people will simply find their information elsewhere.

Library 2.0 embraces many things. It means that the library should be welcoming, current, collaborative and user friendly. Library 2.0 simply means to me "What a Library Needs To Be." Libraries need to remain at the forefront of technology and resources for students and teachers to continue to find in useful.