Cool Librarians?

I recently was talking to a friend of mine and she sent me a link to a fabulous article. It's all about how being a librarian is becoming a cool profession. It's more about public librarians, but much of the info can easily be for school librarians. Check it out, who knew how hip we are ;)


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/fashion/08librarian.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

To the Classroom and Beyond :)

Reflecting back on this week, I see podcasts and vcasts being the most liked out of every thing I recently learned by students. I think video conferencing is neat and see many ways to use it in the professional world. In teaching, I would use it the most to conduct online field trips to save money in today's economy. I think I would also use it if a student has to stay at home and I may use it to conduct a parent teacher conference. One minor drawback about video conferencing is that it is not nearly as convenient as a cell phone because you have to be in front of a computer. It's almost like back when I was growing up having the one phone at home that everyone fought for to use. Second phone lines started to eliminate the problem and cell phones solved it. I guess it's only a matter of time before that "cell phone" like convenience will trickle into video conferencing. In a sense it could already be on it's way, I suppose, because cell phones have the Internet. The only downfall is that web service on a cell phone is rather expensive and if you got Internet on your cell to use video conferencing programs, why not just use the cell phone to make a call?

YEAHHHHHH!!!

I finally figured it out. I've been trying to get this posted and got very frustrated and discouraged. Now since I got it working I definitely see that I will be using this more. I always love finding out what the new hip books and think this is a great resource as a LMS in training.
http://www.shelfari.com/o1518088137

Gcast and Ning

This past weekend I tried to set up my gcast. I was surprised on how easy it was to get the ball rolling and do the audio clip. In fact, I really like the idea that you don't have to be by a computer to record. I did, however, have trouble trying to get it onto my blog. I have no clue where to add what is needed in the long HTML address. I even had my boyfriend look in the address because four eyes are always better than two and he couldn't figure it out. I know once I figure it out, it would be like it could have bit me in the face.
I also started to set up my Ning which focuses on building miniature things and now I wish I would have gotten my digital camera before my 30th birthday in December last year. I say this because then I could include pictures from my past holiday villages that I have set up. I guess I'll just have to include pictures from future holidays at my NEW house!!! I like the idea of setting up a Ning because you never know who is interested in the the same stuff as you are. I wonder how many people will find my ning, time will only tell :)
If you what to check it out here it is http://minisminiatures.ning.com/

Hungry?

As I play around more with Google reader I know that the following websites will be some of my favorites because I am always looking for new meals to make and it nice to find the new stuff right away. Check them out.
http://allrecipes.com/
http://copykat.com/

RSS

I think I am finally seeing the light! As a played around with my Google reader, the ideas were pouring in. I definitely think that some of this stuff would be rather difficult to do with first graders and easily with a bit older students. As I tried to find feeds geared more towards younger children, I didn't find many sites. Let me know if any one finds a feed for younger ones. I could just be doing it wrong too.

Crazyness

I had such a busy week and feel that I am a little behind with the assignments. I started my new job (always a bit nerve racking) , been house hunting and found one that I will bid on Monday(nerve racking), and spent almost the whole day yesterday getting the pre-approved loan(even more nerve racking). Hopefully I'll get it, talk about an emotional roller coaster :)
I think this RSS stuff is pretty cool. It definatley cuts down time. I tried to watch the brief video on bloglines but there was no picture, only sound. I tried to listen along but was a bit confusing considering I'm more of a visual learner. I hope I am not the only one with this problem, but I'm sure everything will come together. I still feel like I have two left feet with some of this stuff but I am getting more comfortable with it. Anyway Happy 4th everyone.