Techno Librarian

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J.K. Rowlings Official Website

technorati tags:harry_potter

Another item for the “I’m not quite sure how I would use this, but it’s too cool not to try” list.  Supcast allows you to embed a small player (below) that you can call, MMs, or email text, voice, images that are then viewable in the player.  Any ideas?

See my supcast page for the latest.

So for my Christmas list, I bookmarked sites with the items I wanted and tagged them with “christmas_list” on my del.icio.us page. Although not the first to do so, I did think of it before seeing it elsewhere!

As an alternative to bookmark storing websites like ikeepbookmarks.com (which I use and would recommend) or portaportal, tag sites with content-area tags or topic tags or however you fel best applies. Students can then go to your del.icio.us page with the added tag, del.icio.us/yourname/yourtag.

Have fun!

Make you own custom Holiday Cards!

I just began adding items to my Amazon Wish List, which for me is my To-Read list.

Create a list for your library. Then here’s some ideas:

• Have students add books they’ve read after writing a review for it there on Amazon. Collaborate with your L.A./ Reading teacher.
• Have students add books they would like to see in the library, then you’ll have a list for your annual book order.
• Add items you would like to have bought for the library and put the link in the school newsletter and you library website. (There’s code to embed a small window showing your recent additions). These could be books parents could purchase for birthday books, memorial books, books in honor of, etc. You can add that designation in the comment box.

Have an idea? Share it!

technorati tags:amazon.com, library

Here’s an idea for the science class that’s studying sea life.  (But before you get too many ideas going, check to see if Flickr is blocked at school) 

What if you have students view these amazing underwater photos at the This Is Why We Dive Flickr group, and as an assignment have students identify a creature? where it’s from or can be found?  or some other aspect of sea life you’re studying.  Combine the images in Flickr with your subscription databases so that students can verify their information.

I see that some photos are tagged for their location and a satellite map comes up pointing to the location.  Get with your social studies teacher to collaborate on this, having students search for sea life in a particular region, using tags.  Use the tags to search for images taken in a particular city/state/country.  I think it’s an exciting way to approach research on this topic.

Play around with Flickr and see what you can come up with.  Post a comment if you get an idea.

Next up is to figure out a way to access these images when the Flickr site is blocked.  On my google homepage, the Flickr widget worked (showing most recent posts), although Flickr itself is blocked, so maybe there’s something.  Any ideas, let me know!

technorati tags:flickr, science, social_studies