So, I know I’m a little late, and I apologize for that. It has been a hectic few weeks. Anyway, I’m in my second year as a High School Librarian at Duxbury High School, and I am looking forward to all this class has to offer. I consider myself fairly internet savvy, but I know next to nothing about setting up and maintaining a wiki. I currently have my Duxbury High School Library web site set up as a blog (web.duxbury.k12.ma.us/dhslibrary), and I also am current with the myspace/facebook phenomena. BUT I have no idea how to download podcasts or create them, or how to create and manage a wiki.
I’m always online, so I have lots of both positive & negative experiences. I guess a positive one would be any one of the numerous times I’ve found the answer to a tricky reference question. Or the primary source a student needs that we didn’t think we would be able to find. Some negative experiences would be reading student work that has bibliographies where I can tell the sources are inaccurate or not particularly in depth.
Kathy Lussier said,
January 30, 2008 at 2:29 am
Welcome aboard Rachel! I love the template for your blog.
I’ll be interested in hearing your perspective during the Facebook/MySpace week. I just set up my Facebook account a few months ago, and I’ve found it to be highly addictive.
kimlavoie said,
January 30, 2008 at 2:32 am
Rachel,
I am also a school librarian at Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts. Congratulations on already having a blog. I agree the internet is great to find information for students, that you know is not in the stacks. The students are happy and the teachers are amazed. Nice to have you in the class.
Kim
janemurphy said,
January 30, 2008 at 2:33 am
Love your graphic. Duxbury green, like Draco the dragon….
thegamesafoot said,
January 30, 2008 at 7:20 am
If you are already using a blog you’ll have no trouble with a wiki. I’ve set up two here in Taunton and they are a snap. We’ve also dabbled in podcasts which are a lot of fun. With teens being so tech savvy I’m thinking a high school setting would be a great place to give them the opportunity to channel their creativity by podcasting.
I have not, however, ventured into Facebook/MySpace territory so I’ll also be interested to hear what you have to say about that when we get into it.