Thing #7

I explored Google Scholar, and Advanced Google Search. These are basically databases that are easily accessible and intuitive .

Atomic Learning was completely new to me. I see that it is available as a paid subscription and our district, of course, does not subscribe. This would be a fantastic tool for me to work through as well as many of the teachers at my campus. It's a self-directed training website to work through to add to your repertoire of tech skills.

I also checked out Google Calendar. Since I already use Outlook Calendar, I was not really interested in creating an additional calendar.

Thing #6

I found Big Huge Labs and found a cool mashup for motivational posters. I used the image I found on Flickr to create the attached poster. I was really excited to see the final product and the two 15 year olds that were with me as I was creating the poster just loved it!

Thing #5

Since I am a librarian at a 7th/8th grade campus I had a little trouble finding an image that would "fit" at my school. The Twilight theme was what I was aiming for as I'm coming up with an eye-catching display area for the Stephanie Meyer books for the beginning of the 09-10 school year. I found one image I loved but was unable to download because of copyright restrictions. I finally came across this one and plan on using it in my display area as a poster. I'll be adding a phrase at the bottom of the poster. I also plan on making this into a bookmark to give out the first week of school. I liked this image because it incorporated themes of love and reading and hopefully it will engage the kids at the beginning of the school year.

Thing #3

Setting up this blog has been more fun than I thought it would be. I was glad I had some friends to work through this with.......creating the Avatar was a lot of fun! This is something completely new to me and I'm looking forward to learning all these 2.0 tools and being able to share them with my students at LJIS.

Thing #2

My easiest habit would be the one regarding teaching & mentoring others. This has always come naturally to me.....leading me to be a teacher for the last 25 years!

My most difficult habit is viewing problems as challenges. When learning technical skills, my first reaction is to quickly become frustrated and want to quit as soon as I encounter a problem. I am slowly getting control of this initial response.......