Technically a Librarian

As a New Year's resolution for professional development I am going to try to keep up a little better with my blog. There are many fantastic new "things" out there as well as great "old" things to brush up on. Videos to watch such as this: curiosity Video:a short film by film-maker Nic Askew on the nature of curiosity. Starring the ever-curious Seth Godin. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid980097284/bctid1385253108 I can't wait to see where the gaming in education programs will lead. There are already libraries having game night. {I have a teacher with a PS2 hidden in his room...} I worked today on my presentation for SLMS 2008 entitled Books for Boys. I am creating a wiki to go with it. It is easier than printing off all the handouts though I will print out the booklist that I am creating. There are a lot of good booklists that I am just linking in. This will be my third wiki. I created one for last year's presentation too. I love pbwiki.

If you ever get a chance to go to a workshop presented by Alice, take it! She is a great speaker-very down to earth, humourous and knowledgable. Her SLSM presentation was entitled: "How blog reading can make you look brilliant" She mentioned many blogs in her presentation including Shiny Shiny , Indexed and Lifehacker . She stated that our role is "chief information officer". (Which I agree with!) Some sites she mentioned: AAA Fuel Cost Calculator Jot-it (where you can leave yourself an electronic note) Even a texting translator ! She proceeded to define what a blog is: "A website with entries in reverse chronological order with catagories." There are 3 different kinds of blogs: Personal/ point of view (covering events and impressions) Practical/purposeful (new resources/links) Philosophical/polemical (exploration/big ideas) You can use blogs to further your professional development. They provide: Instant information Hot topic in the profession Lifelong ...