Method #12

The best facet of the program is that it allows the participant to actually use the technologies and to see how others in the field are using them...and I am in awe of what they have done.
Having never produced a podcast, I found that section of the training to be the one that most sparked my interest.  I can see many uses for it throughout a school and library.  
In that I am transitioning from a high school library to an elementary library, I am not exactly sure how many of these methods will apply, but I relish the opportunity to discover way to use them.  Perhaps, the first ones will be with applications for the faculty and later branching out to the students and community.
I look forward to the "Beyond Two-Steppin" which I hope to complete in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for providing this wonderful learning opportunity.

Method #11

Students will be using podcasts more and more over time.   The sooner they get comfortable with using and creating them the better.  As a case in point, my daughter was in school in New Orleans when hurricane Katrina ravaged the city.  The semester ended for those students on that day.  Fast forward to today when podcasting is in much wider use.  The students would be able to continue their studies remotely if their instructors if employed the technology to record their lectures.  And, of course, cloud computing would be very beneficial with the fact that the servers in NOLA went down as the water rose. 

Method #10

In our district, librarians are already using Wikis in many ways.   Our library technology department posts the information that we in the schools need on a Wiki.  From lesson plans to ordering procedures to our cataloging manual can be found.  As our recent budget crisis loomed, a Wiki was set up to get information out to district librarians about meetings, actions of the school board, and suggestion actions.  Both of these forums are very helpful for sharing information.

Method #9

Chat is a great way to communicate directly and quickly with friends and associates.  It can get difficult if you are trying to do something else while someone is IMing you.  It seems as though you are constantly having to stop what you are doing and answer the message. 
In my job as a high school librarian, it would have been very helpful to use a chat with students while they were doing research.  There were several times when I was guiding students through steps and varying search terms to help them get to the journal articles they needed for their projects.  We were emailing so fast and furiously that it seemed as though we were chating.  A chat on the website would have saved us all some time. 
I am not sure how I would use chat or IM in the elementary setting, but I will be looking for opportunities to do so.

Method #8

In my job as a high school librarian, there are so many uses for facebook with students.   That is where they spend so much of their time.  The problem would be getting them to friend your library page and to get around the blocks that the school district has placed on facebook. 
Now that I will be working with elementary school students in a low income school, facebook would probably not be as useful.  But that is yet to be seen.

Method #7

There are so many ways that social bookmarking can be useful for the school librarian.  It can be used to direct faculty to sites that will help them teach research skills, direct student research, and improve their teaching methods.  With students, the librarian could use a social bookmarking site for book reviews, for book report project ideas, and for fun educational sites.  These uses would make internet browsing more manageable for busy teachers and for overwhelmed students.

Method #6

 

Mr. Bean is my favorite library patron! 

What's not to love about using YouTube for libraries.  Our district has created a login for teachers and staff to get around its block of the site so that we can use it.  The students had long ago figured out how to circumvent the block.  YouTube is so useful that I would hate to be without it. 

Method #5

Librarian's Tools Yesterday

Librarian's Tool Today

With the ease of using pictures, why would one not want to add them to blogs, presentations, and website.  I've not used picture file sharing before, but it makes so much sense as a way to save and share pictures.

Method #4

Finally took the plunge to RSS.  Isn't it about time!?!

FoxNewsChildren's Books
Teacher/Librarian

Method #3

The cloud is coming to our school district this next year.  I think that the flexibility will be great by allowing someone to work at school and continue at home.  Worrying about software issues will be a thing of the past.  Yipeee!

Methods #1 and #2

The term “McLuhanesque” used by Stephen Abram took me way, way back to my college days when Marshall McLuhan  and his “the media is the message” was in vogue.  Once again proving that the more things change the more they stay the same.
The ideas of creating and collaborating with a wider group of people is very provocative.   There is a beauty in the librarian and the author in direct communication.  I have loved throwing off the traditional view of the shushing librarian and becoming a purveyor of digital skills and information.