Showing posts with label teacherlibrariannetwork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teacherlibrariannetwork. Show all posts
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Thanksgiving Food Coma?
I worked up the courage to post my own discussion thread to the TeacherLibrarianNetwork ning forum: Best Grant Opportunities -- "Have you had success applying for grants for your school library? If so, please share any resources, tips, etc.!" I was looking forward to a lively discussion and hoping to come away with a list of resources to check out. So far, I've had one reply...bummer. I'm really hoping that everyone is still in a Thanksgiving food coma and hasn't had much of a desire or chance to keep up with the outside world. If you're reading, please post your resources!
Saturday, November 10, 2007
TeacherLibrarianNetwork Ning
I joined Joyce Valenza's TeacherLibrarianNetwork Ning today. I can't believe I didn't know it was out there! A few comments:
a. Joyce Valenza is my hero. I want to be just like her when I grow up (and when does she ever sleep?)
b. I have joined a few Ning networks in the past, but haven't been able to really get interested in following the action. I'm hoping things are different this time around (and I really think they will be) because the content being posted is more applicable to me. And with someone like my aforementioned hero running things, I know that I can expect a great mix of traditional and contemporary library/information literacy discussion.
For instance, one of the first forums I came upon was a place to post your personal BEST Web 2.0 projects/resources. Not too long after, I came upon a forum to discuss the single best book you've read this year. I also joined a few groups -- one for new/young teacher librarians, another for elementary librarians, and another for YA lit (just because I love it).
The tough part is convincing myself to actually dive in and start posting. It is always hard to enter a new learning community, where you imagine that everything you post or ask sounds stupid or has already been covered. For instance, I've been on Twitter for a while but have never actually posted anything because: a. I have people I am following but not too many followers; and b. what do I have to say of importance anyway? I am working on changing that mindset, but it is tough...
a. Joyce Valenza is my hero. I want to be just like her when I grow up (and when does she ever sleep?)
b. I have joined a few Ning networks in the past, but haven't been able to really get interested in following the action. I'm hoping things are different this time around (and I really think they will be) because the content being posted is more applicable to me. And with someone like my aforementioned hero running things, I know that I can expect a great mix of traditional and contemporary library/information literacy discussion.
For instance, one of the first forums I came upon was a place to post your personal BEST Web 2.0 projects/resources. Not too long after, I came upon a forum to discuss the single best book you've read this year. I also joined a few groups -- one for new/young teacher librarians, another for elementary librarians, and another for YA lit (just because I love it).
The tough part is convincing myself to actually dive in and start posting. It is always hard to enter a new learning community, where you imagine that everything you post or ask sounds stupid or has already been covered. For instance, I've been on Twitter for a while but have never actually posted anything because: a. I have people I am following but not too many followers; and b. what do I have to say of importance anyway? I am working on changing that mindset, but it is tough...
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