Activities # 5 6 7

Just had a play with google docs - how liberating. I need to spend a lot more time on it though to become more familiar. Created a new document, sent it to my colleague Jill for editing, and she's now in the process of sending it back to me. Also had a go at uploading. Success! Jill's just sent me a couple of items she has uploaded. It's very exciting.

Google maps is easy to use and very handy. Just checked out a B&B in a central west town where my daughter will be staying and its proximity to the TAFE where she's doing a course.

Google Books is huge, and I need much more time to get my head around it. I want to read what other course participants have to say about it, but at the moment, the Participants Blog List is a blocked site with NSW DET. I've logged a call to the ICT helpdesk so that should be sorted out by Monday. In terms of education - there are a number of applications, but at it's most basic, and also so important, the ability to alert and to share in the joy of books and reading.

Activity # 4

Library 2.0 huh? I don't think I'd heard of the term before. Certainly, libraries have been moving in this direction prior to the term's coining. But it's good to have what it means clearly spelled out, which is what Wikipedia does. In relation to our school library, it's a slow process, and it's hard, because we're a one woman show here. It can be daunting planning a library for the future.

Activities 1 2 & 3 Blogs

Well, got a basic blog up easily enough. Tried to add a picture to the heading but couldn't get it to shrink to fit, so removed it. I guess I'm slow because I can't make head or tail of the other aspects of layout - i.e., gadgets. I had a look at some of the other blogs and plan to look at a few more tomorrow. I wonder if I should have a go a posting to someone else's blog? Is there an etiquette to blogging? For example, should I sign off with my name? Very basic question, I know. I also know that at this stage, I'm not actually conversing with anyone, so the questions are rhetorical. I'll figure it out.

Marg.

Hello and welcome!

First up, I'll introduce myself; my name is Margaret Lynch and I'm the Teacher-Librarian at The Henry Lawson High School, Grenfell, New South Wales. This is my first blog and I'm considering the possiblity of using it as an official blog for our school library.

Ours is a small rural school of about 220 students from Years 7 - 12. It's a lovely school, with a great staff, wonderful students and a supportive community. I have worked here for a number of years and just love it. My colleague in the library is Jill Hamiltion.

That's all for now.