Saturday, June 18, 2011
Almost too many web tools...
While in graduate school, I discovered this wiki (WebTools4U2Use) created for school library media specialists by Dr. Donna Baumbach and Dr. Judy Lee, at the University of Central Florida. Not only is it an endless list of web 2.0 tools, but the site is super organized. The best thing about this site is that each category contains of list of suggested uses for that tool in the library media center. Some categories also include rubrics, online tutorials and samples. If you don't have time to look at all of them, you can just try the "5 to Test Drive" (top tools in that category). Be patient on the home page as it is designed with Glogster and slow to load. Beyond that, it is an amazing "one stop shop" for tools!
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Although I have incorporated many web 2.0 tools into my classroom, I do sometimes feel like there are almost too many. I need blinders at times. Some are, of course, much more appropriate for education than others, but just wading through them can take an eternity.
There is an additional challenge teaching in elementary school when using many of these tools. Email is something that not many elementary school aged students have and some parents aren't willing to let them have it. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Excellent point about elementary school Andrew. I'm an elementary school librarian. There needs to be some acknowledgement about the security issues involved with interacting with young children online. One of my students tried to friend me on Facebook. Not only would it have been inappropriate but it also would have been seen as encouraging students under 13 to have Facebook accounts (I explained to her why I did not respond.) So if I create a social network presence for my library (which is suggested in the literature), how do I do that without seeming to encourage under-age students to break the rules of many of those sites? I would even be nervous to email my students without some sort of parent agreement. In fact, what are Durham County's policies when it comes to electronic communication with students?
Love the web 2.0 link. Great resource.
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