I have added some new posts tonight to my library blog, http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com, to promote some wonderful YA Lit 2.0 resources available to teen readers! Book publishers, authors, and organizations dedicated to promoting YA lit now have blogs, Twitter accounts, My Space pages, Facebook pages, and You Tube channels that provide interviews, book updates, podcasts, and videos to help teens communicate one on one with their favorite authors. Please take a peek at some of my favorite resources!
We use our blog and our Twitter account, https://twitter.com/unquietlibrary , to alert our patrons to our latest blog posts. I hope you will enjoy some of the resources I have highlighted!
I am not sure how long this has been available, but I just noticed today that SlideShare now features a post to Twitter feature! How cool! This is a wonderful feature for Twitter addicts like me!
Come join the Georgia COMO 2008 Ning! What is the Georgia COMO 2008 Ning? It is a social networking space where COMO attendees (as well as those who may not be able to attend in person but who want to get a taste of the conference happenings from afar!) can share ideas and network with other professionals and peers!
In addition, we are inviting everyone who is presenting to jump into our “Session Discussions” forum! This is a space where speakers and presenters can tell others about their presentations and embed content for their presentations. As a member of our Georgia COMO 2008 Ning, you can embed content on “My Page” and share ideas with others. Ning allows members to upload videos, photos, and other multimedia content—what a great Web 2.0 way to share the knowledge from our upcoming COMO 2008 conference! In addition, members may create or join special interest groups where you can network with colleagues on a smaller scale. You may also add a Georgia COMO 2008 Ning badge to your blog, wiki, or website!
The Georgia COMO 2008 Ning is a terrific way for speakers and presenters to share information from their sessions. Our network will allow attendees to get a taste of the sessions that they may not be able to get to; the Ning provides a means for those who cannot attend in person to experience the essence of the conference vicariously. We have created in our Ning in the spirit of the NECC 2008 network, and we hope that our network will prove beneficial to you as a learning space.
If you have any difficulties registering or navigating our Ning, please feel free to contact me at buffy.hamilton@cherokee.k12.ga.us . The network is open for discussion and registration (free for everyone!), so surf on over to http://georgiacomo2008.ning.com/ and join today!
Take a look at our new and improved monthly report format! You can view all the exciting highlights from our library program in August and see how we are supporting Georgia Performance Standards, ISTE Nets for Standards, and AASL Standards for 21st century learners through our media center program at Creekview High School.
I am normally not a numbers kind of girl, but I totally love the new tabular stats you can now view for your blog (or blogs!) in Wordpress. You can read more at http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/tabular-stats/, but the highlights include stats in table form for:
Months and Years
Average per Day
Recent Weeks
In the past, we have been able to view blog stats, but these new tables give us all kinds of new data to contemplate and explore. I especially love the comparative nature of the new tabular stats—for example, I now can easily see my blog stats for August 2008 compared to August 2007. Be sure to check out this terrific new feature!
Although I do not live on the Georgia coast, I am keeping a cautious eye on Hurricane Hanna, a hurricane that may strike the Georgia coastline this Friday or Saturday. While looking at the National Hurricane Center’s website this afternoon, I found you can subscribe to RSS feeds for each hurricane and tropical storm that is named in the Atlantic.
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