Long Time Away, but NOT Forgotten

Good evening fellow 597ers!  It's been a long week and one where I have not had much time to chat as often as I would have liked.  I am finishing up LSC 527 (along with Laura and Katie) and could not believe the amount of work and focus that was required!  In any event, Rachel and I are "off to the farm"' tomorrow for our lesson presentation and then my focus will be here once again.

That said, during 527 I was able to reflect on a plethora of social media outlets.  A majority of what were were discussing was utilizing the new social media in libraries.  We created LibGuides which is so cool!  So long pathfinders!  We researched and evaluated websites ~ mostly academic, but there are a few elementary/secondary districts that are already on board with the changes we are facing.  I found two good elementary websites for those who want to check them out:

http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/KMensinger/index.cfm and

http://www.holliston.k12.ma.us/miller/miller.htm .  I think Katie found one too, but I will let her share that with you.  The Holliston website intrigued me months ago as they have student podcasts; the Belfair Library was really neat because it encompasses eBooks and blogging, as well as homework tutorials.  

I have been reading up on tagging, but have not had too much opportunity to take a test tag ... but will be doing so in the immediate future!