Saturday, May 31, 2014

Twitter #Technology



Twitter is a social networking site that allows users to send and read short messages called “tweets”. Users follower one another to read each other messages. It is a great way to connect with your peers and express your thoughts and share information. I currently follow educators who post information, ideas and thoughts about education.
 
These educators tweet about the importance of technology in education. Read below what they have shared. 

Linda W. Braun @lbraun2000
Linda Braun, an advocate for teens, posted the following picture which was created as part of the Connected Learning Alliance's, Making Learning Relevant Campaign. The Connected Learning Alliance work with other organizations to increase learning by providing technology to all students.
Tony Vincent @tonyvincent
Tony Vincent is huge on using iPads in the classroom. Watch the following video below on how students react to seeing and using one of the original Apple computers.

Buffy Hamilton @buffyjhamilton
Buffy Hamilton is a librarian who shares her career through blogging and social media. On Twitter, she posted a link to a great article discussing the challenges with providing technology in education.

 Gwyneth Jones @gwynethjones
Gwyneth Jones is the author of the blog The Daring Librarian. Below shows how teachers are using QR Codes in a scavenger hunt to explore apps to use in the classroom.


 Jim Lerman @jimlerman
Jim Lerman posted an article on free tools to help teachers create Infographics.


Kathy Schrock @kathyshrock
Kahy Schrock, an education technologist and a Google-certified teacher, tells how she use MS Office to #workwonders for animation projects.


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Promoting With Facebook


Librarians are now taking advantage of using social media as a way to connect with their patrons. In today’s society, most everyone we interact with has a Facebook page or has used it at one point in their lives. With Facebook being a great way to reach hundreds of people without meeting face to face, it is a great platform for keeping our students informed even when they are not in the library. If used correctly, Facebook can grab the attention of hundreds of readers, even the most reluctant. So how can librarians use Facebook? Librarians can use Facebook to feature new books, highlight book trailers and book reviews, advertise events, and provides links to websites that may be helpful to the patron. Facebook also allows students to give book suggestion and ask research questions without having to set foot in the library.
The disadvantage of using Facebook is not using it as a social networking platform. Using Facebook to promote events and to post book reviews will not be successful without followers. Librarians must first gain an ample amount of followers, then they must keep those followers by keeping them engaged. Librarians must find ways for followers to interact with them and amongst each other. If librarians are posting information and are not getting any interaction, rethink what you are posting. Make sure you are aware of the patron’s interest and post what they may like.


New Providence Elementary School
https://www.facebook.com/NPESLibraryMediaCenterLearningCommons



New Providence Elementary used their Facebook page to advertise book fairs, authors’ visits, and workshops for parents and promotion of reading programs at school. They also gave student reminders to check out books before school holidays and gave interest to what type of books teachers where reading. My favorite of all was the posting of pictures called “shelfies”. Teachers from the school posted pictures of themselves beside their favorite books in celebration of Library Month and Poetry Month. To keep followers engaged, from time to time, funny images were posted like the one below.

New Caney High School Library

https://www.facebook.com/nchslibrary

New Caney High School Library used their Facebook page to promote newly release books by using book trailers and promoting contests and events. One contest that promoted was a raffle for students to win free lunch if they could answer questions on the book In The Heart of the Sea. Their Facebook page encourages interaction with their students by asking suggestions for summer reading. A QR code was posted where students could scan and add their suggestions to a Google spreadsheet. Posting of pictures with students reading and interacting with one another in the library gave the impression that the library was a cool spot to go to. The one thing I liked the most was in the about box, a number is given where students can directly text the librarian for any research questions.



Bloomsbury School and Library

https://www.facebook.com/BloomsburySchool

Bloomsbury Library encourage their students to visit their Facebook page to “like” their post by giving away prize packages.They also give suggestions on books to read and links to sites with book reviews. Bloomsbury as many authors visit and post pictures of book signings.  




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