Blogs

=**Blogging in the Library**=

What is a blog? Video (Blogs in Plain English)

Online "software" to use to create your blog Google Blogger (will have "blogspot" in address) Edublogs (filtered, can create student blogs along with teacher blogs) Kidblog (filtered, easy to use) WordPress (lots of features, download software, more difficult to use, but more powerful) Lots of others

__Elementary School Library examples:__
Blossomwood Elementary - Huntsville http://www.blossomwoodlibrary.edublogs.org

Holly Whitt - Walnut Grove (MCSS) http://bookalmanac.blogspot.com

Wendy Stephens - MCSS http://wendyontheweb.blogspot.com/

__Other library blogs recommended:__
http://100scopenotes.com/ (Travis Jonker)

http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/ (Jon Schumaker)

http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/ (Shannon Miller, K-12 school)

__Blogs for Librarians__
100 Best Blogs for Librarians

Booking Through Thursday http://btt2.wordpress.com

Booklist online (see example of Taft book trailer, books list for Oscars, etc.) http://blog.booklistonline.com

Library Day in the Life http://librarydayinthelife.pbworks.com/w/page/16941198/FrontPage

books: http://childrensbookalmanac.com/ (Anita Sivley)

http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/ (Betsy Bird)

http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/ (Jen Robinson)

__ http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/ __ (Jules Danielson, works for Kirkus but lives in Nashville, part of Kidlit group there)

American Association of School Librarians blog http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog/

App-of-the-week reviews for the Young Adult Library Services Association blog http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/author/wsstephens/

Wendy Stephens - MCSS http://wendyontheweb.blogspot.com/

__RSS__
How to follow blogs - RSS (real simple syndication) What is RSS? (RSS in Plain English) Readers - Google Reader

Other Blogs:

Kim Munoz @http://techmunoz.edublogs.org/

Richard Byrne from Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

I learn Technology http://ilearntechnology.com/

Teachercast.net http://www.teachercast.net/media/TeacherCastBlog

Wesley Fryer's Speed of Creativity

Techy Things Teachers Should Try

The Daring Librarian

Anita Silvey's Children's Book Almanac offering readers great insights into new and older books.